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.
Why Did God Make Me A Lesbian?
There is an unfortunately tense debate in America on homosexuality and, thanks to the rise of politically correct intolerance in the public square, it is increasingly difficult to move the discussion in constructive directions. Congress is one of the major focuses in the debate and congressional staff on every side of the issues are called…
Two Guys Who Know Explain Why Jesus Must Have Died On The Cross
One of the most common objections to the New Testament account of crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is that He didn’t actually die, but rather somehow survived. There are variations in the argument but they essentially go on to claim Jesus was mistakenly assumed by his Roman executioners to be dead, He was…
New Testament, Archeology Agree, Pontius Pilate Was A Real Person
A commonly heard objection to the New Testament account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the alleged absence of archeological evidence for various people, including the Lord Himself. This piece from Raphael Lataster, author of “There Was No Jesus, There Is No God,” is typical of the genre. Besides Jesus, cases…
Just In Case You See A Guy Around Congress With ‘HillFaith’ On His Mac
It’s Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, and for the first time I am doing something I have eagerly anticipated for a long time. I am sitting in a Dirksen Senate Office Building food shop doing “office hours.” No, not office hours like college professors keep because I’m not here grading, or judging, anybody. Rather, I will…
The ‘Goldilocks Principle’ Shows Earth Was Designed For Humans
Do you recall the story of Goldilocks from your youth? She struggled as she sought the right porridge, chair, and bed, but in the end, her discoveries were “just right.” The Goldilocks Principle in secular cosmology is a recognition by scientists that the Earth appears to be “just right” for life to exist on it….
Thoughts On Valentine’s Day, Chocolate And Child Labor
Valentines Day is for lovers, especially lovers of chocolate, but here’s a fact that you may not know – Nearly half of the world’s chocolate is produced in the Ivory Coast of Africa, much of it with child labor. That’s according to The Brookings Institution’s Molly Curtiss and Jenny Perlman Robinson, who write:
Scientists From Harvard, Johns Hopkins, UCLA, Etc. Sign ‘A Dissent From Darwinism.’ Should Hill Staffers Take Notice?
Evolution is accepted as unquestionable fact throughout the popular culture, mainstream media and academic community, but what if more than 1,000 scientists from Harvard, MIT, Princeton and similarly prestigious institutions from around America and the world say they now reject Darwinism, not on the basis of religion but science? Well, they have. So now what?
Five Ways Your Brain Is Different From Your Mind And Why That Matters
Cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace gets excited when he talks about the essential connection between human consciousness and the necessary existence of God. This is a huge problem for atheists because, as Wallace points out, brains and minds aren’t the same thing. “Is that all we are, material bodies, material beings.” Wallace asks. “The problem…
PUEBLA 2019: Our Mission Is Now Completed And We Are Heading Home Tomorrow
Hananeel’s new courtyard received its last paver early this morning as the Friendship Baptist Church (FBC) mission completed its work and then took off for the downtown Plaza. We have to leave very early in the morning to catch our return flight to Houston, then back to Dulles where a church bus will be waiting…
PUEBLA 2019: Three Amigos At The Well And Pavers Corner Reached
Thursdays in Puebla for the Friendship Baptist Church (FBC) mission team are always the last full day we have to complete our week’s work, so it typically becomes the busiest of our time here. Today was no exception on either our construction work projects or our visitation and evangelism efforts. It was easily the most…