Posts by Mark Tapscott
CONSIDER THIS: You Likely Have No Idea How Amazing Are Spiders
(8:01 VIEWING) — Do spiders give you the heebie-jeebies? They do me, having grown up in Oklahoma where Fiddlebacks, Black Widows and Tarantulas are quite common. Even harmless Brown Wood Spiders still give me the creeps! So, you can imagine how I approached this latest beautiful, amazing video from the John 10:10 Project and Illustra…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Faith and the Cornerstone of the U.S. Capital
(QUICK READ) — It was April 15, 1791, “when the Hon. Daniel Carroll and Dr. David Stewart superintended the fixing of the first cornerstone of the District of Columbia, at Jone’s Point, near Alexandria,” according to Benjamin F. Morris. The commemorative remarks on that day featured Rev. James Muir of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Marriage Really Just a Piece of Paper?
(6:20 VIEWING) — It’s a commonplace these days to hear people claim they aren’t getting married and are instead simply living together because doing the latter is a good way to “check compatibility” or “marriage is nothing more than a legal piece of paper.” Is that true? It is certainly a widely held belief, but…
Read MoreMYTH-BUSTERS: Christianity Liberated Women in the Ancient World
(5:36 VIEWING) — In the ancient world, everything was about men. Women were property to be used by men. So nobody gave a second thought to a man having a wife (s) to produce legitimate heirs, concubines for sexual pleasures and female slaves for household chores. It was a man’s world in every respect. The…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Samuel Adams on The ‘Solid and Permanent Foundation’
(QUICK READ)— “If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honor of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government,…
Read MoreQUICK TAKES: Survey Finds Growing Gen Z, Men Church Attendance, Bible Interest
(QUICK READ) — A recent survey of American churches conducted by the American Bible Society turned up more evidence that there is a spiritual stirring in this nation, particularly among Gen Zers and especially among young men. Asked if young adults are showing more interest in their church, a majority (54 percent) respondents for 124…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: ANDREW BAMBRICK is the new Legislative Assistant in the office of Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wisc.). Previously, Andrew worked for Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) as a Legislative Assistant on the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Andrew is a 2019 BA in Government graduate of Patrick…
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: Debating if Near-Death Experiences Prove the After-Life
(36-MINUTE VIEWING) — Put two highly intelligent and experienced individuals together with Piers Morgan in front of the cameras to discuss whether near-death experiences provide evidence that humans have an afterlife, and the result is a deeply fascinating discussion. Dr. Michael Eignor is a veteran neurosurgeon, who began his career as an atheist, but subsequently…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: John Quincy Adams’ ‘Three Points of Doctrine’
(QUICK READ)— “There are three points of doctrine, the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of a God; the second is the immortality of the human soul; and the third is a future state of rewards and punishments. “Suppose it possible for a man to disbelieve either…
Read MoreMYTHS & MISCHIEF: Is Jesus Just a Copy of Ancient Myths? Or the Fulfillment of Them All?
(9-MINUTE VIEWING) — J. Warner Wallace knows a thing or three about evaluating the value, accuracy and credibility of evidence, thanks to his three decades of solving as a Los Angeles Police detective the toughest cold murder cases that had gone unsolved for years. Wallace was so good at solving such cases that for years…
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