Posts by Mark Tapscott
CONSIDER THIS: Thoughts on Lasting Friendship, Jesus and ‘Making It’ on the Hill
Work on the Hill for a few years and you are all but guaranteed to develop important friendships. I don’t mean the sort of relationships that are essential to functioning effectively as a Hill aide — colleagues on your particular personal or committee staff and those on other staffs with whom you interact regularly and…
Read MoreTESTIMONIES: College Professor Went From Apatheism to Knowing Jesus Christ as Her Savior
If you don’t think there is a God and religion is totally irrelevant to the course of your daily life, then you may well be somebody who practices Apatheism. That is, you don’t believe in God, but it’s not something you spend much time thinking about, either. Mary Jo Sharp today is an Assistant Professor…
Read MoreWHAT ABOUT? That Psalm That Critics Claim Glorifies ‘Dashing Babies’ on Rocks?
There is an Old Testament passage that is not infrequently cited by critics of Christianity as evidence that God cann0t be all-good or all-just since He encouraged the Israelites to dash the babies of their enemies on rocks to kill them. Here’s the passage, which is Psalm 137:8-9: “O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be…
Read MoreWHAT ABOUT? How Can a Good God Allow Evil to Happen?
If God really exists, is all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good, why is there evil in this world He created? It’s a critically important question on its own terms, but also because how a Christian answers it when challenged by a thoughtful non-Christian can be a major turning point in that person’s journey to knowing God. The…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘Build A Boat’ by Colton Dixon
LONG STORY SHORT: About That Myth of ‘Junk’ DNA
Making predictions can leave you looking like a total dummy. Trust me, I learned this lesson the hard way after predicting in print on the Friday before the 2012 presidential election that Mitt Romney would defeat then-President Barack Obama by three percentage points on the following Tuesday. That said, lots of people continue to make…
Read MoreTESTIMONIES: Meditation, Psychics, Chakra, Etc. Etc. Didn’t ‘Fix’ Nicole. Jesus Did
Nicole went from having what seemed like a great life to one marked by inner turmoil, self-doubt and a restless search for something, anything to fill a void in her heart and give her a deep sense of inner peace. So for a long time, Nicole went from one false god to another. It started…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: Bigger House Staff Salaries Mean Smaller Holiday Bonuses
Congressional aides working on the House side of Capitol Hill benefitted in 2023 from higher average salaries, but there was a slight catch in that good news, according to research by Legistorm. Holiday bonuses weren’t as generous in 2023 as they had been in previous years. “House staffers working for member offices received 11.9 percent…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: Most of Surveyed Aides Say Religion Plays Positive Role in American Life
Considering the accumulating survey data from Barna, Gallup and other pollsters showing a marked decline in recent years in the number of Americans who regularly attend church (i.e. at least twice a month), a recent finding on how congressional aides view the role of religion in American life may well come as a surprise. The…
Read MoreYou Gotta See This First If You Plan to Watch Today’s Solar Eclipse
Hundreds of millions of people here in the United States, as well as Mexico and Canada, will be able on Monday, April 8, to witness a total solar eclipse of the Sun beginning at 2:05 pm and ending two and a half hours later at 4:28 pm. At the height of the event, the Moon…
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