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.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Is Your Sex/Gender Assigned At Birth?
When the delivery room doctor or midwife first received you from your Mother’s womb, he or she knew immediately whether you were a boy or a girl. That first instant of recognition took care of what was to be written on your birth certificate regarding your sex. Unlike your name, which was “assigned” to you…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up the Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: ELLIOTT SMITH culminates a congressional journey that began with his internship on the House Administration Committee in January 2020 with promotion by Chairman Bryan Stiel (R-Wisc.) to Oversight Director. Previously, Elliott served as Deputy Oversight Director, Professional Staff Member, and Staff Assistant. Elliott is a 2017 University of Texas BA graduate in…
CONTRADICTIONS? Did Adam and Eve Know of Evil Before That Apple Incident?
Skeptics often claim they refuse to believe in God because “the Bible is full of contradictions.” Is that true? Each of the “Contradictions?” series of HillFaith posts looks at one such example, presents the evidence, then asks you the reader to vote. Scripture in question (Genesis 3:5, 22): “For God knows that when you eat…
MYTH BUSTERS: Claims of an Anti-Science Christian ‘Dark Age’ Are Groundless And Misleading
Conventional campus wisdom for several decades has taught successive generations of college graduates that the period from 500 A.D. to 1,500 A.D. were the “Dark Ages” because the dominant Christian church political and religious establishment barred scientific inquiry. As is so often the case, however, the facts of history point to the opposite conclusion, according…
TESTIMONIES: Why Does God Allow Suffering In This World?
If you’ve ever gone through a tough time in your life and found yourself wondering why God allows so much suffering in this world, this testimony from One for Israel will give you answers.
FOUNDATIONS: Why Christians Must Support Freedom of Speech
The following article is from the editors of The Stream and was originally published as an installment in a series known as “Foundations,” which examines the most important fundamental issues facing America from a traditional Christian perspective. It is reprinted here on HillFaith by permission. “Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.”…
CONSIDER THIS: Is John 3:16 the Most Distorted, Misunderstood Verse in the Bible?
John 3:16 may well be the most widely recognized verse of Scripture in modern America. For many people, it’s likely the only verse of Scripture they have ever heard. And, as the late, great Rev. R. C. Sproul explains in the following 8:00 video recording, John 3:16 is also very possibly the most distorted verse…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: Got a scheduling question involving Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.)? Then you need to get with her new Scheduler, DENISE DEMAPILLIS. Denise is taking the big step into her first full-time congressional aide position, having previously been an Intern for another Illinois Democrat, Rep. Brad Schneider. Denise is a 2023 graduate of George…
Did You Hear About The Dramatic Fall Of The New Atheism?
Signs are abounding that something of a spiritual rebirth is gathering strength in the West, especially the U.S. and the U.K., and, according to Justin Brierley, and one of the prompts of this renewal, ironically, is the decline of the once-prominent New Atheism movement. “While it started in about 2005, I noticed that the conversation…