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A Gift Beyond Description
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of Tums! Isn’t that what Christmas shopping sometimes becomes? Crowds to avoid, internet sell outs, kids asking for more than you can afford…you know, welcome to our favorite season!
The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
By Thomas Hampson   |   12.16.25
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.
Reclassifying Marijuana Ignores Science and Endangers Families
By David E. Smith   |   12.15.25
President Trump is considering a major shift in federal drug policy—downgrading marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. While not full legalization, the move would further normalize a drug whose risks and unintended consequences—especially for young people—are becoming harder to ignore.
Religious Freedom: Our Roots, Our Responsibility
By Dr. Jerry Newcombe   |   12.15.25
Christians are being persecuted worldwide, often with impunity, while many Americans remain unaware. Religious freedom is both a Christian imperative and a foundational American principle worth defending.
Abortion and the American Church
By Alyssa Sonnenburg   |   12.13.25
According to the 2025 State of Theology Survey conducted by Ligonier Ministries, a shocking 42% of Christians believe that abortion is not a sin. In addition to this, 9% of Christians are unsure about what God thinks about abortion. 
2025 End-of-Year Matching Challenge!
By David E. Smith   |   12.13.25
Big news! Several generous donors have stepped forward with a $150,000 matching challenge for IFI. That means every gift you make before December 31 will have double the impact on our mission in 2025.
Defending Truth with Riley Gaines Barker
By Alyssa Sonnenburg   |   12.13.25
Riley Gaines Barker was a NCAA Division 1 swimmer who gained national attention when she stood up for women's sports and women's spaces. Her unapologetic dedication to defending women in women's sports comes from her lived experience in the NCAA and from her conviction as a Christian.
Should Christians Try to Reform the Public School System?
By Israel Wayne   |   12.12.25
For more than a century, American Christians have assumed, without biblical warrant, that the civil government ought to oversee the education of children.
Are Words “Violent”?
By Alyssa Sonnenburg   |   12.11.25
More than 90% of all college students in America today believe that words are “violent.”
Session 7: The History of Islam and America
By David E. Smith   |   12.10.25
In this final session, Pastor Paul Blair traces America’s long, often overlooked history of conflict with Islamic powers and explains how modern Islamist movements operate inside the United States.
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