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By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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12.17.25
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!

By Thomas Hampson
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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.

By David E. Smith
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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.

By Dr. Jerry Newcombe
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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.

By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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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.

By David E. Smith
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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.

By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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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.

By Israel Wayne
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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.

By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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12.11.25
More than 90% of all college students in America today believe that words are “violent.”

By David E. Smith
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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.



