HillFaith Blog: Good News for Hill Staffers
Welcome to HillFaith:Good News for Hill Staffers! This is where you’ll find two types of content:
First, fact-driven, thoroughly researched and often highly personalized Christian apologetics. Second, news and analyses about working on the Hill, including things like who's being promoted, what are the best (and worst!) offices to work for, salary information, and much else.
Here at HillFaith, we appreciate the importance, the challenges and the complexities of the work you do we are passionate about being a positive, informative resource for those in the trenches.
Most importantly, we want to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is alive and He is "the way, the truth and the life." He is also the key to living the abundant life. Not materially, but in the Truth that sets you forever free.
HILLFAITH STUDIES: The Second of Jesus’ Great ‘I AM’ Claims – The Light of the World
It is difficult to conceive of a more comprehensive claim that Jesus could make in describing Himself than what He says at John 8:12 and John 9:5, respectively: “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Can Christianity Be Forced on Somebody?
In an age that professes to believe tolerance is an absolute that can never be compromised, it’s not uncommon to hear somebody declare something along the line of “don’t try to force your religion on me.” The irony of that declaration is that it implicitly says tolerance does not go so far as to allow…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Katie McNiffe moves into her first full-time job on Capitol Hill as Staff Assistant to Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), after serving a stint as an Intern in his office and before that in the office of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). Katie’s BA in Political Science and Philosophy is from the University of…
FOR HILL AIDES ONLY: Do You Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist?
Do you have enough faith to be an atheist? Now, you may be saying to yourself “wait a minute, atheists don’t have any faith, so that’s gotta be a mis-print or some other kind of mistake.” And it’s true, atheism is popularly understood to be the opposite of faith. But the reality is that the…
HILLFAITH STUDIES: The First of Jesus’ Seven Great ‘I Am’ Claims
Jesus is the bread of life. His first “I Am” claim comes at John 6:35 when he tells a large crowd “… I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” Jesus is claiming nothing less than to be absolutely essential to life….
This Is Not How Christianity Started (Part 3) There is No Credible Evidence Paul had PTSD
Besides the resurrection itself, one of the most challenging aspects of Christianity for critics is explaining the conversion of the Apostle Paul, who claimed to have encountered the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus. But what if Paul suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Contrary to Paulogia, there is no credible evidence Paul had…
How Christianity Probably Didn’t Begin (Part 2): Peter Only Hallucinated the Resurrection of Jesus?
Peter only hallucinated the resurrection of Jesus. Yes, that Peter, the one who denied knowing Jesus three times before the cock crowed — was so distraught by the death of his Master and so exhausted by the horrors he had witnessed as a result that the former Galilean fisherman suffered a grief-driven hallucination. That hallucination…
How Christianity Probably Didn’t Begin (First of Three Parts)Was Jesus Resurrected From the Grave?
Three days after His death on the cross and burial in a borrowed grave, Jesus’s tomb was found to be empty, so the question is: Was Jesus resurrected from the grave? His disciples then claimed He had been resurrected from the dead and they further claimed to have seen and talked with Him. Everything about…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Which is Better for Kids? Unhappily Married or ‘Happily Divorced?’
Do kids just “get over” divorce without any lingering or permanent negative effects? That’s been the conventional wisdom since the 1970s saw the “No Fault” approach to ending marriages become dominant in the judicial system. But is it true? The answer is no, divorce leaves scars on kids’ minds, bodies and hearts that often afflict…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up on The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Chris Brown is the new Defense Fellow in the office of Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO). Chris was previously the U.S. Space Force Congressional Fellow working for Lamborn. Chris has an MA from American Military University and a BS from Central Florida University. Got an operations questions for the office of Rep. Brian…