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.
QUICK TAKES: Survey Finds Growing Gen Z, Men Church Attendance, Bible Interest
(QUICK READ) — A recent survey of American churches conducted by the American Bible Society turned up more evidence that there is a spiritual stirring in this nation, particularly among Gen Zers and especially among young men. Asked if young adults are showing more interest in their church, a majority (54 percent) respondents for 124…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: How Congressional Aides View Trump (You May Be Surprised!)
(QUICK READ) — Okay, it’s true asking a bunch of self-identified Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill how they view President Donald Trump’s first six months in office probably seems like a “dog bites man” story. It just ain’t news, right? Well, check out the following results from the recent CNCT Capitol Pulse poll that…
MYTH BUSTERS: Yes, Luke Was an Ancient Historian of the First Rank
(8:10 VIEWING) — Scratch a skeptic about the reliability of the Bible and sooner or later they will start talking about how Luke — author of the third Gospel and the Book of Acts — had no business presenting himself as an historian when in fact he got lots of details wrong. The next question…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: ANDREW BAMBRICK is the new Legislative Assistant in the office of Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wisc.). Previously, Andrew worked for Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) as a Legislative Assistant on the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Andrew is a 2019 BA in Government graduate of Patrick…
Here’s What Marriage is All About: Matthew West on ‘Growing Up and Growing Old’
Here are the lyrics: verse I can′t forget the way Your hand fit in my hand A single touch, but something just felt right pre-chorus Little did I know My heart decided then I would spend the rest of my one life chorus Growin’ up and growin′ old With a heart to love and a…
CONSIDER THIS: Debating if Near-Death Experiences Prove the After-Life
(36-MINUTE VIEWING) — Put two highly intelligent and experienced individuals together with Piers Morgan in front of the cameras to discuss whether near-death experiences provide evidence that humans have an afterlife, and the result is a deeply fascinating discussion. Dr. Michael Eignor is a veteran neurosurgeon, who began his career as an atheist, but subsequently…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: John Quincy Adams’ ‘Three Points of Doctrine’
(QUICK READ)— “There are three points of doctrine, the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of a God; the second is the immortality of the human soul; and the third is a future state of rewards and punishments. “Suppose it possible for a man to disbelieve either…
TESTIMONIES: Jeanne Describes How Jesus Set Her Free of Abortion Guilt
(3:34 VIEWING) — Millions of American women, often at the insistence or with the active assistance of a man, have terminated a pregnancy through abortion. That’s actually the least accurate way of describing abortion — it is in fact the purposeful killing of a living, but as yet unborn, infant human being. We humans are…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: 80 Percent of Congressional Aides Say There’s an Epstein Cover-up
(QUICK READ) — It’s a rare phenomenon when 80 percent or more of congressional aides agree on one of the most prominent and controversial issues facing the nation, but the latest CNCT Capitol Pulse reveals just such an example. Fully 80 percent of the anonymous congressional aides responding when asked if they believe there is…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Standing for Religious Freedom Just a Way to Protect Privilege?
(FIVE-MINUTE VIEWING) — If you’ve worked on Capitol Hill very long at all, you’ve realized that what some people say when asked why they are talking to their elected representatives isn’t their actual motivation. So what about people lobbying on the Hill to protect religious freedom? Are their motivations in proclaiming the importance of religious…