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.
YOUR DESIGNED BODY: Why Does Your Blood Clot at a Wound?
Everybody at one time or another has suffered a wound that bled. A paper-cut on a finger, a punch to the nose that draws a red flow, or a deep slice from a slipped knife that requires stitches. Been there, done that. But what if your body’s blood didn’t clot at the wound site? You…
CONSIDER THIS: Six Historical Facts That Demonstrate the Validity of Christianity
Dr. Gary Habermas, an historian and philosopher at Liberty University, has devoted his career to studying the evidence for the literal truth of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the arguments presented by the most intelligent skeptics. In the following 6:22 video with “Capturing Christianity” host Cameron Bertuzzi, Habermas concisely describes six reasons for accepting…
LONG STORY SHORT (3): What’s the Real Deal on Antibiotic Resistance and Bacterial Evolution?
If you took a biology course anywhere in the past multiple decades, odds are good you heard some form of the argument that Darwinian Evolution can be seen happening right in front of our very eyes. It’s called Antibiotic Resistance — the process whereby bacteria develop over time the ability to be unfazed by those…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: JOE BALLARD is the new face in the office of Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), moving into the Legislative Assistant position. Previously, Joe was Legislative Assistant/Operations Director for Rep. Myra Flores (R-Texas). Joe received his MA in Economics from the University of Alabama in 2020 and his BS in Finance and Economics from…
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Women Were The First Witnesses Of Jesus’ Resurrection
In each of the four Gospels, women are the first people to encounter the empty tomb and the resurrected Jesus Christ. That may not seem like a significant fact, but in reality, it is a crucially important detail that points to the credibility of Christianity. Check out the following 1:09 video in which I discuss…
Some Tender Thoughts And Memories In Advance For Valentine’s Day
James Hurley’s Intercessory Prayer for today includes some thoughtful observations specifically about next week’s immensely popular holiday and more generally about how Jesus Christ provided the greatest example ever of genuine love: “With the Christmas season and the New Year’s events in our rearview mirror, we find ourselves less than a week out from the…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Do You Believe In Miracles?
Miracles are part and parcel of ancient myths, fabulous stories that have no real grounding in the established truths of modern science and thus are of no importance other than as the grist for entertaining fantasy, right? Well, consider the following facts: In August 2000, I underwent an emergency double bypass surgery. The main artery…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up On The Hill This Week!
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: GRACE DUNLAP moves into the Legislative Counsel slot for Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Texas). Grace comes to the Ellzey digs after interning for another Texan, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas). Grace is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center for her JD in 2022 and Texas A&M for her BS in Agricultural…