Archive for October 2024
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) — NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: JAY BARGHAVA is the new Communications Director for Democrats on the House Budget Committee, working for Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.). Jay is returning to the Hill after spending more than a year at Powell Tate as Vice-President. He is a 2016 graduate of George Washington University with…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: Did the Angel Appear to Joseph or Mary?
(TWO-MINUTE READ) — Let’s see now, the Gospel of Luke tells us an angel appeared to Mary before she gave birth to the baby Jesus, while the Gospel of Matthew tells us that it was Joseph who got the angelic visitation. Blatant contradiction? Does different mean contradictory? Can the Yankees come back from losing the…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Faith Was Washington’s Order of the Day
(ONE-MINUTE READ) — “The General most earnestly requires, and expects, a due observance of those articles of war, established for the Government of the army, which forbid profane cursing, swearing, and drunkenness; And in like manner requires and expects, of all Officers and Soldiers, not engaged on actual duty, a punctual attendance on divine Service,…
Read MoreHILL STAFF VIEWS: Slight Majority (52 Percent) of Hill Staffers See Trump Win Coming
(ONE-MINUTE READ) — If the November 5 presidential election were held today, 52 percent of the responding congressional aides working on the Senate and House sides of Capitol Hill believe the winner would be former President Donald J. Trump, according to CNCT’s Capitol Pulse. The 52 percent expecting a Trump win are mostly GOP aides,…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Should Christians Celebrate or Avoid Halloween?
(SIX-MINUTE READ) — It’s Halloween time and that means lots of folks are wondering, if they are Christians, whether they should be celebrating the holiday at all, as well as many more who aren’t followers of Jesus Christ but who nevertheless ask from whence does this curiously popular festival of gore and goblins come? In…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) — COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: SEAN TERREY moves into the Staff Assistant position working for Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.). Sean comes to the Dean office following a stint at Nomura Holding America Inc. where he was an Analyst. But the new slot is also a return as Sean originally served as an Intern in…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: Was Jesus a Hypocrite Regarding ‘Fools?’
(THREE-MINUTE READ) — EDITOR’S NOTE: Most Wednesdays readers will find on HillFaith a “CONTRADICTIONS” post that addresses one of the arguments in which skeptics claim the Bible cannot be the inspired Word of God because of an alleged contradiction. Jesus forbade at Matthew 5:21-22 using the word “fool” to describe any person and warned that…
Read MoreTESTIMONIES: How This Jewish Canadian Found Peace and Joy in Jesus Christ
Steven Alvi lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia in the far Western section of Canada and he describes himself as a Jewish man who “for the first seven decades of my life, I thought I had the world by the tail. I was fiercely independent. I studied many different faiths and…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Washington Commends Worship of ‘People Whose God is Jehovah’
“May the same wonder-working Deity, who long since delivering the Hebrews from their Egyptian oppressors planted them in the promised land — whose providential agency has largely been conspicuous in establishing these United States as an independent nation — still continue to water them with the dews of Heaven and to make the inhabitants of…
Read MoreHILL STAFF VIEWS: Huge Majority of Congressional Aides Want ‘Healthy’ Food Regs
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made a lot of political waves during the 2024 presidential campaign season by initially announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination, then after being effectively barred by the Democratic National Committee (DNC), becoming an Independent candidate. But there came a point in RFK Jr’s independent effort that it became clear…
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