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 ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Jesus said: “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up On The Hill This Week!
Courtesy of Legistorm: Riley Pearce moves from the Senate side to the House side to take up duties as Constituent Services Representative for Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK). Riley previously worked as a Legislative Correspondent for Sen. James Lankford (R-OK). She is a 2018 BA summa cum laude graduate in Political Science and Government from Northwestern…
How Do I Hold to a Biblical Worldview Working on the Hill?
How does a biblical worldview apply in considering the myriad policies and issues while working on the Hill? Traditional thinking holds that this view should permeate all that you do, including your day job of making public policy. If that’s the case, then we should take the time to consider its implications. It’s much easier…
R Street Institute Unveils ‘Guide for a Modern Congress’ Website
There is a bit of a double meaning behind the title of this web site, HillFaith. It has two purposes: First is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with every congressional staffer possible, regardless of party, regardless of position. Second, is to be an advocate for Hill staffers. This includes both individually through mentoring…
MYTH-BUSTERS: So You Think The Virgin Birth of Jesus is a Myth?
Hey, it’s Monday, so how about we take up a really complicated, difficult-to-sort out debate among biblical critics and scholars about whether or not Mary, the mother of Jesus, was really a virgin when her remarkable son was born? In the following video, Erik Manning of “Is Jesus Alive?” takes on Paulogia, a critic of…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is the Bible Sexist?
Folks who attended college during the past several decades on any of the nation’s Ivy League or state university campuses are likely to have heard — probably often — some variation on the claim that the Bible is sexist, that it demeans women as second-class citizens. An objectively informed view of what the Bible actually…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Then Jesus said: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” — John 15:5 Then C.S. Lewis said: “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up On The Hill This Week!
Courtesy of Legistorm: Betsy Byrne moves over from the Trump White House where she was a Presidential Writer to serve as Press Secretary for Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). An Alabama native, the Fitzpatrick position is Betsy’s first on Capitol Hill. Speaking of Alabama, Robyn Gulley is the new Legislative Correspondent in the office of Rep….
HILLFAITH POLL: Should All Hill Staffers Undergo Background Checks?
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Russell Honore told CNN earlier this week that he would support mandatory background checks for all congressional staffers. “We made recommendations that everyone coming into the Capitol give background checks, the entire Congressional staff,” Honoré told CNN. “We do think that everyone going into the Capitol, that works there, should have complete…
SCIENCE AND FAITH: Three Recent Major Scientific Discoveries Point to God
Writing in The Federalist, Stephen Meyer, Director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, points to three major scientific discoveries of the past century that he believes are best explained by the existence of God: “This week, traditional Jews and Christians celebrate special acts of God in human history. Yet, polling data now…