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.
The Magician’s Twin: Why C.S. Lewis Struggled Over Intelligent Design
There has been a tremendous surge recently of interest in C.S. Lewis, the great British Christian apologist and spinner of wonderful childrens’ tales, thanks in great part to films like “Shadowland” and “The Reluctant Convert.” Now comes the Discovery Institute’s Evolution News (EN) with a superbly done short documentary that examines the multiple reasons Lewis…
GOOD QUESTION: Do Humans Have Souls?
That question in the title above may seem like a dumb one — either because “everybody knows they do” or “that’s just a fairy tale” — but the answer goes a long way toward shaping how and what we each think on a long list of relevant questions and issues. Not the least important of…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Here’s Why the Sun, Light and Photosynthesis Are Miraculous
Photosynthesis is the amazing process by which plants convert sunlight into food. But there’s much more to the relationship between the Sun, the light it continually emits and what plants do with that light once it reaches them in our atmosphere. As biologist Michael Denton explains in the following video from Discovery Science, one of…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: ASHLEY GUTWEIN moves in as Legislative Director and Senior Policy Counsel to Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio). Previously, Ashley was Senior Counsel at Guidehouse LLP, plus she first came to the Hill in 2015 as an Intern for Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). Ashley is a 2016 graduate of the Michigan State University College…
MYTH-BUSTER: No, Luke the Physician Did Not Invent Paul the Apostle
Yesterday, we looked at the explanation from Apologetics Press’ Eric Lyons of why the critics are just plain wrong who claim Jesus denied that He is God at Mark 10:18 in His conversation with the Rich Young Ruler, who asked what he must do to be saved. Today, we head over to another Eric —…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Did Jesus Really Deny Being God?
Critics of the Bible and the belief that Jesus is both the Son of God and the Son of Man sometimes point to Mark 10:18 as evidence that He never really claimed to be God. That assertion is typically followed by one that the either the disciples or later generations of church leaders invented the…
STAFF NEWS: Job Openings on the Hill
Courtesy of CNCT, the app that connects Hill staffers: The Office of Rep. Andy Biggs is looking to hire a Scheduler. Interested candidates can send a resume to aaroncalkins@mail.house.gov. The Office of Rep. Mike Carey is looking to hire a Communications Director. Interested candidates can send a resume to blaine.kellyohio@gmail.com. The Tax Foundation is hiring an Editor for their Marketing team. Interested…
TESTIMONIES: Israeli Psychologist Meets Jesus (And That Changed Everything)
Dr. Erez Soref is President of One for Israel. He grew up in modern Israel and explains in the following video that he never heard anything about Jesus in his childhood, even though his family had relatives who lived on the Sea of Galilee who they visited regularly. Yet he never heard anything about Jesus,…
WORKING ON THE HILL: Have You Ever Been Pressured to Work on the Boss’ Re-Election Campaign?
With serious attention finally being paid now by congressional leaders in both parties to the working conditions of their staffers, lots of issues that have heretofore been in the background are beginning to percolate to the surface. One such issue is working on a Member’s re-election campaign staff in the months leading up to an…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: About Human Enhancement Versus Restoration?
Most HillFaith readers likely do not remember the “Six-Million Dollar Man” on television because that was before their time. But the show’s main character had been rebuilt after a test flight crash by government doctors who made him “better than he was before, better, stronger, faster.” That TV series was an early indicator of the…