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.
MYTH BUSTERS: Six Reasons the ‘Legend Hypothesis’ Fails to Account for Jesus’ Resurrection
Among the many critical attempts to explain away the literal resurrection of Jesus is the claim that He never called Himself God. So that whole thing about Him appearing alive after being buried was just a legend that grew up in the decades that followed. There is a logic behind the claim because legends do…
‘Genetically Modified Skeptic’ Claims Spiritual Experiences No More Compelling Than ‘Healing Power of Essential Oils’
Erik Manning of Is Jesus Alive? assesses the critique of spiritual experiences presented by a former-Christian-turned-atheist who goes by the moniker of “Genetically Modified Skeptic.” Drew (Genetically Modified Skeptic’s real name) argues that spiritual experiences are almost uniformly described by those who claim to have them in virtually identical terms. That means there must be…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Then Jesus said: “When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Christianity About Religion or Having a Relationship with Jesus?
How many times have you heard someone else say, “Oh, I don’t go to church because it’s full of hypocrites, but I am very spiritual,” or “I don’t like religion because it’s just a bunch of dos and don’ts.” Or maybe said those words yourself? Such responses are indeed commonly heard and said, but the…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Jesus said: “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up On The Hill This Week!
Courtesy of Legistorm: Riley Pearce moves from the Senate side to the House side to take up duties as Constituent Services Representative for Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK). Riley previously worked as a Legislative Correspondent for Sen. James Lankford (R-OK). She is a 2018 BA summa cum laude graduate in Political Science and Government from Northwestern…
How Do I Hold to a Biblical Worldview Working on the Hill?
How does a biblical worldview apply in considering the myriad policies and issues while working on the Hill? Traditional thinking holds that this view should permeate all that you do, including your day job of making public policy. If that’s the case, then we should take the time to consider its implications. It’s much easier…
R Street Institute Unveils ‘Guide for a Modern Congress’ Website
There is a bit of a double meaning behind the title of this web site, HillFaith. It has two purposes: First is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with every congressional staffer possible, regardless of party, regardless of position. Second, is to be an advocate for Hill staffers. This includes both individually through mentoring…
MYTH-BUSTERS: So You Think The Virgin Birth of Jesus is a Myth?
Hey, it’s Monday, so how about we take up a really complicated, difficult-to-sort out debate among biblical critics and scholars about whether or not Mary, the mother of Jesus, was really a virgin when her remarkable son was born? In the following video, Erik Manning of “Is Jesus Alive?” takes on Paulogia, a critic of…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is the Bible Sexist?
Folks who attended college during the past several decades on any of the nation’s Ivy League or state university campuses are likely to have heard — probably often — some variation on the claim that the Bible is sexist, that it demeans women as second-class citizens. An objectively informed view of what the Bible actually…