Posts by Mark Tapscott
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Did Christians Steal Jesus’ Resurrection Story From Pagan Myths?
There was a time during the 19th and into the early 20th centuries when scholars associated with the German School of Higher Criticism argued that Christians “borrowed” their claims about Jesus being resurrected from multiple pagan myths of heroes returning from the Dead. Scholarship beginning in the late 20th and into the 21st century, however,…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: God and ‘The Federalist Papers’ Authors
(FOUR-MINUTE READ) — America’s Constitution, as written in 1787 by the Framers, nowhere required anybody to accept the divinity of Christ, but it clearly presumed the moral, political (especially individual liberty and separation of powers) and civilizational values of Christianity. Let’s look at the views of the three authors of “The Federalist Papers”, the universally…
Read MoreMYTH-BUSTERS: ‘The American Miracle: Our Nation is No Accident’
(TWO-MINUTE READ) — There are repeated evidences throughout the Old Testament of God working providentially in human history, but what about in the modern era? Did God just decide to take the Deist route and let mankind go its own way? That’s an especially relevant question in America because so many secular historians have emphasized…
Read MoreHILL STAFF VIEWS: Aides Discuss Faith Issues in 52 Percent of Hill Offices
(ONE-MINUTE READ) — A little more than half of all congressional aides responding to a recent CNCT Capitol Pulse survey said religious faith issues are discussed — either “yes, often” or “yes, sometimes” — among staffers in their Hill offices. Among the 23 percent who answered “yes, often,” the respondents included 33 percent of the…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: Three Of The Most Common Mistakes Bible Skeptics Make
(FOUR-MINUTE READ) — Skeptics of the divine origin of the Old and New Testaments that make up the Bible, the most widely read and bought book in human history, share a number of characteristics in addition to their skepticism. Dr. Norman Geisler is among the theological giants of the day. While he passed away in…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Why Malden, Massachusetts Insisted on a Republic Under God
(QUICK READ) — [“W]e are confirmed in the opinion, that the present age would be deficient in their duty to God, their posterity and themselves if they do not establish an American republic. “This is the only form of government we wish to see established; for we can never be willingly subject to any other…
Read MoreMORNING JOE STAN: Who Ya Gonna Believe About Yourself, the World or Your Creator?
(TWO-MINUTE LISTEN) — If that title above sounds like a bit of click-bait rhetoric on a post that really doesn’t any real substance or relevance for you as a congressional aide working on Capitol Hill, let me assure you Joe Stan never appears on HillFaith just to be you to click on something. Joe is…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Alexander Hamilton on Christianity as Civilization’s Key Vs the Horrors of the French Revolution
(QUICK READ) — How clearly is it proved by this that the praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity—war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of half its horrors. The French renounce Christianity, and they relapse into barbarism—war resumes the same hideous and savage form…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: A Massachusetts Declaration
(30-SECOND READ) — “It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Intelligent Design Science or Religion?
(SEVEN-MINUTE WATCH) — It may be the most frequently heard objection to the Intelligent Design (ID) school of thought regarding the origin of the universe and of life on this Earth – “ID is not science, it’s religion masquerading as science.” That objection is often offered along with another closely related one – “ID is…
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