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When Pro-Life Marketing Endangers Babies
By Ecce Verum   |   02.21.25
Last time, I explained the Second-Victim Narrative that mainstream pro-lifers tend to employ: "Abortion commits violence against both women and babies." 
Hillsdale College: Learning You Can Trust
By Alyssa Sonnenburg   |   02.21.25
Education is vitally important. It produces a variety of societal and economic benefits, including cognitive skills, civic engagement, career opportunities, communication skills, social mobility, and many more.
Strong Marriages Matter
By David E. Smith   |   02.20.25
Now more than ever, Christians must contend for the institutions of marriage and family. Forecasts that 1 in 3 young adults in the U.S. today will never marry signify a closing of the “American heart.” Please join IFI for our annual Worldview Conference on Saturday, March 8th in Downers Grove as we examine this issue through a biblical lens.
Politics, Why it Matters Ft. Biblical Truth
By Kenna Rose   |   02.19.25
Politics, Why it Matters by Andrew Gamble is a short book on politics. The preface and first chapter talk about human conflict, flourishing, and peace, and how politics weaves them together. Gamble says that every human interaction involves politics because politics governs and guides our interactions.
Assisted Suicide In Illinois: A Christian Response
By Gabriel Syme   |   02.18.25
Assisted suicide is incompatible with biblical teaching. Human life is sacred, and suffering has a divine purpose. While believers must be compassionate toward those who suffer, we must also stand firm against assisted suicide as an affront to God’s sovereignty.
Oppose the Assisted Suicide Bill!
By Kathy Valente   |   02.17.25
An Illinois Senate Executive subject matter hearing on the assisted suicide bill, SB 9, will be held in Chicago this Friday, February 21st. Please try to attend to pack the room with pro-life citizens, if you're able.
A God without Compassion
While at one of my doctor visits earlier this year, I was caught off guard by a staff member quite upset over a recent news story. Perhaps you saw it. I had not.
Illinois Homeschool Freedoms at Risk!
By David E. Smith   |   02.15.25
Over the years, we have loved being able to tell people that Illinois was among the best states with homeschooling freedoms. That is thanks, in part to a 1950 case (People v. Levisen) in which the Illinois Supreme Court determined that the term "private school" included instruction given to a child at home, as long as the instruction was adequate.
Moral and Financial Bankruptcy
By Dr. Jerry Newcombe   |   02.15.25
Today, we as a nation are monstrously in debt and borrowing more and more off the backs of our children and grandchildren. Yet Alexander Hamilton, our country’s first Secretary of the Treasury, said in Federalist 35 that our economy will work best when we have less needless regulations.
Sherwood: Healthy Entertainment for Kids
By Alyssa Sonnenburg   |   02.14.25
Is there such a thing as healthy kids' entertainment? Sherwood Kids has accomplished this very thing. They observed the kids’ entertainment industry and found that it was littered with overstimulating shows and stories that failed to spark curiosity or true imagination. So they decided to change that.
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