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.
PERSECUTION: Islamic Extremists ‘Hunting and Killing Us on a Daily Basis’
On Pentecost Sunday in Abuja, Nigeria, four gunmen stormed a Catholic Church during mass, massacring at least 50 worshippers in one of the most brutal rampages of the year. As word of the attack spread, so, too, did outrage that the violence in this African nation continues on. While Christians have been routinely targeted by Nigeria’s…
THINK ABOUT THIS: The Biology of the Baroque
Biology and the Baroque together? Yes, and this 20 minute video will give you a deep new appreciation for the miracle that is the incredible beauty and order in the natural world. And that in turn will raise some crucially important questions about whether the standard Darwinian explanation can by itself or in conjunction with…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Was the Resurrection of Jesus Faked?
It is a commonly heard argument from skeptics of Christianity who claim the Resurrection of Jesus never really happened because there was a conspiracy among the disciples to fake it. The disciples knew, the skeptics contend, that Jesus had predicted He would be resurrected from the grave three days after dying on the cross, but…
MY TESTIMONY: Let’s Get to the Truth About What Faith Is
Unless you’ve been asleep for the past several decades, you have heard it said many times, in many ways and in many places that faith, especially Christian faith, is based on blind acceptance, as opposed to secular, materialistic science, which is based on evidence and logic. Like so much else in the conventional wisdom of…
EXPLAIN THIS: The Miracle of Man
How to explain the origins of Man? There are but two possibilities: Either Man was created from nothing by God for an eternal purpose and destiny, or Man is nothing more than a constantly changing conglomeration of physical matter whose passing is of no consequence to anybody or anything. Which position you take on this…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: ALEX CARNES takes over as Clerk/Staff Director for the Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs. A Hill veteran who began in 2011 as an Intern working for then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carnes comes to the appropriations panel after a stint…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Can the Digital Church Help Mend America?
For millions of Americans, one of the most disruptive aspects of the Covid pandemic was the move by thousands of churches to digital services. The online church at least had the benefit of providing a way for people to remain in some form of connection with others in the congregation and the various ministry activities…
HARD FACTS: Did Jesus Perform Miracles or Not?
Skeptics of Jesus’ claim to be God and the Gospels’ descriptions of His many claimed miracles — including raising the dead, healing the sick and feeding 5,000 — point to the Matthew 16:1-4: “And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them,…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Don’t Impose Your Religious Beliefs on Me
There is a growing trend in American society to define the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right to freely exercise one’s religious faith, or lack thereof, as meaning you can think and say whatever you want about such matters insider your church building. But keep it to yourself, keep it private, because “religion has no…