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.
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Wow! Jackie Dailey Cottrell has been with Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) for 18 years. Jackie has been Roberts’ Chief of Staff since 2003 and before that served as his Deputy Chief of Staff and as his Press Secretary. But Cottrell is now stepping down from the helm of the retiring Republican senator’s staff….
Scientific Reasoning vs. Religious Faith: The Fight that Should Have Never Been
Science is King on Capitol Hill, and religion is old news, at best. At least that’s a commonly heard view. The following Here’s The Thing post is a logical, thoughtful assessment of why science and faith never should have been put in opposite corners.
Three Secrets To The Culture Wars
Aussie blogger and pastor Kurt Mahlburg is a perceptive observer of politics and culture in America, Great Britain and Down Under. You may not agree with everything he says, but he’s definitely worth reading for those with intellectually honest and open minds. “It’s been many decades since the term culture wars was dubbed, and the label…
If Jesus Didn’t Die On The Cross, There Was No Resurrection, Either
There are those who insist Jesus didn’t really die on the cross. If that’s true, then everything else claimed about the life and significance of His life is cast into doubt. But is it the most reasonable conclusion that Jesus was not dead when His body was taken down from the cross, based upon the…
Are Christians Crazy?
Well, they are often accused of being crazy for believing, among other things, that God became a man, lived a perfect life, was tried and executed for blasphemy, then rose again three days later and now sits on the right hand of God the Father. But how crazy is it, asks Eric Lyons of Apologetics…
‘Separation Of Church And State’ May Not Mean What You Think It Does
It’s found nowhere in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, yet the phrase “a wall of separation between church and state” is the core truism at the heart of most media and official discussions of religion and government. Ideas do indeed have consequences. As Chapman University Law Professor John Eastman explains in the following…
Data Prompts Second Thoughts About The ‘Soulmate’ Model Of Marriage And Family
W. Bradford Wilcox of the Institute for Family Studies examines the data on marital happiness and related factors since 1950 and finds that the prevailing academic view of how to ensure a happy marriage hasn’t worked. Think about it: Would you rather have a spouse you know will be by your side no matter what…
SCIENCE AND FAITH: Scientists, Archeologists Say Infrared Tool Led Them To Last Supper Room
At first glance, I thought this was something straight out of the fever swamp section of the National Enquirer newsroom or maybe even the Midnight News, but, no, the following news report was produced and appeared on a credible Israeli news outlet. The claim being reported is that by using 3D imaging made possible by…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Shani Rosenstock joins the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee as a Professional Staff Member, working for the chairman, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). Shani earned her BA in political science and business administration (Magna Cum Laude) from American University in 2017. Mia Mayberry is now Outreach Director for Sen. Amy Kloubachar (D-MN),…
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s Tearful Tribute To Apologist Ravi Zacharias
There is likely nobody outside of President Donald Trump himself in a more pressure-packed job in the public spotlight these days than White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. In the short time she has been in the position, she has displayed an articulate, intelligent, and graciously forceful approach to dealing with what surely is the…