Articles by David E. Smith
By David E. Smith
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01.20.24
This upcoming Sunday marks the 40th observance of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, a day where pro-life citizens and churches across America come together and commit to uphold the dignity and sanctity of very human life, and to lament the tragedy of abortion.
By David E. Smith
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01.19.24
Communists and “robber baron” super capitalists teamed up to destroy free America using the government school system to turn young Americans against God, country, and family... From the very hatching of the idea that government should educate children to the establishment of the system that exists today, primary-source documents prove the evil agenda.
By David E. Smith
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01.08.24
Jesus tells us that, "If you love Me, keep My Commandments." ( John 14:15) Obviously, if we are to love God, we must know what He requires. That compels us to study His Word so that we, like David, can say, “I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart” (Psalm 40:8).
By David E. Smith
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11.30.23
Sanity as Insurrection was the title of the final session of the 2019 Illinois Family Institute Worldview Conference on the “trans” ideology. In this presentation, Pastor Doug Wilson stressed the importance of asking sane questions, — queries that strike at the heart of the matter, when we engage in debate with our adversaries because “deliberate and premeditated sanity is a challenge to the powers that be.”
By David E. Smith
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11.22.23
We highly recommend this video for you and your family. Rosaria Butterfield—a former lesbian college professor and apologist for homosexuality—as she delivers a stunning Christian response to transgenderism, feminism, and the homosexual movement at the annual conference of the Association of Classical Christian Schools last July. Her presentation is taken from her new book, "Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age."
By David E. Smith
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11.20.23
A United Nations “human rights” committee investigation into the United States concluded that the U.S. Constitution should be changed and the U.S. government should impose additional infringements on free speech and gun rights to comply with UN agreements, explains The New American Senior Editor Alex Newman in this must watch episode of Behind The Deep State.
By David E. Smith
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10.03.23
The largest gathering of Christian conservatives in the Land of Lincoln will take place on Friday, November 3rd at the Bolingbrook Country Club! Join us on this special night to hear from our keynote speaker, the ineffable Eric Metaxas, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Martin Luther, If You Can Keep It, Bonhoeffer, Amazing Grace, and Miracles.
By David E. Smith
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09.28.23
We invite you and faithful Christians across the state to join us in prayer for our state and nation. Understanding that the problems and challenges that we face as a culture are not political in nature, but primarily spiritual. As such, fervent prayer and fasting is the best way to engage in this spiritual warfare.
By David E. Smith
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09.27.23
When you hear the terms “comprehensive,” "medically accurate" and "age appropriate" as ways to describe the content of what is being taught to your children in government schools, alarm bells should sound in your head. “Comprehensive sex education” is a one-size-fits-all approach to sex education and is anything but “age- appropriate” curriculum.
By David E. Smith
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09.25.23
We know that the many cultural battles we face today are spiritual battles that cannot be won by relying on our own strength and methods. In truth, these battles must first and continually be waged through prayer to our holy, righteous and merciful God. Please consider volunteering to be part of the IFI Prayer Team.
By David E. Smith
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09.16.23
Last week we sent out an email appeal hoping to raise $10,000 for our Pro-Life Billboard fund. Illinois Family Institute is partnering with other pro-life advocates who are offering us deep discounts to post our message in prominent spots in...
By David E. Smith
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09.14.23
Teacher union lobbyists and government employees work against every school choice bill and scholarship program they can; they reject the need for parental control over their children’s education. In doing so, they flatly dismiss the ability of parents to educate their own children or even to make viable decisions on their behalf.
By David E. Smith
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09.09.23
The 1980 The Blues Brothers movie centered on a quest to raise property tax money to save an orphanage from being closed down. Though targeted by a homicidal mystery woman, Neo-Nazis, and a country western band, and relentlessly pursued by Illinois State Troopers, they repeatedly reminded themselves that they were on “a mission from God.”
By David E. Smith
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08.31.23
Andrew Carnegie said, “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” But Scripture tells us in Proverbs 16:3: “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” And in Colossians 3:2 we are told to “set our minds on the things above, and not on the things of this world.”
By David E. Smith
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08.27.23
If Christians do not speak publicly about moral and ethical issues facing a nation, where will our political leaders find moral guidance? Without Biblically informed Christian influence, government officials will have no clear moral compass. Think about all the issues that come up in our legislatures and/or government bureaucracies that are issues of moral right wrong.
