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.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Is the Multiverse Theory Just A Comic Book Fantasy?
If you think about it, as Sean McDowell and Dr. Stephen Meyer do in the following interview, the Marvel Comics fantasy pantheon of heroes like Spider-Man and Iron Man represents a sort of multiverses. If you aren’t familiar with the term “multiverse,” it is a theory of origins for the universe in which we live…
EXPLAIN THIS: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
Here’s a question for you: Why is there something — you, me, the Universe — rather than nothing — zero, zilch, ain’t anything anywhere? Martin Heidegger is credited with formulating that specific question, but other philosophers have been pondering the issue since ancient times. Aristotle, for instance, defined “nothing” as “what rocks think about.” If…
LONG STORY SHORT: Darwin’s Biggest Question About His Own Theory of Evolution
“Science is settled” on Darwinian evolution, just as it is on how to deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic, right? Well, if your name is Charles Darwin, it’s 1859 and you’re staring at the Cambrian Explosion, everything is settled except the one big thing that isn’t settled and really has you scratching your head. A lot…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: MICHAEL DUNN is the new Legislative Director for Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), moving up from his previous slot as the Deputy Legislative Director. Michael is a 2013 BA graduate in Communications Studies from the University of Nebraska. SAMANTHA CANTRELL is now Communications Director for Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.). Previously, Samantha was Deputy…
Is Jesus Just a Copy-Cat Savior?
One of the claims that is sometimes heard about Jesus Christ is that He really was just another itinerant preacher in Judea, a backwater Middle Eastern nation, whose disciples copied certain attributes from a bunch of pagan deities and then claimed He was God. Well, if you aren’t already familiar with ancient pagan deities or…
TODAY’S VERSE: Romans 15:13 on Joy and Peace
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
EXPLAIN THIS: Meet Your Body’s Incredible Un-tangler of Lethal DNA Knots
If you’ve ever had to untangle a garden hose with multiple knots, or the strings on a pair of running shoes that somehow became a deviously twisted morass, you know how frustrating and difficult it can be to get it all straightened out. But what if your life depended on you being able to make…
This Is Not Your Typical Hill Staff Meeting (But Lunch Really Is Free!)
Want to start your week off right? Check out HillFaith’s “For Hill Aides Only” gathering that is strictly for congressional aides, Senate and House side. It’s an informal time for fellowship, Bible study, sharing, learning and focusing on the truly VIP stuff in life. Plus, there’s always a FREE LUNCH! We meet *Mondays at noon…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: LOGAN WILLIAMS makes the big move up to Press Secretary for Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), from his prior tenure as Press Assistant. Logan has also previously served as Legislative Correspondent. Logan earned his BA in History in 2014 from Doane University. There is a new Legislative Assistant working for Rep. Debbie Dingell…
… Then Doing This Is ‘Just’ Another Miracle For God …
Check out these *Bible verses and see if you can figure out to whom they are referring: “Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head.” “The kings of the Earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and His anointed one.” “Even my friend…