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: 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…
SPIRITUAL MEAT: Alistair Begg – ‘His Sheep Hear His Voice’
Alistair Begg was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1952 but came to the United States in 1983 to pastor Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio. He is the voice behind the Truth For Life Christian radio preaching and teaching ministry, which broadcasts his sermons daily to stations across North America through over 1,800 radio outlets. His…
DATA SAYS: Survey Shows Public’s View of Faith’s Importance to Society Rebounded in 2023
Americans appear to be reinvigorating their view that religious faith is a key element in finding practical and workable solutions to the many problems facing this nation, according to the latest edition of the Religious Freedom Index: American Perspectives on the First Amendment published annually by the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty. “The 2023 Index marked the highest…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Does Abortion Pill Reversal Work and Is It Safe?
There are at least 4,000 human beings walking on the face of the Earth today because their mothers changed their mind about aborting them chemically and instead successfully used the Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) treatment to save their unborn child. Haven’t heard of the APR? That’s not surprising, considering it is counter to the dominant…
President Ronald Reagan’s Classic Illustration of Intelligent Design
From Evolution News & Science Today: We are approaching President Ronald Reagan’s 113th birthday, falling next week on February 6. Two days before his birthday in 1988, Reagan delivered remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. (Editor’s Note: The 2024 National Prayer Breakfast convened earlier this morning in the nation’s capital.). He told attendees that…
RED PEN LOGIC: Should ‘Religious People’ Impose Their Morality Through the Law?
Did you hear about the tweet posted recently by the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science? According to Dr. Tim Barnett, the “Mr. B” behind Stand to Reason’s Red Pen Logic videos, religious people were invited to keep their beliefs to themselves whenever they feel the urge to comment on issues in the public…