HillFaith Blog: Good News for Hill Staffers
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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.
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…
WORKING ON THE HILL: Women Staffers Turn To Wardrobe Rental Services
Many congressional staffers are in high-visibility, high-pressure positions that, unfortunately, also come with comparatively low pay, so there is a premium on making every dollar earned go as far as possible. That’s a key to growing popularity among women working on the Hill of wardrobe rental services. Roll Call’s Mary Ellen McIntire has a great post…
WORKING ON THE HILL: Look Who’s Being Promoted
Recent Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Ryan Feldman has interned for Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY) and Jacky Speier (D-Calif.). Now Feldman is the new scheduler for Rep. Josh Harder (D-Calif.). Feldman is a 2019 graduate of American University in inter-disciplinary studies. Melanie Lenhardt Brown is Rep. David Schweikert’s (R-Az.) new policy adviser. She…
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Even If Macro-Evolution Is True, God Is Still Necessary
What if evolution is true, both in terms of micro and macro changes over time? If it is, does that mean there is no room for the Christian God as creator of the universe and everything in it, including humans and animals? Cross-examined.org’s Dr. Frank Turek says no, there still must be an explanation for…
Federal Court Delivers Victory For Freedom Of Religion, Speech
Somebody apparently complained on Valentine’s Day 2018 when Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) student Polly Olsen distributed greetings to fellows students that included the words “Jesus Loves You,” “You Are Loved” and “You Are Never Alone,” along with illustrative Bible verses. So campus security told Olsen she had to stop. When she asked why, she…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Thoughts On God In And Out Of Time
When Stephen Hawking wrote his best-selling “A Brief History of Time” in his quest to do away with God, the renowned Cambridge mathematician had to invent a second kind of time, which he called “imaginary” time. The imaginary time was a necessary posit because Hawking knew that if there is the time we know of…
Today Demonstrates Why The Big Bang Had To Have A Beginning
Yes, it’s Monday and the first day of the week is the hardest one in which to wrap one’s mind around a complex philosophical question such as “can time be infinite.” But it will be just as complex tomorrow and every other day, so how about let’s go ahead and address it today. Dr. Frank…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Why Our Brains And Our Minds Aren’t One And The Same Thing
If the material universe is all there is, where do our non-material minds come from?