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It’s Christmas Season, So Here Come the Virgin Birth Skeptics – And They’re Still Wrong
Christmas is only a few weeks away, so expect to see and hear in the Mainstream Media skeptics of the New Testament claiming that there is “scant evidence” for the incarnate birth of Jesus Christ to the virgin Mary in Bethlehem. More specifically, because a couple of the Gospel authors and Saint Paul say nothing…
Read MoreYou Know 747 Wings Have Designers, So Why Don’t Eagles’ Wings?
Let’s talk about airplane wings for a bit. Over the decades of aeronautical design and development since the Wright Brothers’ first flight in 1903, engineers have come up with multiple configurations for wings. There were originally biplanes with multiple stacks of forward wings, followed by monoplanes with just one level, but with some located in…
Read MoreRIGHT OR WRONG? – ‘Religious People’ Should Stay Out of the Legislative Process
If you’ve been around Congress for any length of time, you’ve likely encountered this argument in one form or another – Religious people should stay out of the public square so they can’t impose their beliefs on everybody else. There is a superficial logic to that assertion because, after all, religious faith is a deeply…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: 12 Facts About a 15-Week-Old Unborn Baby You May Not Know
Nine justices of the Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on the Mississippi law that begins limiting elective abortions at the 15th week of pregnancy. America is one of only a handful of nations that allow elective abortions after the 15th week. The 15th week is an important point in the development of the unborn…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: How Culture Got to the Point of Joking About Killing Unborn Babies
This essay by Natasha Crain first appeared on her web site November 10. Given the arguments being heard today before the Supreme Court regarding abortion, it seems totally appropriate to direct HillFaith readers’ attention to Crain’s superbly perceptive analysis about how America got to this day: This weekend, Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong…
Read MoreLONG STORY SHORT: Is Homology Evidence for Evolution Without God?
Have you ever compared the structure of your foot with that of your dog’s paws? Probably not, but Charles Darwin did a lot of that kind of thinking, which is known among science nerds as “Homology.” That’s the study of “the similarity of the structure, physiology, or development of different species of organisms based upon…
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Remembrance and Meditation
Every Thanksgiving for decades, the Wall Street Journal has reprinted a page from William Bradford’s account of the last night of the Pilgrims in the Netherlands before their departure to cross the Atlantic on the Mayflower for the New World. Even without the Journal’s annual reprinting, however, Bradford’s account has been read countless times by…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Definitions Matter a Great Deal
Imagine two people are talking about “rights,” “freedom” and “justice” and, even though they are using the same words, they keep coming to dramatically conflicting conclusions about what those words actually mean and how they are actualized. The problem very likely is that they are using the same words, but they each mean something quite…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘Truth Be Told’ by Matthew West
Everybody puts up that front that all is well, right? We put our “best foot forward” in the hope that the things we all struggle with on the inside aren’t seen by others on our outside. Rare indeed is the man or woman for whom it can honestly be said that what you see with…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who is Moving Up on Capitol Hill This Week (Might be Somebody You Know!)
Courtesy of Legistorm: Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) has a new Field Representative, SARAH MENDOZA, who was previously doing similar work for State Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-CA). Sarah is a 2018 Hofstra University graduate with a BA in Communications and Media Studies. MOLLY BLOCK is making the move from Louisiana to North Dakota. No, she’s…
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