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.
Who Said DNA And Suffering Are Meaningless, Atheist Dawkins or Jesus?
Oxford Professor Emeritus Fellow Richard Dawkins is among the world’s most famous atheists, thanks largely to his prolific pen, which produced such well-read books as “The God Delusion” and “The Blind Watchmaker.” Less appreciated perhaps is the unmitigated bluntness with which Dawkins so forthrightly discusses the implications of his conclusions about the origin of man…
How To Deal With What Or Who You Fear Most On The Hill. Or Anywhere Else, For That Matter
If you’ve worked for any length of time on Capitol Hill, odds are you’ve run up against something or somebody that makes you feel uncomfortable, inferior, “dumber,” insecure, or maybe even fearful. Don’t worry, we’ve all been there and you are not even remotely alone in having such feelings, whether you are a disciple of…
What If Jesus Is The Only Way To Heaven?
It’s a truism heard often these days that “all roads lead to God, whether you believe in Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Confucius, the Hindu pantheon, Bahai or …” on and on it goes. As it happens, Jesus is the only one of this all-star lineup of claimants to deity who claimed absolute exclusivity, as He did…
Does Christian Hypocrisy Prove Christianity Is False?
Perhaps you’ve heard it before: “Christians are just a bunch of hypocrites!” Or maybe this version: “Christianity can’t be true because so many Christians are fakes.” It’s a popular claim, one that has led many people to close their minds to even considering the growing mountains of credible evidence for the reality of the empty…
So You Think That Neat ‘Multiverse’ Theory Explains It All …
No, when people talk about the “Multiverse” theory, they aren’t talking about music with a lot of stanzas or choruses. Odds are, they are talking about more basic issues like “how did the universe get here” and “why are there human beings.” You can’t talk about those kinds of issues on Capitol Hill or anywhere…
Panel To Discuss ‘The Trials And Tribulations Of Living An Ethical Life On Capitol Hill’
This may come as a shock to some but there are times working on Capitol Hill when people don’t tell the whole truth about actions of their boss, or conceal facts about their own role in questionable practices or even tell lots of little white lies that taken together create a huge dark falsehood. Yes,…
‘This Is Us’ Star Chrissy Metz Has No Qualms About Expressing Her Faith
If you have followed the “This Is Us” tv series, you will recognize Chrissy Metz as “Kate,” daughter of Jack and Rebecca Pearson and sister to brothers Kevin and Randall. What you may not recognize is Metz boldly declaring her Christian faith despite that often being a ticket to professional oblivion in tinsel town. “It…
Four Advent Questions To Start Your New Year (And Maybe Change Your Life)
Just before Christmas, it was my pleasure to share a celebratory hour or so with members of the Faith & Law Society in the Longworth HOB, hosted by the group’s extraordinary executive director, Lauren Noyes. Among the highlights of the gathering was hearing a brief address by Bill Reidel, Lead Pastor of the Redemption Hill…
Is Christianity Just An Insurance Policy Against Going To Hell?
It’s been an argument of critics for much of the modern era, the contention being that humans yearn to know what happens after they die, so they invent religion to supply the answer. “So a lot of people will try and say ‘well, yeah, if you become a Christian, you’re going to go to Heaven,’…
No, Jesus And Mithras Weren’t Both Born Of Virgins (Myths About Christianity Debunked)
Unless there is some way to determine if the rock from which sprung Mithras — the ancient mythical god at the heart of the mystery cult known as “Mithraism” — was a virgin, that is. That Jesus’ virgin birth was stolen from the Mithras myth is one of the many allegations raised by Christianity’s critics,…