By Mae Arthur
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07.02.25
In a culture increasingly hostile to biblical truth, one mom reflects on raising kids with moral clarity in the shadow of Obergefell. From awkward public encounters to legal victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, this article traces how the radical sexual agenda impacts Christian families—and why the recent Mahmoud decision offers a much-needed glimmer of hope for parental rights and religious freedom.
By Mae Arthur
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06.26.25
Illinois Democrats passed a bill that defies the FDA by allowing WHO to dictate abortion drug policies in the state. As the U.S. prepares to exit WHO under President Trump’s executive order, this move signals a troubling alignment with a global body known for its radical agenda. From shielding out-of-state providers to ignoring abortion pill safety concerns, Illinois is vying to become an “abortion sanctuary state” at the expense of women’s health.
By Mae Arthur
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05.29.25
At IFI, we seek to raise awareness of and address cultural and political trends here in Illinois and throughout the nation. An increasing number of these trends pose a threat to human dignity, endangering the lives of image-bearers of the living God from conception to natural death.
By Mae Arthur
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01.29.25
Within the first two weeks of the new year, proponents of physician-assisted suicide was again introduced (HB1328 and SB 9) for the 2025 legislative session. We urge you to ask your state lawmakers to vigorously this anti-life, pro-death agenda.
By Mae Arthur
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07.30.24
Hillary Clinton has always struggled with her public image. Even back when her husband Bill was president, a lot of Americans had a pretty low opinion of her.
By Mae Arthur
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07.26.24
Culturally speaking, there is perhaps no more concerning trend these days than the attempts of the far Left to undermine parents and divide them from their children. From schools and libraries to the courts and the medical profession, radical forces are coming with the authority we’ve given them, and they’re coming for our kids.
By Mae Arthur
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06.11.24
For Christians in our nation, the last decade has felt like holding onto the outside of a high-speed train. Fueled by exponentially increasing sexual license, it keeps picking up speed.
By Mae Arthur
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06.01.24
Not to bring up a sore subject, but think back to April and May of 2020. Do you remember how you felt, watching the nation and the world react to an unknown menace, suddenly ordered to isolate in place and unsure when, if ever, things would go back to normal? That spring began a string of “unprecedented” events that continues even today, with possible consequences reaching into the future, if the WHO has its way.
By Mae Arthur
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05.01.24
Picture this: nations all over the world enter into a binding agreement, not with one another, but with a global governing body that they empower to essentially take over in case of emergency.
By Mae Arthur
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04.22.24
No one knows for sure who first said the phrase, “If your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail.” Whether it was Mark Twain, Abraham Maslow, or someone else, it perfectly describes Illinois Democrats’ latest push to usurp control over our state’s kids.
By Mae Arthur
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02.08.24
We are expecting our third child, due to join us in about a month. Life is full, a little stressful, often mundane, and infinitely more purposeful and joyful than it would be without our kids. I’m tired a lot of the time, but that’s a small price to pay in exchange for my daughter’s unbelievable sense of humor, the weight of my son on my chest when he snuggles after his nap, and the rolls and kicks I feel in my abdomen as I write.
By Mae Arthur
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01.23.24
With every passing year, it seems we Christian Conservatives find ourselves increasingly in the minority. There might be more of us than we know, but the loudest and best-funded voices are almost exclusively liberal. If we know our Bibles, this shouldn’t come as a shock to us. For many of us who are weary of fighting in relative obscurity, though, there is a real temptation to uncritically align with anything or anyone that seems allied to our purposes.
By Mae Arthur
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01.17.24
As of January 1, a new Illinois state law is in effect that removes grant funding from public libraries that ban books “because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.” House Bill 2789 was signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker last summer and is just the latest in a string of policies advanced by this administration and motivated by its apparent obsession with indoctrinating kids into sexual orientation and gender identity ideology.
By Mae Arthur
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12.14.23
Four days after Hamas’ brutal, barbaric attack on the nation of Israel, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention released an “Evangelical Statement in Support of Israel.”
By Mae Arthur
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12.05.23
Indi Gregory was a British eight-month-old who died last month after her parents were denied the right to take her to Italy for care, as well as the option to bring her home to die. Sadly, she is only the most recent in an unfortunate string of widely publicized cases of patients in the UK for whom parental rights were overridden or removed “in the best interests of the child.” Each of these cases ended in the death of children.
