![The Gates Foundation: Philanthropy Cloaked Abortion The Gates Foundation: Philanthropy Cloaked Abortion](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Gates-Found_graphic-516x260.jpg)
By Tamara Cochran Louris
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10.25.16
When William “Bill” Henry Gates III was born to William Henry Gates II and Mary Maxwell Gates, in Seattle in 1955, little did they know he would grow up to be (reportedly) the world’s wealthiest man.
Bill III and Paul...
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By Tamara Cochran Louris
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09.21.16
Forty-three years ago the Warren Burger Supreme Court struck a mighty blow for the powers of darkness: In a 7-2 decision the Justices ruled in Roe v. Wade that the right to privacy was broad enough to “encompass a woman’s...
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By Tamara Cochran Louris
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07.12.16
Marriage is a beautiful and sacred institution, created by God for procreation and as a picture of Christ and His Church.
Genesis 2:24 instructs, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:...
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By Tamara Cochran Louris
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07.07.16
Blue, blue California is not just an entity unto itself. As many have opined, as goes California, so goes the nation.
In their arrogance–or is it “pride”–California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has defied “the Hyde/Weldon amendments approved by...
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By Tamara Cochran Louris
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06.23.16
For the past two decades, America’s slide down the slippery slope of atheist-flavored secular humanism has accelerated at breakneck speed.
Once upon a time Dr. Francis Schaeffer and Dr. C. Everett Koop were scorned and ridiculed when they suggested such...
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By Tamara Cochran Louris
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06.15.16
Mainstream Media are master stagers, adept at slick productions edited to create the cultural scene, the public perception of their desiring.
In the world of stratospheric real estate, stagers move in furnishings and artwork, paint, light candles, bake bread or...
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By Tamara Cochran Louris
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05.02.16
America is suddenly the upside down kingdom: our culture daily calls “evil good, and good evil.”
One symptom of our values turned on their heads is the bathroom skirmish, which has become a full-scale battle. Many pundits snort and wave...
![Common Core: the Trojan Horse for Federalized Education Control Common Core: the Trojan Horse for Federalized Education Control](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Common-Core-the-Trojan-Horse-for-Federalized-Education-Control.jpg)
By Tamara Cochran Louris
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04.01.16
Education in America was originally the province of parents and churches. "Homeschooling" was the norm from colonial times through the mid-1800's, and a classic education was the model.
![Planned Parenthood, An Unnecessary Evil Planned Parenthood, An Unnecessary Evil](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Planned-Parenthood-An-Unnecessary-Evil.jpg)
By Tamara Cochran Louris
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03.10.16
So many organizations and entities have noble and good beginnings. For instance “The Ivies” and the Seven Sisters colleges, most of which were either Christian schools or seminaries that, over the last century, have departed faith moorings.
Other organizations have...
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By Tamara Cochran Louris
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02.12.16
For everything that God created and called good, Satan has perverted, and perverted in such a way as to do the most harm to the height of God’s creation, mankind.
God pours out grace and mercy that leads to abundant...
![The Real Victims of Divorce and Family Breakdown: Children The Real Victims of Divorce and Family Breakdown: Children](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/The-Real-Victims-of-Divorce-and-Family-Breakdown-Children.jpg)
By Tamara Cochran Louris
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01.29.16
In God’s grand design for this world, He masterfully created man and nature, and in such a way that man and each critter would not be alone.
And God admonished Noah, after the flood Genesis 9:
And God blessed Noah...
![Vidangel: Be Entertained Without Affronts to Your Worldview Vidangel: Be Entertained Without Affronts to Your Worldview](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vidangel-logo-516x260.png)
By Tamara Cochran Louris
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01.15.16
In this day and age American culture is a virtual assault on the Christian/biblical worldview: movies, music, and television serving up a tsunami of offensive themes and language.
Even many films with redeeming storylines push the language envelope. Think American...