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-Driven Study Finds Christians Are The Most Charitable Americans
Ever hear these maxims? “Put your money where your mouth is.” Or “Where the rubber meets the road.” Then there is this one: “People don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care.” So where your money goes is an important measure of what you actually value, as opposed to…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Moving Up On The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: NATALIE YESBICK moves up to Communications Director for Sen. John Corny (R-Texas) after a successful stint as the Texan’s Press Secretary. Natalie is a 2015 graduate of Southern Methodist University with a BA in Journalism and Communications Studies. PAYNE GRIFFIN shifts from the Senate side to the House side of Congress, as…
Is Earth Just a Pale Blue Dot in a Vast, Hostile Universe?
If you’ve ever heard somebody claim there is no way there could be a God who created the Earth because why would our planet be such an insignificant part of an unknowably vast, hostile universe, you’ve been influenced by Carl Sagan “pale blue dot.” You can check it out here from YouTube when Sagan, then…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Moving Up On Capitol Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: BROOKE NETHERCOTT is the new Communications Director for Rep. French Hill (R-Va.). This position is the first on the Hill for Brooke, who previously worked as a Senior Consultant at FTI Consulting. Brook is a 2016 graduate of the University of Hartford in Communications and Media Studies. ELIANA LOCKE is the new…
Think You Can Solve the ‘Mother of all Chicken and Egg Problems’ of Your Body?
You know what a “chicken-and-egg” problem is, right? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? If it’s the first egg, how could it be laid without a chicken? If it’s the chicken, how did the egg become fertilized? Now think about an unborn child in the womb. It’s in the process of growing all…
Did You Know There Are Snakes That Can Fly? (Well, Actually They Glide)
This latest installment in the Apologetics Press’ video series “Wonders of Creation” features snakes that can thrust themselves off tree limbs high up in the air and then glide up to a football field of distance to land. Yes, you read that right. They are located in South Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago. There are…
Is Knowing God Exists a Matter of Common Sense?
If you were able to scan my bookshelves, you would quickly realize that I have (probably too) many books and that most of them concern faith, philosophy and history. And yes, my being an old Formula Ford racer, there are a few volumes on motorsports as well. There are many books on my shelves about…
CONSIDER THIS: Was Jesus Offensive?
How on Earth could Jesus Christ be considered offensive? Eric Lyons of Apologetics Press explains:
Happy Thanksgiving!
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” I Chronicles 16:34
The Human Cost When The Government Fails To Protect Freedom
Lorie Smith of 303 Creative has been in litigation for six years. Now, the Supreme Court is hearing her case. We expect certain jobs to bring on their share of confrontations, danger, or emotional toll. But artists? No one—least of all artists themselves—sees that profession as a lightning rod for threats and intimidation. It’s become…