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: Did Jesus Really Exist?
This may come as a shock to many HillFaith regulars but there are actually critics of Christianity who argue that Jesus Christ never really lived on this Earth. You can do a search on YouTube for “Did Jesus Really Exist?” and you will find half a dozen videos from such critics. Kyle Butt of the…
CONSIDER THIS: Does Math Disprove The Genesis Flood?
Bill Nye, “the Science Guy,” has argued that the Great Flood described in the sixth chapter of Genesis could not have actually happened because, assuming it occurred approximately 4,500 years ago, there would not be enough time to generate the estimated 16 million species on the Earth today. It’s an interesting argument that on it’s…
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Is This Who You Think God Is?
Ask a randomly selected 1,000 people to describe the characteristics of what they call “God” and you can be certain you will hear a bewildering variety of answers. Everybody has some concept of what God is like. But what does the Bible say about the characteristics of God? Psalm 139 is my favorite of the…
TESTIMONIES: New Birth or Just Another Same-old/Same-old New Year?
Happy New Year! How’s your head feel today? Remember who you were with last night? Wish you don’t remember who you were with last night? And be honest, do you recall what you did with them? Do you even want to recall? If you are like I was earlier in my life, your head hurts,…
Wondering How to Have a Happy New Year?
No matter what. Happy New Year! Previously on HillFaith: If You Are Struggling Through a Rough Christmas, Please Read This WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Christmas is a Pagan Holiday, so Christians Should Not Celebrate It. Really? CONTRADICTIONS: No, Matthew and Luke Accounts of an Angel Visiting Joseph and Mary Do Not Conflict
CONSIDER THIS: Was the Star That Led the Magi to Baby Jesus a ‘Great Comet?’
People have been researching, arguing and speculating about what the three wise men — aka “the Magi” — saw that they thought was a star leading them to a particular location where they would find a newborn king. Eric Hedin, who earned a doctorate in experimental plasma physics from the University of Washington and did…
If You’re Struggling Through A Stressful Christmas, Please Read This
Paula Bolyard is PJ Media’s editor and a gifted writer who is blessed with a powerfully candid self-awareness and a courageous heart for sharing her faith. In the following column she wrote several years ago in the midst of an especially difficult Christmas season, Paula shares her heart about the real struggles we all face…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Christmas Is A Pagan Holiday, So Christians Should Not Celebrate It! Really?
It’s not heard much these days, but there are still folks among us who describe themselves as followers of Jesus Christ but who contend that Christians should not celebrate Christmas because it is essentially a pagan festival. The Puritans of the Cromwell period in England are perhaps best known for this attitude. It’s true a…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: HAYLEY FERNANDES makes the big move from the California State Capital to Congress, taking over as Agriculture Legislative Assistant to Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.). Back in Sacramento, Hayley previously served as a Fellow on the California Senate Rules Committee. Hayley received her BS in Dairy Science from California Polytechnic State University in…