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.
When The Straw Man Shows Up, It’s Time To Bale Out Of The Discussion
We humans just love our straw men, don’t we? It’s so much easier to tear apart our distorted and inaccurate version of what somebody who disagrees with us thinks than to deal with the actual substance of their opinion. Stand To Reason’s Tim Barnett points to this quote from atheist philosopher Peter Boghossian as an…
America In The Aftermath Of The George Floyd Crisis: U.S. Choosing Between Paganism, Christianity
Does what we believe about God make any real difference in how we govern ourselves in America? You bet it does and nowhere has this been more vividly illustrated than the aftermath of the tragic May 25 murder of George Floyd. This stark truth is profoundly well explained by Georgetown University Government Professor Joshua Mitchell in…
How Could Jesus Pay The Penalty For Our Sins?
That’s an important question. Cross-examined.org’s Dr. Frank Turek has the answer, so let’s not delay getting to it, shall we?
Here’s Why Jesus Is Nothing Like Buddha, Confucius, Krishna, Mohammed, Etc.
Here’s a great question: Even if Jesus was resurrected from the dead three days after He was crucified and buried, how does that relate to the Bible’s claim He is the King of Kings before whom every knee will bow and every tongue will confess as Lord of Lords? That’s the question from the Think…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Then Jesus said: “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: The new Chief of Staff for Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) is former Americans for Prosperity Federal Affairs Director Jason Bauknecht. Jason is originally from Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Ashley Sills takes on her first position on Capitol Hill as Scheduler for Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.). Her BS in history was awarded this year by…
You Only Live Once? Three Ways To Approach God And Time
How many times have we all heard, in jest or just as often in all seriousness, that you only live once (YOLO), so, in the words of the old beer commercial, we have to grab for all the gusto we can get. Actually, the YOLO philosophy is but one of several ways human beings across…
Can You Be Moral Without Being A Christian?
Can you be good as an atheist or agnostic? The answer to that question is yes, of course, according to Dr. Frank Turek, founder and president of cross-examined.org and co-author of “I Don’t Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist.” Turek argues that the more basic issue is how do you know what is “moral”…
Sam Nadler Found God In Some Of The Strangest Places, Like Vietnam And A San Francisco Drug Lair
It gets virtually no media attention but something is stirring in the Jewish community in America. This video from One for Israel is indicative of something amazing that should be of interest to everybody, including especially congressional staff of all faiths or no faith:
If This One Claim About Jesus Isn’t True, Then Christianity Is A Lie
If a friend tells you they really do love you and, to prove it, they tell you they deposited $1 million in your bank account, how would you know if you should believe them? You check your bank balance, of course! If the million bucks aren’t there, you know your “friend” is not to be …