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Is Earth Just A Pale Blue Dot In A Hostile Universe?
Look back at Earth from the furthest distance you can imagine in our solar system and it does indeed look like a pale blue dot in the vast blackness of the universe. So why on this one pale blue dot among the billions and billions of galaxies and stars and planets is there human life?…
Read MoreThe Nature Of The Battle: Knowing The Enemy
By Bret Bernhardt As followers of Jesus working on Capitol Hill, how are we to view the tumultuous events that have unfolded before us across the country? This is an important question because we are seeking to integrate our faith into our daily practice. It helps shape our views about public policy but also our…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Do You Think ‘Nothing’ Caused Our Universe To Exist?
It’s among the most basic questions of all and how we each answer it shapes our thinking on everything else, often in ways we don’t realize. And it involves the most basic law of logic, non-contradiction, as well as the law of cause and effect. In the following video, Kyle Butt of the Apologetics Press…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s ‘Movin’ On Up’ This Week
Making the big jump from the Illinois House Republican Caucus to Capitol Hill is Aaron DeGroot, who is the new Communications Director for Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill). Aaron is a cum laude graduate in economics from George Mason University in 2015. Maura Weaver is the new Scheduler for Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ), following a three-month…
Read MoreWHAT DO YOU SAY? Is Gender Merely A ‘Social Construct’ Or An Enduring Biological Reality?
You can hardly listen to the news or watch a cable series without being told multiple times in multiple ways that gender is a “social construct,” not a biological reality. But then when you dig a little deeper, you will also be told that a significant number of men and women are “born into the…
Read MoreHILLFAITH SURVEY: Do You Think Congress Needs To Increase Each Member’s Staff?
With congressional staff beginning to return to Hill offices in some numbers and many more still working from home, the question of whether senators and representatives need larger personal staffs is likely to get more attention in coming months. Thanks to COVID-19, many staffers accustomed to doing jobs on the legislative or media side have…
Read MoreAre You An Oppressor Or Among The Oppressed? Is ‘Critical Theory’ Biblical?
Contrary to what is being claimed in some quarters, Critical Theory — the driving worldview behind the pervasive claim America is through and through a racist society ruled by “White Privilege” — is not consistent with the biblical understanding of reality. The Bible does define racism as sin and tells us “there is neither Greek…
Read MoreThis One Sentence Will Help Kill Your Anxiety
It’s Wretched’s Todd Friel, here on HillFaith for the first time. We all get anxiety. If you work a high-pressure Hill job, anxiety can be a regular companion. But there is one way to deal with it that beats all the others:
Read MoreFacing The Dartboard Syndrome: Sometimes It Just Feels Like They Never Stop Coming
If you are a follower of Jesus Christ who works on a congressional staff, either for an individual senator or representative, or a committee, or one of the congressional agencies like CBO or GAO, you likely face “the world” in ways that are unique to politics and government. And it can sometimes be overwhelming. Been…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: A sharp crop of rookies comes to Capitol Hill this week, starting with Lucy Gardner who is taking on her first challenge in a congressional job, as a Staff Assistant on the Senate Appropriations Committee for the Chairman, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). Lucy’s BA is in communicative disorders from the University of Alabama in…
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