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By Brandon Myers
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09.18.24
DINKs are couples who have “taken over social media,” according to Christian podcast host and 2024 Illinois Family Institute banquet speaker Allie Beth Stuckey. Other thoughtful commentators like Steve Deace recently analyzed the DINK group and went so far as to ask if this group would be the death of the U.S.! Increasingly we are hearing of and learning more about this present and deeply disturbing demographic challenge of childless adults. How ought Christians think of and respond to this trend?

By Ecce Verum
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09.17.24
For all that Dobbs did for the fight for life, there's one issue that it conspicuously avoided—whether the unborn are in fact human persons. Dobbs repeatedly made reference to supposed "fetal life," but refused to claim that this fetal life was the life of a person and thus entitled to protection.

By David E. Smith
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09.16.24
As we look ahead to the 2024 General Election, there are many serious major cultural, political and spiritual issues facing our country. But a new President, a new Congress, and new local judges and legislators will not solve the deep-seeded problems we are facing as a people. We are in desperate need for God's healing hand. Scripture calls us to humbly seek Him in prayer as we repent for our state/national sins, and beseech His mercy.

By David E. Smith
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09.16.24
Over the past several months, IFI Team members have been contacting churches across Illinois to encourage them to host a prayer gathering based on God’s conditional promise in 2 Chronicles 7:14... We are calling our brothers and sisters to a penitential period of prayer this fall. We hope and pray that our pleas will resonate with church leaders and with the greater Body of Christ.

By Alex Newman
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09.16.24
Under the guise of “helping” parents deal with stress, the Biden administration is plotting a dramatic expansion of government into the home. In short, federal authorities are seeking to take on even more responsibilities traditionally associated with the family while drugging ever larger numbers of Americans.

By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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09.14.24
“We are Christian and we are German. Therefore, we are responsible for Germany.” ~ Sophie Scholl
In January of 1933, Hitler’s Third Reich rose to power in Germany. Being a good citizen of Germany, Sophie Scholl, along with her siblings, was excited to be a follower of the National Socialist cult of youth.

By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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09.14.24
Dr. Pamela Garfield Jaeger has been in the mental health field for over 20 years. Known as The Truthful Therapist due to her transparency and honesty when it comes to the transgender debate, Dr. Jaeger discusses the overlooked dark side of mental health and gender distress.

By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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09.13.24
Because of the dramatic skills demonstrated at every Olympics, it is hard not to cheer on our champions. I love the display of American flags and the playing of our national anthem when medals are being placed around the winners' necks.

By Ecce Verum
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09.12.24
A huge block of Americans (about another third) voted intermittently, which means that elections can often be determined by the intermittent voters when they decide to show up. In my efforts to convince all the part-timer voters out there to level up, I dealt with the common argument that "my single vote doesn't matter."

By Dr. Michael L. Brown
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09.11.24
Without a doubt, Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) and Billy Graham (1918-2018) were gospel preachers rather than social justice warriors. Yet both of them addressed some of the greatest social evils of their day without for a moment diluting their Jesus-centered messages.