Posts by HillFaith
PUEBLA 2019: Today We Sing, Tomorrow The Hard Work Begins
Our group of Friendship Baptist Church (FBC) men from Maryland in Puebla for the 19th consecutive year on a construction mission always join the Hananeel congregation in their Sunday service and it is invariably a memorable experience. These folks love to sing, their band members know their stuff and the congregation lets loose. It’s all…
Read MorePUEBLA 2019: There Was A Time You Couldn’t Pay Me To Do This
It wasn’t that long ago that no amount of money would have been enough to get me to do what I will do for the fourth time in five years, starting early tomorrow morning, February 2. Me and more than a dozen buddies from Friendship Baptist Church in Sykesville, Md., and thereabouts will board a…
Read MoreWould You Stake Your Life On A 1-In- 10-To-The-140th-Power Chance Of Surviving?
Mathematics, simple or otherwise, has never been my forte, but one thing I understand from those who eat, live and sleep numbers is that odds, or chance, can be measured, as in probabilities. That means the probability of the proper alignment in the right proportion under the correct environmental conditions for the creation of the…
Read MoreThis Guy Says One Big Bang Isn’t Enough, There’s Gotta Be Three More
Pretty much everybody has heard of the Big Bang, the moment an estimated 4.6 billion years ago when the universe appeared out of, literally, nothing. The Big Bang was followed in recent decades by the Big Debate among theologians, philosophers, scientists and talk show hosts on whether or not the existence of God was thereby…
Read MoreHere’s The ‘Big Bang’ Explained In 332 Concise, Plain-English Words
Those who have worked on the Hill for at least five minutes — especially legislative directors and press secretaries — know the infinite value of “Talking Points” and “Executive Summary” for getting to the essence of an issue because there’s never enough time. Tim Stratton of Free-Thinking Ministries knows the value of such tools and…
Read MoreNBC’s ‘Cold Case Detective’ Explains Why He Is A Christian
Imagine that you are veteran congressional investigator with years of experience digging into documents, probing witnesses, weighing evidence and sifting claims and counter-claims. Would that be a good background for evaluating the credibility of the claims of Jesus Christ to be the only way to Heaven and the reliability of the Bible as the word…
Read MoreIranian Christians Refuse Judges’ Order To Renounce Christ. What Would You Do?
What if you were marked for persecution? It’s hard to imagine how any of us would react in the instant of a trial, but two Iranian followers of Jesus Christ know for themselves, as they reportedly refused two judges’ order to renounce their faith earlier this month. “Iranian Christians Saheb Fadaie and Fatemeh Bakhteri were…
Read MoreWho Said DNA And Suffering Are Meaningless, Atheist Dawkins or Jesus?
Oxford Professor Emeritus Fellow Richard Dawkins is among the world’s most famous atheists, thanks largely to his prolific pen, which produced such well-read books as “The God Delusion” and “The Blind Watchmaker.” Less appreciated perhaps is the unmitigated bluntness with which Dawkins so forthrightly discusses the implications of his conclusions about the origin of man…
Read MoreHow To Deal With What Or Who You Fear Most On The Hill. Or Anywhere Else, For That Matter
If you’ve worked for any length of time on Capitol Hill, odds are you’ve run up against something or somebody that makes you feel uncomfortable, inferior, “dumber,” insecure, or maybe even fearful. Don’t worry, we’ve all been there and you are not even remotely alone in having such feelings, whether you are a disciple of…
Read MoreWhat If Jesus Is The Only Way To Heaven?
It’s a truism heard often these days that “all roads lead to God, whether you believe in Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Confucius, the Hindu pantheon, Bahai or …” on and on it goes. As it happens, Jesus is the only one of this all-star lineup of claimants to deity who claimed absolute exclusivity, as He did…
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