Posts by Mark Tapscott
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Is This Who You Think God Is?
Ask a randomly selected 1,000 people to describe the characteristics of what they call “God” and you can be certain you will hear a bewildering variety of answers. Everybody has some concept of what God is like. But what does the Bible say about the characteristics of God? Psalm 139 is my favorite of the…
Read MoreTESTIMONIES: New Birth or Just Another Same-old/Same-old New Year?
Happy New Year! How’s your head feel today? Remember who you were with last night? Wish you don’t remember who you were with last night? And be honest, do you recall what you did with them? Do you even want to recall? If you are like I was earlier in my life, your head hurts,…
Read MoreWondering How to Have a Happy New Year?
No matter what. Happy New Year! Previously on HillFaith: If You Are Struggling Through a Rough Christmas, Please Read This WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Christmas is a Pagan Holiday, so Christians Should Not Celebrate It. Really? CONTRADICTIONS: No, Matthew and Luke Accounts of an Angel Visiting Joseph and Mary Do Not Conflict
Read MoreIf You’re Struggling Through A Stressful Christmas, Please Read This
Paula Bolyard is PJ Media’s editor and a gifted writer who is blessed with a powerfully candid self-awareness and a courageous heart for sharing her faith. In the following column she wrote several years ago in the midst of an especially difficult Christmas season, Paula shares her heart about the real struggles we all face…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘Mary, Did You Know?’ by Pentatonix
‘Come and See’ HillFaith!
There is a passage in the Gospel of John that should be of interest to any reader who works on Capitol Hill in any capacity and who is thinking about, has previously considered or might in the future look at checking out HillFaith. The passage is John 1:43-46 and it’s where Jesus is in the…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Does The Bible Really Say That About Sex?
Unless you’ve actually sat down and read it, odds are excellent that you have a hugely mistaken understanding of what the Bible teaches on the controversial topic of sex and sexual relations among men and women. If that is the case, odds are also great that if somebody were to ask you what the Bible…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: About Those End-of-the-Year Bonuses
Legistorm’s Keturah Hetrick reports that House Members’ office funds will have on average more than $360,000 in unspent funds at the end of the year’s third quarter. That important data point, of course, raises a very specific question for Members and their Chiefs of Staff: What about some end-of-the-year staff bonuses to mark the conclusion…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: Who Was First Responsible For Original Sin Entering Mankind?
Hoo-boy, this is an important alleged contradiction in the Bible because it concerns one of the most basic facts of human existence — why is it pretty much everybody has done or thought about doing or been tempted to do things which in retrospect we regret, feel guilty about, or are outright ashamed? Basically, the…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: How Can God Know Everything If He Didn’t Know Something?
There are multiple references in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible that describe God as being all-knowing, or omniscient. He knows everything about everybody all the time and is never less than all-knowing. For example in the Old Testament, Psalm 44:21 tells us that God “knows the secrets of the heart,” and…
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