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: No, Christians And Muslims Do Not Worship The Same God
It’s a truism in much of today’s ecumenical efforts that Christians worship the same deity that Muslims do because both are monotheistic, that is, they each contend there is one god, not many. The reality is that there are profound differences between the essential concepts of God held by orthodox Christians and the two major…
WORKING ON CAPITOL HILL: Young Congressional Aide Reveals How He Makes It In D.C. On $45K
Victor Yang has worked on Capitol Hill for three years, presently as legislative assistant to Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), and previously as a staff assistant to Rep. Charlies Crist (D-Fla.) and an intern for Rep. Juan Vargas, another California Democrat. Even if you’ve never met Victor, he may look familiar to you because he appeared…
Looking For A Job On Capitol Hill?
Check out this five-part HillFaith series by Bret Bernhardt, former chief of staff for Senators Don Nickles (R-Okla.) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). Bernhardt has a wealth of experience, insider insight, how-tos and obscure terms (know what a “golden reference” is on the Hill?), plus lots of helpful links. The Best Resources for Finding a Job On the Hill Where Your…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Free Will Is Impossible If We Live In A Strictly Material Universe
Among the attributes that most distinguish humans from all other creatures is our ability to perceive alternative courses of action and to make choices among those alternatives. That’s called “free will.” Our laws and system of justice assume we all have this unique ability. But if we live in a material universe that is a…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Is God Really Dead? A Conversation Well Worth An Hour Of Your Saturday
John Lennox is the famous and brilliant Oxford mathematician and Christian apologist. David Rubin is the famous and brilliant web radio host and child of a conservative Jewish home. What on earth might two guys of such different backgrounds have to talk about for an hour? Well, what could be more important than the question…
STAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted On The Hill
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Anne Gordon returns to the Hill as tax counsel to Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) after a long absence. Gordon was previously an intern in 2002 to Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ). In between, Gordon was most recently with Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP. She received her LLM in taxation from Georgetown University…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Who And What Did Jesus Say He Was?
He’s the most famous person who ever lived, so all kinds of people have expressed opinions through the centuries since His death and resurrection about who Jesus Christ was, ranging from “great teacher” and “unique moral leader,” to “deluded fanatic,” “Jewish Messiah,” and “religious ascetic.” But who did Jesus think and claim He was? When…
Meet The Christian Philosopher Who Created The First Syringe, The First Hydraulic Press And The First Digital Calculator
If you work on Capitol Hill, you likely heard of Blaise Pascal somewhere along the way, most likely in a college course where he was dismissed as one of those “old white guys” who created the oppressive monster better known as “Western Civilization.” But, as philosopher Kenneth Samples explains on Reflections, Pascal was not only…
Drink Too Much, Then Joke About China’s Police. See What Happens
The Chinese Communist regime in Beijing has launched a massive campaign against the growing movement of Christians and their churches across China. People are forced to leave services, pastors are arrested and sent to prison, and church buildings are demolished by bulldozers. All for the crime of professing an unapproved religious faith. But what happens…
What A Beautiful Name It Is
The name of Jesus Christ, before whom someday every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is God. Hillsong’s Brooke Ligertwood puts this in a song that is itself as lovely as an infant’s smile. VERSE 1: You were the Word at the beginning. One with God the Lord Most High. Your hidden…