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By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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01.02.26
For more than a decade, Monte Larrick has been a trusted voice for Illinois Family Institute, faithfully serving as our Media Affairs Director since 2014. At our 2025 Annual Banquet, we honored Monte with the “Voice of Truth” Award in gratitude for his years of faithful service and bold witness.
By David E. Smith
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01.01.26
God has placed this ministry here for such a time as this. As we step into a new year, IFI remains committed to standing for truth, life, family, and freedom—no matter the challenges ahead.
By David E. Smith
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12.31.25
If we are called to be the salt and light of our nation — if we are to overcome evil with good — then we cannot stand by while the noxious lies of our culture go unchallenged. As the year comes to a close, we urge you to support the work of Illinois Family Institute by taking advantage of the Matching Challenge that expires at midnight tonight.
By Thomas Hampson
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12.29.25
A convicted killer and gang enforcer became the unlikely instrument God used from the inside to dismantle the El Rukns—Chicago’s most ruthless gang. This is the extraordinary true story of Kenny Morrow, the informant whose courage helped topple a criminal empire.
By Richard M. Hartian
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12.29.25
God has opened an incredible door for IFI as we close out the year — a $150,000 matching grant that will double every gift for faith, family, and freedom in Illinois. As we prepare for our January Board Meeting, this update shares how we’re stewarding this opportunity and strengthening our work for the year ahead.
By Alex Newman
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12.27.25
Behind the speeches and climate pledges at COP30 was something far more dangerous — a global religious movement replacing biblical Christianity with Earth worship. From pagan rituals and “interfaith liturgies” to UN-backed climate theology, this summit exposed a spiritual war for the soul of Western civilization.
By Rev. Thorin Anderson
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12.25.25
Christmas is “the most wonderful time of the year,” they say, and if you are not looking closely, you might get the impression that America loves Jesus Christ.
12.24.25
And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone...
By Dr. Jerry Newcombe
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12.23.25
Long before modern myths claimed Jesus’ divinity was invented centuries later, Christians openly confessed it—and America’s founders worshiped in that tradition. The Nicene Creed didn’t create Christ’s deity; it defended what Scripture had already made clear from the beginning: the baby in the manger was truly God.
By Thomas Hampson
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12.22.25
What began as local, church-based charity has become a federally funded, corporatized system that profits from managing poverty. This investigative report exposes how America’s modern hunger industry grew—and why it may be failing the very people it claims to serve.
