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.
CONSIDER THIS: All Life Runs on Code and Code Doesn’t Just Happen
(3:46 VIEWING) — If you’ve ever seen a blueprint for a towering skyscraper, the complex coding languagethat directs your laptop, or a string of DNA, then you have a pretty solid idea of the importance of things like how-to instruction manuals. To appreciate the significance of DNA in understanding that human beings display the characteristics…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Alexander Hamilton’s Profession of Faith Upon Being Mortally Wounded in a Duel
(QUICK READ) — America’s first Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton, a man without whom it is difficult to envision the success of the American Revolution and the creation of the Constitution that created the United States of America. Hamilton was a trusted aide to Gen. George Washington during the war, he and James…
TESTIMONIES: How Atheist Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger Found Jesus Christ
(9:36 VIEWING) — Dr. Larry Sanger is a former Professor of Philosophy but you are far more likely to know of him in his work as a co-founder of Wikipedia, one of the most widely read and influential web sites ever created for the Internet. Being a philosophy professor gave Sanger a deep knowledge of…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Aides Backed Maduro Capture But …
(QUICK READ) — Fully 59 percent of those responding to the recent CNCT Capitol Pulse survey said they support President Donald Trump’s ordering of the daring U.S. military extraction of Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro, but there is a clear partisan split that should be noted. Among GOP congressional aides, support for the extraction was strong…
INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS EXPLORED: Is the Biblical Account of the Israelites’ Escape From Slavery in Egypt Myth or Fact?
(3:32 VIEWING) — It’s among the most widely known stories from the ancient world, but did the Israelite people become slaves in Egypt after Joseph’s passing and the ascension of a new Pharaoh who knew nothing of how the obscure tribe had come to the land of the pyramids, according to the Old Testament Book…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM KYRA SMITH is the new Press Secretary working for Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). Previously, Kyra was Press Secretary in 2015 for the senator, so this new position marks a return after a long absence. Kyra earned her BA in Political Science in 2012 from the University of Idaho….
DESIGN OR EVOLUTION? The Complicated Truth About The ‘Simple’ Jellyfish
(7:28 VIEWING) — Here’s a scientific fact most people do not know: The most efficient swimmer in the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers is the Jellyfish, that odd creature that has no brain, no bones and no heart. Surprised? That’s just the first of a whole bunch of facts about the jellyfish known by extraordinarily…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Benjamin Rush on Christianity and the Republic
(QUICK READ) — Dr. Benjamin Rush was among the most interesting characters among the Founders of the United States of America, playing a key role in the Revolutionary War, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and was active in the constitutional era that began in 1789. Among much else, Rush was an early…
TESTIMONIES: When ‘Hitting Bottom’ is The Beginning of a Changed Life
(4:00 VIEWING) — There is a phrase familiar among recovering alcoholics about “hitting bottom.” Those words reflect that hard reality that for many who suffer with the disease, they cannot get well without first admitting they have a problem. And that admission often only comes when things are so screwed up in their life that…