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.
1st Amendment District Court Win Means Dems’ Club Can’t Be Forced To Have GOP Officers
Congressional staff will face the core issues in this case again and again, and not just on campuses
THINK ABOUT THIS: Science ‘Works’ In Our Universe Because …
Philosopher Kenneth Samples gives the answer AND poses a huge question about chance and design
How An Atheist Guy From Chicago Doing Standup Comedy Became A Born-Again Christian
People who do standup comedy know how to make the rest of us laugh, but does that also mean they are happy in the times between their routines? For comedian Jeff Allen, the crushing answer was “no way.” Allen is genuinely funny now and, since he was successful, I assume he must also have been…
This Is Why Agnosticism Is Self-Defeating (And Who Wants To Live A Life Based on That?)
“Agnosticism is a view that says the ultimate truth about God’s existence is unknowable. However, agnosticism is a ‘self-defeating’ proposition in that it says ‘truth can’t be known,’ while at the same time proposing ‘truth can’t be known’ is known to be a true statement. “That’s why agnosticism’s road ends before it really gets started.”…
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Here’s What Political Conspiracies Like Watergate Tell Us About Jesus’ Disciples
Conspiracy theories are becoming more common these days in the political debate in Congress, the national media and in public forums across the nation, digital and otherwise. The Watergate coverup by President Richard Nixon and half a dozen of his chief aides was a real conspiracy and it cost him his presidency when he became…
Well, Duh, We Live Here, So Of Course It Looks Like A Universe Finely Tuned Just For Us?
One thing that many advocates on both sides of the “does God exist” debate agree on is that the universe is an incredibly finely tuned place, regardless of how we think it came to be. To cite just one example, if the Earth’s tilt on its axis was just two degrees greater, life would very…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Actually, No, All Roads Don’t Lead To God
It’s one of the most frequently heard truisms — All roads lead to Heaven because every religion contains some of the ultimate truth but none of them have all of the truth. Ergo, whichever path “works” for you, do it to the best of your ability and God will smile on you when you die…
Historian Will Durant On The Gospels”Embarrassing Details’ About Jesus And His Disciples
Writing in his book, “Caesar and Christ,” historian Will Durant observed this: “Despite the prejudices and theological misconceptions of the evangelists, they record many incidents that mere inventors would have concealed — the competition of the apostles for high places in the Kingdom, their flight after Jesus’ arrest, Peter’s denials, the failure of Christ to…
WORKING ON THE HILL: Here’s What Modern ‘Tent-Making’ Looks Like
When Paul made his many missionary trips around the known world after his encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, he supported himself by making tents. Being a highly educated individual who was formerly part of the Establishment in Jerusalem (Paul studied under Gamaliel, one of the most respected doctors of law…
EMERGING ISSUES ON THE HILL: Is Jesus Really Appearing To Dozens Of Muslims In The Middle East?
Reports of Jesus appearing in dreams or in some kind of apparent bodily form to Muslims in the Middle East are being heard with increasing frequency, and not just from evangelical Christian missionaries. As a result, the time is coming soon when Christians and skeptics alike will have to take public notice, and sooner than…