HillFaith Blog: Good News for Hill Staffers
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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.
THINK ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Then Jesus said: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” — John 15:5 Then C.S. Lewis said: “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up On The Hill This Week!
Courtesy of Legistorm: Betsy Byrne moves over from the Trump White House where she was a Presidential Writer to serve as Press Secretary for Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). An Alabama native, the Fitzpatrick position is Betsy’s first on Capitol Hill. Speaking of Alabama, Robyn Gulley is the new Legislative Correspondent in the office of Rep….
HILLFAITH POLL: Should All Hill Staffers Undergo Background Checks?
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Russell Honore told CNN earlier this week that he would support mandatory background checks for all congressional staffers. “We made recommendations that everyone coming into the Capitol give background checks, the entire Congressional staff,” Honoré told CNN. “We do think that everyone going into the Capitol, that works there, should have complete…
SCIENCE AND FAITH: Three Recent Major Scientific Discoveries Point to God
Writing in The Federalist, Stephen Meyer, Director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, points to three major scientific discoveries of the past century that he believes are best explained by the existence of God: “This week, traditional Jews and Christians celebrate special acts of God in human history. Yet, polling data now…
A Post-Resurrection Lesson in Truth, Courage
It’s Easter Monday and, as it happens, my morning Bible reading today was Acts 4, the passage about Peter and John being arrested by the Jerusalem authorities for preaching that Christ was resurrected. This scene comes only a few weeks after the resurrection and the authorities were “greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people…
EASTER WEEK SUNDAY SONG: ‘He Arose,’ Sung Acapella by Pilgrim’s Praises
It’s Easter Sunday and the greatest event ever in human history has happened1 Jesus Christ is alive, resurrected from the tomb in which He was placed late Friday after being tried and convicted unjustly, sentenced to death by a cowardly Roman governor, tortured, forced to carry His cross a great distance to the Place of…
EASTER WEEK SATURDAY: Are the Gospels ‘Hopelessly Contradictory’?
Right off the bat, let’s answer the question posed in the headline above: “No.” The reason the answer is so definitive and concrete is the simple reality that requiring multiple witnesses to provide the exact same details about an event they witnessed is a prescription for mis-understanding the event or missing it entirely. Cold-Case Christianity’s…
EASTER WEEK FRIDAY: On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ
Much was made early in the 21st century of the “Swoon Theory” that Jesus somehow survived being flogged by Roman soldiers, forced to carry a heavy cross half a mile and then being nailed to that cross and finally stabbed upward into the chest with a spear. Don’t be surprised to hear variants on the…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up On The Hill This Week!
Courtesy of Legistorm: Emily Taylor moves into the Communications Director slot for Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI). Previously, Emily was Communications Director for Republicans on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Emily received her BA in Communications and Political Science from Charleston College in 2014. Max Green heads over to the Senate Appropriations Committee as…
EASTER WEEK THURSDAY: Why Did Jesus Allow Himself to be Unjustly Convicted, Tortured and Crucified?
Today begins the final hours of Jesus’ earthly life. He will be betrayed by Judas Iscariot, arrested, taken to the Jewish authorities who subject Him to a kangaroo court, then to Herod, who asks Him to perform a miracle, and finally to Pilate, the spineless Roman governor. Pilate knows Roman law and he realizes soon…