Posts by Mark Tapscott
BELIEVING IS SEEING: Were Your Eyes Created by God or by Chance?
(9:19 VIEWING) — Regardless how you think they originated, those two eyes in your head are miraculous organs from many perspectives, from converting light received into images perceived by your brain to conveying the presence of someone near and dear to your heart. Without our eyes, we don’t merely not see, we don’t know so…
Read MoreWhere Has HillFaith Been???
As you can see to the left of this post, HillFaith is back after an unexplained silence since April 29. What happened? The simple answer is this: I started a new job — Senior Congressional Analyst for The Washington Stand, published by the Family Research Council (FRC). And, as is typically the case in any…
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: Is There Actually a World-Wide Resurgence of Belief in God?
(35-MINUTE WATCH) — Have you noticed? When was the last time you saw one of the stars of the New Atheists movement in the headlines with their familiarly skeptical debunking of the Bible, Jesus Christ and Christianity? Sadly, Christopher Hitchens passed away in 2011 and folks like Richard Dawkins don’t seem nearly as prominent in…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: John Adams on Liberty as the Gift of God
(ONE-MINUTE READ) — John Adams of Massachusetts was among the most prominent members of the Revolutionary generation, having led the editing process that produced the Declaration of Independence first drafted by Thomas Jefferson. After the Constitution was adopted, Adams followed George Washington to become the second President of the United States. But he was a…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Samuel Adams on the Crucial Importance of Faith
(1:30-SECOND READ) — Samuel Adams is best known, where he is known at all among the general populace of Americans these days, as one of the earliest proponents of the American Revolution against England’s King George III. Adams was a founder of the Sons of Liberty group, but he was much more than a mere…
Read MoreBET YOU DIDN’T KNOW: George Washington Carver Viewed Creation Through Intelligent Design Lenses
If the name “George Washington Carver” seems to ring a bell somewhere back there in your memory but you can’t quite place it, he was one of the mostly unsung early heroes of the the civil rights movement in America. Though born into slavery, Carver was nothing less than a genius. This remarkable man viewed…
Read MoreEASTER ISSUES 2025: He Is Risen! (Really? How Do We Know?)
Today is Easter Sunday and in this holiday, we celebrate what must be the single most important event in the entire history of mankind … or the most disreputable intellectual and spiritual scam of all time. That is the essential reality about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Either it really happened, which means He is…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: The Private Prayer of George Washington
(TWO-MINUTE READ) — “Almighty God, and most merciful father, who didst command the children of Israel to offer a daily sacrifice to thee, that thereby they might glorify and praise thee for thy protection both night and day, receive, O Lord, my morning sacrifice which I now offer up to thee; I yield thee humble…
Read MoreEASTER ISSUES 2025: Critic Velkyn1 Takes HillFaith Video to Task, Tapscott Responds
Editor’s Note to Readers: The following exchange first appeared in the comment section of HillFaith’s YouTube Channel regarding the short video “What is a Kustodia.” Velkyn1 is a familiar critic of this editor’s writing elsewhere regarding spiritual issues, particularly when they appear on Instapundit. His comments appear below in bold red italic, while mine are…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Political Figures Most Often Cited Christian Sources
(THREE-MINUTE READ) — Political thinkers among the Founders were prolific in their writing, producing 916 books, monographs, pamphlets and newspaper articles between 1760 and 1805, the period of their greatest impact,. That is according to Dr. Archie P. Jones, author of “The Influence of Historic Christianity on Early America,” who did an analysis of the…
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