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.
Does ‘Servant-Leadership’ Always Mean Serving And Leading?
By Bret Bernhardt Our world greatly needs service and leadership. To meet this need, we require both servants and leaders. Or perhaps it is “servant-leaders” that we need, a phrase that has been popularized mostly in Christian thought in recent years? Are you, as someone working on the Hill who follows the admonitions and teachings…
TESTIMONIES: From Atheist Scientist To Scientist And Follower Of Jesus Christ (2)
If you’ve ever heard the phrase “Red Diaper Baby,” you will perhaps recognize the reference to somebody born in the 1940s or 1950s whose parents were members of the U.S. Communist Party in the pre-WWII era. Dr. Sy Garte was a Red Diaper Baby. As a result, he grew up in a home in which…
CONSIDER THIS: How The Mouse Trap Points To Two Key Facts About Reality
Consider the simple mouse trap: It’s made up of five discrete parts, which together have one and only one function – to catch and kill unwary mice. A mere five parts to perform one job. Take away any one of the five parts and what’s left is a pile of useless wood and metal. Similarly,…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Are Claims About Miracles Really Just Hoaxes?
Mention in mixed Capitol Hill company — that is, a bipartisan group of men and women that includes Christians and non-Christians — something in the Bible that you consider to be a miracle and odds are that you will shortly thereafter be subjected to at least some degree of scorn, derision or belittlement. Maybe not…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: BROOKE AGHAKHAN moves into the Communications Advisor position for Rep. Scott Franklin (R-Fla.). Previously, Brooke worked at the Pinkston Group Inc. as a Staff Writer. She received her BA in Political Science and English Literature in 2019 from the University of California at Berkley. There is a new Legislative Assistant in the…
(11/15) CONTRADICTIONS: No, Matthew and Luke Don’t Have Different Genealogies for Joseph
Among the most familiar claims of critics of the Bible’s credibility is the argument that the genealogies for Joseph, the husband of Mary the mother of Jesus Christ, found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke are contradictory. Matthew describes Jacob as Joseph’s father, while Luke points to Heli. So how can anything the Bible…
FOUNDATIONS: Why Christians Should Support Private Property
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. An old expression says that God made man “a little lower than…
THINK ABOUT THIS: What About That ‘God of the Gaps’ Argument?
Dr. Sean McDowell is an Associate Professor of Christian Apologetics at Biola University, and the author of multiple books, podcasts and videos dealing with every aspect of what it means to be a follower of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ. He is also an intellectually vital and respected defender of the faith against critics from…