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04.10.24
Despair and disdain over the cultural moment grow more common with every passing day. Listening to news outlets brings a fog of disbelief and discouragement. Has the world gone insane? Much of the babble billowing across the airwaves invokes words, such as charlatan, libertine, racist, bigot, reprobate, deplorable, ingrate, selfishness and envy, as apt descriptions of the proponents and their propositions.
By Thomas Hampson
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04.09.24
What are we doing to our children? Today, children are told—starting at 3 or 4 years old—that we don’t really know if they are a boy or a girl. The doctor just guessed based on their appearance when they were born. Over the next few years, they are told, it is up to the child to discover if they are a boy, a girl, non-binary, fluid, or something else altogether.
By Brandon Myers
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04.08.24
Many, if not most (dare I say all of us), who belong to Christ need to pray more. We need to call upon the Lord with confidence that He cares more than we do. He knows more than we do. He has resources far beyond what we have, and He is far more just, wise, loving, and kind than any of us are. Prayer cannot be an afterthought for the believer.
By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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04.06.24
The Beatles once sang, “Here Comes the Sun.” Coming up Monday, April 8th, many Illinoisans will be saying, “There goes the sun” if we’re allowed clear enough skies to witness another total solar eclipse. An Illinois government website explains that this “total solar eclipse will be visible over 128 miles of Illinois the afternoon of April 8th, 2024.”
By David E. Smith
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04.05.24
The arguments used to legalize assisted suicide in California back in 2016 were solely about providing relief to those with terminal illnesses. Yet today, they are considering expanding the pool of qualified applicants to include patients with ‘early and mid-stage dementia,’ while dropping a required waiting period for this morally abhorrent practice to terminate human life.
04.04.24
The in-vitro fertilization industry has a heartwarming story to tell you. They will introduce you to their growing community of loving couples who wish to become parents, and show you pictures of the smiling faces who were born because of IVF practices. But this is only part of the story – a small part. The reason that the IVF industry has attacked the recent Alabama ruling is because they are hiding something, and they are afraid people will learn the rest of the story.
By Dr. Michael L. Brown
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04.03.24
For many years now, it has been clear that America has been in a steep moral and spiritual decline, despite some genuine revival movements along with some holy pushback against the growing cultural insanity.
But two recent examples confirm that we are now in moral freefall.
By Brandon Myers
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04.02.24
In a world where so many of the challenges in our state, our nation, and our world seem insurmountable, where should we start? In a world where many of our neighbors and even some self-professing Christians believe prayers are useless and the only thing that counts is “good deeds,” how should we as Christians respond?
By David Curtin
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04.01.24
Illinois State lawmakers will be back in session this week, and hundreds of bills are moving through committees. We want to thank those of you who have taken time to take action on these email alerts. It is vitally important that policy makers hear from Illinois constituents and not just special interest groups/activists.
By E. Ray Moore (Chaplain, Lt. Col. USAR Ret.)
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04.01.24
All around us the dark clouds seem to be descending on our society and on our culture. It is clear that our children and grandchildren will grow up, live and work in a world vastly different from our own. It is a world that we can hardly recognize when compared to our own youth or childhood of play, church dinners, afternoon ball games, and family gatherings.
