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.
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…
CONSIDER THIS: What If Racism Isn’t Our Biggest Problem, It’s Actually Otherism?
Few topics get more attention these days than racism. Advocates of Critical Race Theory (CRT) insist that racism is embedded in our political, social and economic structures, and they also claim racism is inherently a function of the color of an individual’s skin. But what if the problem actually goes deeper than the mere color…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who Is Moving Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: DANNY JATIVA is hustling over to be Communications Adviser to Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), after filling the dual roles of Communications Director/Foreign Policy Adviser to Rep. Carlos Antonio Gimenez (R-FL). Danny’s MA in Global Governance, Politics and Security is from American University. ANGELIKA PELLEGRINO is the new Deputy Communications Director for Sen….
EXPLAIN THIS: How Did Bees Learn To Talk By Dancing?
You may never have wondered how the honey bee tells the other honey bees in the nest where to find the latest supply of food, but you should have because therein lies another fascinating that points to the necessity of a creator. As Kyle Butt of the Apologetics Press explains in the following short video,…
THINK ABOUT THIS: How ‘Hilbert’s Hotel’ Helps Explain God And Infinity
If you’ve ever watched a football game, you may have witnessed your favorite team moving the ball to the opponent’s one-yard line late in the fourth quarter of a tie game. Everybody in the grandstands is on their feet screaming their heads off, either for the winner or to “hold’em!” But when your team goes…