Posts by HillFaith
Capitol Hill Baptist Church Sues D.C. Government; Claims It Has No Alternative To In-Person Services
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. government are depriving Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) of its members’ only means of worshiping together, according to a suit filed on the congregation’s behalf in federal court. First established in 1878, CHBC is attended by dozens of congressional staff members who live in the Capitol…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: New Communications Director Rhonda Craig has taken over the thankless tasks of corralling the journalists, PR hacks and other disreputable characters covering Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD). Rhonda earned her MPPM in public policy analysis this year from Georgetown University and her BA in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri. Tjesis Thatte…
Read MoreNew Survey Finds Millennials Much More Intolerant Than Boomers
A new survey of 2,000 demographically representative adults who were asked 51 worldview questions found Millennials are the least tolerant Americans and the most likely to seek revenge. Most congressional staffers are members of the Millennial and Baby Buster generation, with the Millennials tending to be in higher-level positions such as legislative directors. The younger…
Read MoreDid Jesus Really Claim To Be The Eternal God Of The Universe?
You’re strolling down a hallway in the Dirksen building when suddenly you are being accosted by a legislative counsel for your home state’s other senator. You’ve not previously met the guy and, frankly, you’ve heard some whispers among colleagues that he’s, shall we say, a little odd. But you had no idea to expect what…
Read MoreWhat Biomimicry Teaches Us About Nature And Intelligent Design
Hummingbirds are supposed to be able to fly, but they do. In fact, they move in ways that remind us of helicopters, hovering in place this second, then streaking off in a new direction. The maneuverability of common house flies is even more amazing. So what have hummingbirds and common house flies to do with…
Read MoreDID YOU KNOW: The Bronx Zoo Has Apologized For Its Former Exhibit Displaying Evolutionary Racism?
Regardless of how one views evolution or the role of racism in American history, the reality is that for decades advocacy of racial superiority and inferiority was an intrinsic aspect of evolutionary sociological and political thought. Ota Benga’s sad story as the central figure of the zoo’s exhibit needs to be told and it especially…
Read MoreEEOC Files Suit Against Kroger For Religious Discrimination In LGBTQ Apron Pin Case
A Kroger grocery store in Conway, Arkansas, fired two long-time women employees who declined to wear aprons bearing a LGBQT pin because doing so would force them to appear to endorse a political opinion that violates their Christian faith. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination based on race, color, religion,…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Then Jesus said: “And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ — Matthew 22:37-39 And C.S. Lewis said:…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Being Gay Genetic?
It’s all but an article of faith among gay rights advocates that same-sex attraction is rooted in genetics, therefore, the argument goes, it is not a question of moral choice, but nature. A decade or two ago, public discussion of the search for “the gay gene” was common, but not so much in more recent…
Read MoreThis May Be The Most Famous Man You’ve Never Heard Of
His name was Father Patrick Peyton and he was uniquely a man of public prayer. He prayed with Hollywood celebrities like Frank Sinatra and he drew crowds of thousands and thousands of regular Joes and Joans attracted by his intense passion for God. Come October 9, there will be a movie out about Father Patrick…
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