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.
GOOD QUESTION: Why Is It So Hard To Live The Christian Life?
Please don’t think the headline on this post is intended to limit the readership only to those who are professing Christians. To the contrary, it is even more important for those who aren’t to have an accurate concept of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ as your eternal Lord and Savior….
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Big Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: A.J. MANANDIC is the new Press Secretary working for Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.). A.J. comes to the Kim operation after a stint as an Account Executive at ROKK Solutions, LLC. She is a 2022 cum laude graduate of George Washington University with a BA in International Affairs and Security Policy. JAMES GOMEZ…
CONTRADICTIONS: Where Were Joseph and Mary From, Nazareth, Bethlehem, or Somewhere Else?
Some critics claim the New Testament is not a trustworthy source of information about Jesus or any of the details of His life, death and resurrection because of alleged contradictions. One example of such allegations is the claim the Gospels of Matthew and Luke offer conflicting versions of from where Joseph and Mary came and…
CONSIDER THIS: Here’s What Those ‘He Gets Us’ Spots Don’t Get
If you watched the Super Bowl, odds are you saw at least one of those “Jesus: He Gets Us” spots that were designed to pitch a sanitized, non-critical version of Christ. Over at The Stream, John Zmirak lays out in convincing fashion why those spots just don’t get the truth of the Gospel: It isn’t…
TESTIMONIES: Pregnant and Abandoned, Laura Chose Life and God
Laura became pregnant before marrying Mike. When Mike found out, he told Laura to either get an abortion or forget him. Laura chose life and bore Hannah as a single mother. The rest of Laura’s story includes many tears, including the loss of her much-loved Father and a challenging marriage with Vince that almost didn’t…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Is Pornography Really Just Harmless Fun?
Whether you love it or hate it, you have to admit America is awash in pornography of all kinds, from the so-called “soft” stuff to the rawest, and increasingly more often, violent acts of sexual contact, both hetero and homosexual. It was the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, whose character Dimitri Karamazov famously said “if…
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Big Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: HANNAH POPE moves over to Communications Director for Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va). Previously, Hannah performed CD duties for the Problem Solvers Caucus, working for Rep. Brian Fitspatrick (R-Pa.). Hannah is a 2020 graduate of the University of Alabama in Political Science and Communications Studies. LUIS SORIANO is the new Press Secretary working…
DATA SAYS: Violent Acts Against Churches Spiraling Upward in America
A new analysis by the Family Research Council (FRC) finds acts of violence against churches in the United States are rapidly heading upward, “vandalism, arson, gun-related incidents, bomb threats, and more.” According to the analysis reported by FRC’s Arielle Del Turco, there were at least 436 acts of hostility against churches in the 11 months…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? If You Died Tonight And God Said …
It’s not pleasant to think about but it comes to all of us sooner or later, so it’s a question each and every human being has to confront: What would you say if you passed away tonight and then, when you appeared at the gates of Heaven, God asked you “why should I let you…
HILL STAFF NEWS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2024
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: VICTORIA ELLINGTON lands as Deputy Chief of Staff for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) after serving as Director of Operations for the DeSantis presidential effort. Victoria has previously worked as a Special Assistant to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and before that as Scheduler for Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas). Victoria earned her BS…