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.
DATA SAYS: Gen Z Is In Danger of Becoming A Lost Generation
Interesting analysis this morning from Axios in a “Deep Dive: Inside the Mind of Gen Z.” The piece pulls together a bunch of data points and quotes from experts to provide a snapshot of a generation that is in deep trouble (that’s my conclusion, not of the Axios writer). Here’s the key graphs from the…
Three of the Most VIP Books I Always Recommend (And They’re Free to You!)
It was quite a long time ago that I stopped counting all the books that I’ve read (or, for whatever reason, only partially read), but probably like most of you reading this post now, along the way a select few have stood out as especially profound, insightful, memorable or useful. There is, of course, the…
Why Are Thousands of Academic Science Papers Being Withdrawn Amid Charges of Fraud?
Scientists around the world conduct important research into all kinds of questions and then publish the results of their work in respected academic journals and other publications for the purpose of advancing general knowledge. Given the authoritative position of scientists and scientific research and development, maintaining the credibility of published works is vitally important, both…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Why Does God Allow Evil In The World?
One of the inescapable facts of reality is that there is evil in the world. There are unjust wars, deadly plagues, malevolent political and social movements bent on genocide, violent crimes by individuals against other individuals like murder, rape and child abuse, and the list goes on and on and on. No wonder a familiar…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: NATALIE MILLER has moved into the Scheduler position for Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI), after completing her internship with Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Ks.). Natalie is a 2023 graduate of the University of Arkansas with a BA in Political Science and German Studies. Thanedar Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.76 (House Average is 0.34)….
CONSIDER THIS: Where Are Your Memories Stored?
Ask 1,000 randomly selected people where their memories are stored and the vast majority of them will respond that their memories are stored in their brains. Some may even ask something like “where else could they be stored?” But the evidence is growing that memories are not “things” that can be stored like tools that…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: ART MILLER is the new National Security Advisor to Sen. Mark Wayne Mullin (R-Okla.). Art joins the Oklahoma solon’s staff after stints at the Heritage Foundation and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. His first slot on the Hill was as a Defense Fellow in the office of Rep. Tom Cole…
CONTRADICTIONS: Are the Jesus Genealogies in Matthew and Luke Different?
Pointing to alleged contradictions in the Bible is among the most common “ah ha!” moments whenever critics of Christianity make their cases against faith in Jesus Christ as the Resurrected Son of God who is the only path to eternal life (See John 14: 1-11). Michael Jones of InspiringPhilosophy.org specializes in addressing these issues on…
UNDESIGNED COINCINDENCES in the Passion and Resurrection Narratives
Erik Manning of Is Jesus Alive explains: “Skeptics love to tell Christians that the Gospel stories developed over time, adding more mythological elements as they went along. Matthew and Luke copied Mark, plus added more fables. “And then you get John’s Gospel, which is total theological fan-fiction, according to the critics. But if that’s true,…
TESTIMONIES: ‘Am I Gay?’ Angela Struggled With That Thought, And Much, Much More
Imagine being an late adolescent and being plagued with a question like the one in the headline above. Angela felt like she was born somehow defective, or else why were such thoughts continually coming into her mind. That’s not all that this brave young woman struggled with, thanks to a misdiagnosed post-pregnancy problem that prompted…