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.
DID YOU KNOW? Here’s Why No Superhero Even Remotely Compares With Jesus
Stand to Reason’s (STR) Alan Schlemon explains why you may be Batman or the Incredible Hulk, or you may be Superman, or even Spiderman, but no matter how great a superhero you see yourself, Jesus is infinitely greater, smarter, stronger, more compassionate, etc. etc. etc. This video is part of STR’s University training program for…
Is Christianity Still Relevant?
It’s increasingly easy in contemporary American public policy, media and culture for Christians to feel like they have become a minority inflluence and, it often seems to a steadily greater degree, a despised minority to boot. But, as J. Warner Wallace of Cold-Case Christianity explains during a recent appearance on “The Ride Home With John…
International Survey Finds Half of Teens Say Jesus Offers Hope, Fourth Claim Personal Relationship With Him
A survey of nearly 25,000 teenagers 13-17 in 26 countries and speaking 17 different languages turned up some surprising responses concerning their opinions about Jesus Christ and their views about His relevance, or lack thereof. Forty-six percent of those interviewed by the Barna Group said Jesus “offers hope” to the world and more. “Most teenagers…
CONSIDER THIS: ‘I Regret It Every Day’ – New Survey Reveals Depth of Post-Abortion Trauma
By Ben Johnson The entertainment and legacy media present abortion as empowering, but that’s not the feeling that impelled one mother to agree to a medication abortion. “I was scared to death,” she told researchers. Even five later, the woman — who still describes herself as “pro-choice” — says she regrets her chemical abortion. “Now…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Do You Want a Relationship With God or a Religion of Man?
There are among the world’s religions only two basic paths to eternal salvation. The most prevalent one is some variation on human works, on earning salvation by living a good life, however that is defined. Christianity is fundamentally different from all other religions because it is in fact not a religion at all. Instead of…
TESTIMONIES: Iranian Muslim Chanted ‘Death to Israel,’ Now Speaks Life, Follows Jesus
This may well be the most amazing thing you see today, this week or maybe even this year. Something is happening throughout the Muslim world as the underground Christian movement spreads despite the cruelest, most systematic repression, both official and non-official. This man was an Iranian military commander, driven by hate for Jews and Israel….
CONSIDER THIS: Did Jesus Have ‘Doubts’?
If Jesus is both fully God and fully Man, did He ever have doubts about who He is and the Purpose of His life during His 33 years on the Earth? Believe it or not, that is a question that has received some serious discussion in recent years among some religious scholars. Rob Bowman, the…
LONG STORY SHORT (EPISODE THREE): Is Antibiotic Resistance Good Evidence for Darwinian Evolution?
Too much of a good thing can become a bad thing, right? An important illustration of this maxim is the fact that many antibiotics are wonder drugs when used in the proper dosages, but overuse leads to uselessness. The folks at Discovery Science observe that: “Bacterial evolution and antibiotic resistance is one of the all…
SCIENCE UPRISING: Will Artificial Intelligence Lead to Robots Taking Over Our World?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already a pervasive influence, thanks to advances in robotic manufacturing that offers mixed blessings. Robots can all-but-endlessly manufacture products to perfect specifications, but the same robots take jobs from human beings. There are also worries that the time will come when AI will result in robots that develop the capacity to…