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From Killer to Courage: The Story of Kenny Morrow
By Thomas Hampson   |   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.
Exciting Updates from IFI and a Powerful Year-End Opportunity
By Richard M. Hartian   |   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.
The UN’s Green Pagan Religion
By Alex Newman   |   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.
Let (America) Receive Her King!
By Rev. Thorin Anderson   |   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.
The Birth of 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...
The Founders, the Creeds, and the Truth About the Divinity of Jesus
By Dr. Jerry Newcombe   |   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.
The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
By Thomas Hampson   |   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.
Reflections on the Unexpected
Every year finds us scratching our heads as the world is reshaped by events we control and things we don’t. Thus 2025 was no different. So I’m wrapping up the year with my own list of the unexpected.
‘Shout Your Abortion’ Founder Targets Children with Radical Children’s Book
By Alyssa Sonnenburg   |   12.20.25
Amelia Bonow, founder of ‘Shout Your Abortion,’ a social media campaign started in 2015 with the express goal of “normalizing abortion,” recently took her radical pro-abortion stance a step further.
Ending Federal Funding for Irreversible Gender Procedures on Children
By David E. Smith   |   12.19.25
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new steps to curb irreversible “sex-rejecting” procedures on children—citing evidence of lasting medical harm. Federal funding may soon be cut off to hospitals that continue putting radical so-called "gender" ideology ahead of the welfare of children.
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