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: If You Aren’t Sure About This Intelligent Design Stuff
Odds are overwhelming that unless you’ve read one of the many fine books explaining Intelligent Design (ID) published by the Discovery Institute, or viewed a YouTube video of somebody like biologist Michael Denton, author of the “The Miracle of Man,” or Professor Stephen Meyer, author of the “Return of the God Hypothesis,” you almost certainly…
New York, California, West Virginia at Bottom of First-Ever State Religious Freedom Index Ranking
New York, California and West Virginia are the least protective of religious freedom according to the first-ever index ranking of the 50 states based on 11 measures of their legal protections. Created by the The Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy (CRCD), an initiative of the Plano, Texas-based First Liberty Institute, the Religious Liberty in…
Finding Real Power on Capitol Hill (Hint: It’s Not Where You Think)
I had intended this article to be posted a couple of weeks ago, but with the political turmoil we’ve experienced as a result of the Mar-a-Lago raid, I wondered if it wasn’t addressing the realities of the moment we live in on the Hill these days. It seemed trite and passé to suggest that love…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Who Created God?
Whoa! That’s quite a big question up there in the headline to this post. But it captures a question that is often heard when an atheist or agnostic considers whether God exists. It’s also sometimes meant more rhetorically than as a serious inquiry. But to answer the question, there can only be three possible kinds…
EXPLAIN THIS: Where Do Natural Laws Come From?
“Where do natural laws originate” was not likely the first question on your mind this morning as you gazed into the mirror, washed the sleep out of your eyes, and contemplated your breakfast choices. But what would you say if that question was posed to you later in the day by a colleague during the…
THINK ABOUT THIS: The Truth About C.S. Lewis’ Famous ‘Lord, Liar or Lunatic’ Trilemma
Among the most well-known popular arguments in favor of the divinity of Jesus Christ was first proposed by the great C.S. Lewis in his book, “Mere Christianity,” when he offered this syllogistic claim: “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept…
Here’s Why the ‘God of the Gaps’ Critique is a Mis-Characterization of Theism, Intelligent Design
One of the most commonly cited criticisms of those who believe human beings, Earth and indeed the entire universe exhibit evidence of intelligent design is the retort from evolutionists that concluding there must be a designer is “just another example of the ‘god of the gaps’ fallacy.” On the surface, the god of the gaps…
LONG STORY SHORT (Episode 1): Homology, Common Descent or Common Designer?
If one wanted to redefine an inconvenient term in such a manner as to make it a conversational resource rather than an obstacle, giving it a seemingly positive new name is the ticket. Believe it or not, that’s very much like what happened to the word “Homology.” Example: Instead of calling “circular reasoning” circular reasoning,…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Who Got Jesus’ Dead Body?
There are a thousand ways to approach a conversation about Jesus Christ, but in the final analysis, it all comes down to one crucial question — Why was His grave empty on the third day after His crucifixion and burial? The answer of the Gospels is, of course, that, just as He predicted before the…
New Barna Group Survey Finds Christians Are The Most Generous Americans
Americans have long been known as the most generous people on the face of the Earth, but who are the most generous among them? A new nationwide survey by the Barna Group market research firm points to “Practicing Christians.” The Barna Groups survey results are reported in “Landscape of Giving,” the first of what is…