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Looking For A Job On Capitol Hill?
Check out this five-part HillFaith series by Bret Bernhardt, former chief of staff for Senators Don Nickles (R-Okla.) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). Bernhardt has a wealth of experience, insider insight, how-tos and obscure terms (know what a “golden reference” is on the Hill?), plus lots of helpful links. The Best Resources for Finding a Job On the Hill Where Your…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Free Will Is Impossible If We Live In A Strictly Material Universe
Among the attributes that most distinguish humans from all other creatures is our ability to perceive alternative courses of action and to make choices among those alternatives. That’s called “free will.” Our laws and system of justice assume we all have this unique ability. But if we live in a material universe that is a…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Is God Really Dead? A Conversation Well Worth An Hour Of Your Saturday
John Lennox is the famous and brilliant Oxford mathematician and Christian apologist. David Rubin is the famous and brilliant web radio host and child of a conservative Jewish home. What on earth might two guys of such different backgrounds have to talk about for an hour? Well, what could be more important than the question…
Read MoreSTAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted On The Hill
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Anne Gordon returns to the Hill as tax counsel to Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) after a long absence. Gordon was previously an intern in 2002 to Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ). In between, Gordon was most recently with Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP. She received her LLM in taxation from Georgetown University…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Who And What Did Jesus Say He Was?
He’s the most famous person who ever lived, so all kinds of people have expressed opinions through the centuries since His death and resurrection about who Jesus Christ was, ranging from “great teacher” and “unique moral leader,” to “deluded fanatic,” “Jewish Messiah,” and “religious ascetic.” But who did Jesus think and claim He was? When…
Read MoreMeet The Christian Philosopher Who Created The First Syringe, The First Hydraulic Press And The First Digital Calculator
If you work on Capitol Hill, you likely heard of Blaise Pascal somewhere along the way, most likely in a college course where he was dismissed as one of those “old white guys” who created the oppressive monster better known as “Western Civilization.” But, as philosopher Kenneth Samples explains on Reflections, Pascal was not only…
Read MoreDrink Too Much, Then Joke About China’s Police. See What Happens
The Chinese Communist regime in Beijing has launched a massive campaign against the growing movement of Christians and their churches across China. People are forced to leave services, pastors are arrested and sent to prison, and church buildings are demolished by bulldozers. All for the crime of professing an unapproved religious faith. But what happens…
Read MoreWhat A Beautiful Name It Is
The name of Jesus Christ, before whom someday every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is God. Hillsong’s Brooke Ligertwood puts this in a song that is itself as lovely as an infant’s smile. VERSE 1: You were the Word at the beginning. One with God the Lord Most High. Your hidden…
Read More**Why I Don’t Have Enough Faith, Science Or Logic To Not Believe God Exists
Science and logic are wonderful pursuits, they have been the means for countless blessings to all of us, and I cannot imagine what civilization would be like without them. And, while I don’t even remotely claim to be particularly proficient in any of those three pursuits, there are facts about which I become more convinced…
Read MoreHere’s Something To Be REALLY Thankful For This Thanksgiving
If you are reading this post on HillFaith, odds are excellent that you are alive and breathing, thinking, talking. Even if you are going through rough times, being alive is the one thing we can all be thankful for on Thanksgiving. But do you know what the odds are against any of us being alive…
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