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.
New Academic Survey Of Top Scholarship Declares The Quest For ‘Historical Jesus’ Failed
If you attended college at any time in the past several decades, odds are you were taught some variation of the claim the Jesus of the Bible cannot be documented in history, so the book is really nothing more than a collection of myths, fables and exaggerations written long after His death. But then this…
Sean McDowell Explains Why The Martyrdoms Of Jesus’ Disciples Are VIP Today
Among the most significant evidence from logic to support the credibility of the Gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — is the fact none of the original disciples ever disavowed their claims about Jesus’ life and miracles, including the Resurrection. The absence of any such disavowal, either documented or merely rumored, is not prima…
STAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted On The Hill This Week
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Jake Johnsen has set up shop as Chief of Staff for Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY). Jake is a 2009 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in political science. Natalie Johnson is now Press Secretary for Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ), moving up to the Senate side after…
Atheist Richard Dawkins Is, Sort Of, Talking Approvingly About Cannibalism, Again
Richard Dawkins is among the world’s best-known atheists, having debated just about every major contemporary Christian apologist, including John Lennox, his Oxford faculty colleague, as well as philosopher William Lane Craig, and Ravi Zacharias. Whatever you may think about Dawkins’ arguments against the existence of God, or how he performed versus Lennox, Craig or Zacharias,…
Here’s The Science Behind Paul The Apostle On Positive Thinking (And Working On The Hill)
Capitol Hill work is often stressful and insecure because in great part so much of one’s ability to succeed depends on others, many of whom either see only their own interests or are actively working against yours. So, consider what Paul the Apostle in his letter to the Philippians said in giving them — and…
How Are Your Telomeres Today? Can Faith Actually Help You Live Longer, Healthier?
Unless you are deep into the study of cellular biology, odds are you have no idea that your body is so dependent on telomeres because they are essential to the quality and length of your life. So what on earth is a telomere? TA Sciences begins by noting that they are “an essential part of…
How To Know That The Life And Miracles Of Jesus Aren’t Just A Legend
If you’ve ever been involved in a debate on campus or in a typical Washington discussion group about religion, odds are good you’ve heard somebody claim the following: “You can’t trust the Bible because Jesus was a man who was a great teacher but still no more than a man, and besides, in the decades…
New Data Shows The ‘Nones’ Have Peaked, May Even Be Dropping Among Gen Zs
Experts didn’t expect such a development but it appears the ranks of the “Nones” — people who identify with no religious denomination or following — are no longer increasing and a decline may even be ahead. That’s the news from two recently completed massive studies, both of which are reported today by the Religion in…
STAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted This Week
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Molly Carpenter moves up from military legislative assistant to legislative director for Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). Molly is a Hill veteran, having served in various positions since 2002, including stints with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ). She is a 2014 MA graduate of Johns Hopkins…
THINK ABOUT THIS: The Problem Of What Happens To Those Who Have Never Heard Of Jesus
It’s not a new problem, this question about all the people on earth and down through the centuries since Jesus — before He was crucified dead, buried and then resurrected on the third day — told everybody who would listen that He is the only way to eternal salvation. Well, what about all those millions…