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.
AMANDA REPORTS: New Barna Research Finds Mixed Impact From Church Youth Groups
(615 WORDS) — An alarmingly low 18 percent of Christian teenagers who recently attended a church youth group subsequently show signs of developing an active faith as a result of learning about God, according to new research from the Barna Group. “More than half of Christian teens in the U.S. (57 percent) have attended a…
CASE FILES: Are the Gospels Really Eyewitness Accounts? Two Evidence Experts Say You Bet They Are!
(8:22 VIEWING) — Lee Strobel and J. Warner Wallace, above, are, respectively, a former investigative journalist with the Chicago Tribune, and a former Torrance, California, Police Department Detective whose skill at solving cold murder case was regularly featured on NBC’s “Dateline.” Both men were for many years atheists, but both also were motivated to apply…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions. Helpful Tips. Veteran Advice.
MOVING UP: Courtesy of Legistorm: MCKINLEY SCHOLTZ is promoted from Scheduling Director to Senior Adviser to Sen. David McCormick (R-PA). McKinley is former Vice-President of No Labels, the non-partisan centrist group seeking solutions instead of strife in the legislative process. She earned her BS degree in Chemistry in 2013 from Western Kentucky University. SEBASTIN LOSACKER-ARENAS…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Gov. Samuel Adams’ Fasting Proclamation of 1797
(QUICK READ) — Decades after his insurgent roles before and during the American Revolution, Samuel Adams was elected Governor of Massachusetts, a position from which he made no bones about his Christian faith, as reflected in the following official proclamation: “And as it is our duty to extend our wishes to the happiness of the…
TESTIMONIES Former Jewish Agnostic Andrew Klavan On How He Met The Messiah
(13:50 VIEWING) — Andrew Klavan is known to millions of Americans as a best-selling author (“Empire of Lies” and much, much more), as well as host of a long-running YouTube video series. I’ve long been a Klavan fan because he invariably makes me think in unexpected ways, he breaks me up with his wonderfully peculiar…
MILESTONES: ChatGPT Passes Bible Test! Would Other AI Products?
(736 WORDS) — Just when a rising chorus of critics are pointing to evidence the major Artificial Intelligence (AI) products like OpenAI, Google Gemini and Claude are not immune from their programmers’ ideological biases, ChatGTP handily passes HillFaith’s test of its knowledge of the New Testament with a perfect score. The controversy reached a new…
How You Can Help HillFaith Share The Gospel With 12,000 Congressional Aides
Discover the Power of Faith on Capitol Hill HillFaith is a project of the 52-Week Ministry Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(C)(3) educational foundation. Contributions are fully deductible, consistent with current law. Checks should be made payable to: The 52-Week Ministry Foundation, 1213-J Liberty Road, Suite 235, Eldersburg, MD 21784. To Donate Using PayPal or Venmo, Go…
FOR HILL AIDES ONLY: Here’s the Scripture Study and Speakers Schedule for Sept-Dec
“For Hill Aides Only” (FHAO) is HillFaith’s signature Monday apologetical Bible Study, fellowship hour, speakers and free lunch. We meet every Monday (unless it’s a federal holiday) at 12:30 pm in the Faith & Liberty Ministry Center, 109 2nd Street NE. That’s the townhouse right behind the Supreme Court Building, with the 10 Commandments…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions. Helpful Tips. Veteran Advice.
MOVING UP: Courtesy of Legistorm: FRANNIE KALMBACH is set on her first full-time job on the Hill, serving as Staff Assistant for Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.). Frannie is moving up from an Internship with the colorful Louisiana solon. She is a 2026 Washington & Lee University graduate with a BA in Politics and Sociology. KOBE…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: William Blackstone on The Foundation for All law
(QUICK READ) — Sir William Blackstone, along with political philosopher John Locke, was an Englishman, not an American colonist, but this duo were likely the most influential thinkers read and studied by the Founders who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Blackstone’s was the most influential commentary on the background and intent of…