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.
THINK ABOUT THIS: Would You Save Your Drowning Dog or a Drowning Stranger?
So you are sitting at the end of a pier on a lake and you see your dog struggling in the water. You love your dog and seeing him in distress alarms you. But then you also see a man you don’t know struggling in the water nearby. If you don’t act, both your dog…
TESTIMONIES: Ramin’s Journey From Hopelessness and Hatred to the Love, Light and Truth of Jesus
Ramin was born into an Iranian Shiite family and spent most of his childhood as a devoted Muslim. But a series of injustices and tragedies that are endemic in the Iran of the Mullahs showed him the emptiness of Islam. And so he cried out for help and it was Jesus, not Allah, who answered…
CONSIDER THIS: Luke Deserves a Place Among the GOAT Historians
Luke the physician is the author of two books in the New Testament, the Gospel bearing his name and the Book of Acts, which documents the growth of the Christian church in the earliest days following the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was a physician but he is best-known as the traveling companion of Paul…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most GOP Staff Proud of America, Not So Much Among Dems
Nearly three-quarters, or 73 percent, of all congressional staffers who responded to a recent Capitol CNCT survey said they are “proud” to be Americans, but there are some surprises within the responses. Among the GOP staffers, 89 percent said they are proud to be Americans but less than half, or 45 percent, of the Democratic…
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: MICHAELA TODD is the new Communications Director for Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Ks.). Michaela previously was Press Secretary to Rep. Tracey Mann (R-Ks.). Michaela is a 2019 graduate of Emporia State University in Communication, political science and public relations. TYLER JESSE is making the move from Scheduler to Operations Director for Rep. David…
CONTRADICTIONS: How Many Generations Were There Before the Birth of Jesus?
It may seem like a “problem” of little significance, but the reality is that the apparent contradiction between the Old and New Testaments of the Bible about how many generations occurred between before the birth of Jesus. In the following 4:00 video, InspiringPhilosophy explains why what appears to be different answers are in fact seen…
Which Better Explains Why Flies Are so Hard to Swat, Natural Evolution or Irreducible Complexity?
This is is a three-step post: Step One is to check out the Nature 4:40 video below in this post explaining the fly’s amazing wing hinge for one of the most fascinating illustrations you are ever likely to see, a tiny example of the seemingly endless miracles of nature. For all their irritating qualities, common…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Defending Religious Freedom Really Just Protecting Privilege?
Critical theory advocates take a particular aspect of a society — capital, ethnicity, property, etc. — and absolutize it. That is, they interpret everything about a society through a lens shaped by the particular factor. The assumption is that the nature of every element found in a society is best understood by its relationship to…