Posts by HillFaith
Big Challenges For Christians In Pew’s Latest ‘Nones’ Survey Results
“Religious Nones” are among the fastest growing groups whenever survey research organizations like the Pew Research Center do polls concerning religious issues. The results of the latest Pew survey of a representative sample of the Nones – which includes those who identify themselves as “atheist,” “agnostic” and “nothing” – finds an important reason (60 percent)…
Read MoreWhy Is It All We Want For Christmas Is MORE?
Now that the presents are unwrapped, the pretty bows and paper have all been picked up and the kids are out playing with their new delights, take a few minutes of the fleeting quiet time and give some thought to the question posed in the headline above. Free-Thinking Ministries’ Timothy Fox (a former student of…
Read MoreFive Reasons Christmas Is All About Jesus Or It’s Just Another Day Off
Have you ever noticed how few people get upset when the names of the various founders of the world’s religions are spoken in public forums and private discussions? Mention “Mohammed” or “Buddha” or “Confucius” and nobody gets their shorts in an uproar. But say “Jesus” and the reaction will range from quizzical impatience to cold…
Read MoreScience & Faith: ‘Quantum Artificial Life’ Ends Origins Debate? Not Yet!
Something cannot be created from nothing. That’s why the material world either is eternal or had a beginning, which requires a beginner, AKA the “First Cause,” or “God.” Not according to many materialists, however. They might say “quantum processes.” And they may have just gotten a potentially huge boost to their case, thanks to a…
Read MoreWorking On The Hill: Seems Like Just Yesterday But It Was 1977
Check it out. My first job on Capitol Hill was as press secretary for Rep. Robert Bauman (R-MD), who represented the Eastern Shore of Maryland, working from 118 Cannon HOB. Odds are, this shot was snapped as I was on the telephone talking to Don Baker of the Washington Post Metro Section staff, who covered…
Read MoreA Book Requires An Author But Does A Moral Code?
Put a Christian philosopher and an atheist philosopher in one room and sooner or later — likely sooner — they will start debating the source of morality, or rather whether morality must have a source. The atheist will invariably, and accurately, point out that he or she can be or act just as morally as…
Read MoreHere’s How Football Can ‘Prove’ God Exists
Why do teams play football games? To win, of course. But what if there’s no difference between winning and losing, scoring a touchdown or intercepting the other team’s quarterback? Cross-examined.org’s Dr. Frank Turek shows in this short video how understanding the purpose of football tells us something about the purpose of life and in turn…
Read MoreNo, The Human Mind Does Not ‘Work Just Like A Computer’
It’s a truism that’s often heard among smart people in conversations on Capitol Hill and elsewhere and it goes something like this: “The human mind thinks and processes just like a computer.” Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? After all, minds, or our brains, and computers use logic to process information – “inputs” – and then produce…
Read MoreAlisa Childers’ Rescue Boat For Hill Aides Adrift In a Sea Of Doubt
There are hundreds of men and women working in Congress who came to town a year ago or maybe a few years ago professing to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, but then the realities of life on Capitol Hill hit them square in the face. Challenges to their faith — intellectual and otherwise…
Read MoreOne Solitary Life … At The Center Of All History
It’s Christmas 2018 and it looks so different in so many ways from when this same holiday was celebrated in 1982. Vastly more commercialized, and almost wholly removed in the public realm from what it is meant to be. President Ronald Reagan offered this Christmas story in 1982. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican,…
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