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Obama Dishonors National Park Service
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.06.16
Summer is the season during which countless parents take their children to visit our magnificent national parks. And this is a special year for our National Park Service in that August 25 marks the 100th anniversary of the day...
The Soul of America
07.05.16
Years ago, Francis Schaeffer and C. Everett Koop penned their book, Whatever Happened to the Human Race? It was a book that warned of the decisions that were being made within a culture stepping into new and terrifying terrain. They saw clearly where we were headed. We are now there. I narrow that title down to what is happening on the home front here in America.
The Fourth of July in Vanity Fair
By   |   07.05.16
My topic, if you could not guess from the cryptic title, is religious liberty. Vanity Fair, if you have not guessed, does not celebrate the Fourth of July. That’s a problem. Lots of Americans still celebrate it, but because we...
SB 1564 Is Now In Gov. Rauner’s Hands
By David E. Smith   |   07.02.16
In an effort to expand abortion services in our state, Springfield lawmakers have sent Governor Bruce Rauner SB 1564. This radical proposal would coerce medical professionals to violate their consciences by forcing them to refer patients for medical procedures they...
Stolen Valor and the Campaign to Normalize Homosexuality
07.01.16
On Friday, June 24, President Barack Obama designated a new national monument at the site of the Stonewall uprising in New York City “to honor the broad movement for LGBT equality”. This was just the latest in a series of speeches and actions on the part of his administration to define down–if not obliterate–any notions of sexual deviance. Worse, to now even memorialize and celebrate it.
Liberals, This Girl Is In Jail For Aborting Her Newborn. Why Won’t You Defend Her?
By   |   07.01.16
It is a wonderful time to be a member of the leftist Death Cult. There were four major news items from the baby-killing department just this week. You probably heard about three of them. Maybe not the fourth. First, the...
Responding to Multi-Gender Bathrooms
By Monte Larrick   |   06.30.16
A conservative leader is weighing in on the “bathroom wars.” Dr. Alan Carlson says making restrooms and locker rooms multi-gender is just a piece of the broader LGBTQ agenda. The founder of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society...
Repent, For Something Wonderful is About to Happen!
06.30.16
The Kingdom of God was the central theme of Jesus’ preaching in Galilee. His words and deeds captured the attention of the whole country. Multitudes thronged Him crying out, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” And there was nothing that delighted His heart more than this, because He could meet the needs of every one of them! Crowding into His Presence they came, and He healed them all!
California’s Religious Liberty Moment—Coming to Illinois?
06.28.16
The California legislature is poised to consider legislation that could destroy the ability of numerous faith-based colleges and universities to pursue the mission for which they were created. SB 1146, one of two similar bills recently introduced into the California legislature, would essentially restrict fully faith-based education to seminaries.
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