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.
CONSIDER THIS: About Those Claims Christ and Christianity Are Rip-Offs Of Prior Pagan Religions
Christmas is coming, so odds are good we will be hearing critics of Christianity making claims that multiple pagan gods that pre-dated the alleged birth of Jesus Christ on December 25 were actually born on that same day. Dan Brown’s “DaVinci Code” is often the source for such claims. Based on such materials, the critics…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Does ‘Love Is Love’ Justify All Sexual Relationships?
Readers of a certain age will recall rock artist/drag queen Boy George saying “All love is good love.” Same-sex marriage advocates have long had their own version, saying “love is love.” Both sayings mean the same thing – when it comes to love, any two or more people should be free to do whatever pleases…
Why Is There A Camel Walking Around Capitol Hill? And Sheep? And A Donkey?
Photo courtesy of Faith & Liberty. Come December 7, you may find yourself asking that question as you walk from one of the House office buildings across Independence Avenue to the Capitol and spot a camel strolling along. It will be accompanied by sheep and a donkey, too. Oh, and there will be three really…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week (11/30)
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: ETHAN SORCHER moves into the Legislative Assistant slot working for Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) after serving a stint as Domestic Affairs Coordinator in Israel’s U.S. Embassy here in D.C. Ethan is a 2020 graduate of Boston University with a BA in International Relations and Affairs. AMY FRIENDMAN takes over as Chief of…
Eight Days Till The Live Nativity On Capitol Hill
Special to HillFaith Only eight days before the Live Nativity, and we are following the star straight to Capitol Hill! Matthew 2 tells the story of the arrival of the Wise Men: “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the…
12/2 CONSIDER THIS: If You Think Cancel Culture Is Bad Today …
Intolerance of followers of Jesus Christ is growing in America, as seen, to cite but one example, in the many jurisdictions during the Covid Pandemic when churches were not allowed to meet but bars and gambling casinos stayed open. Overseas, particularly in the Muslim majority countries of the Middle East where being a Christian can…
They’re Coming! Baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Samson the Camel, Sheep and Donkeys
Make way for the Messiah! Police will be doing just that as Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, Wise Men, townspeople, and shepherds donned in first-century attire, along with camels, donkeys and sheep, head to the U.S. Supreme Court. The world-changing story of that first Christmas night will be read from the Scriptures. Live music will…
TESTIMONIES: My Life Was So Messed Up …
Amazing what can happen when you actually sit down and read the Bible, especially when your life seems like it couldn’t get any more depressing, difficult or desperate: PREVIOUSLY ON HILLFAITH: CONTRADICTIONS: How Many Women Actually Went To Jesus’ Tomb On Resurrection Morning? FOUNDATIONS: Why Christians Should Support Limited Government TESTIMONIES: From Atheist Scientist To…
CONSIDER THIS: Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Heading For The ‘Singularity’ By 2045?
By Casey Luskin Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way — even in just the past year since the Discovery Institute hosted our previous COSM conference. After a recent explosion of impressive AI-based “chatbots,” BBC’s Science Focus declared that “2023 is the year of artificial intelligence, with AI chatbots emerging as indispensable tools for businesses, individuals,…