![Secularization: a Fertility Killer Secularization: a Fertility Killer](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fert-Rate-516x260-1.jpg)
By David E. Smith
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05.17.24
The changes in our cultural worldview over the past several decades have been profound. It isn’t hard to see how thoughts and attitudes in our nation have become decidedly more secular and far less biblical.
![How Swiftly We Fall How Swiftly We Fall](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/How-Swiftly-We-Fall.jpg)
By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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05.16.24
I recently heard a Dua Lipa pop song. (You know this artist, right?) Looked up the lyrics. Wasn’t sure if what I heard was right. It was. Third line is: “G…dammit.” Seriously. Surprised? Don’t be.
![Only God Should Play God, Part 3 Only God Should Play God, Part 3](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Only-God-Should-Play-God-part-3.jpg)
By Ecce Verum
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05.14.24
In our last piece, we continued our series on the troubling moral consequences of various forms of artificial reproduction technology. From the death of hordes of innocent human embryos to the violation of the sacred marriage commitment, the picture doesn't look pretty when man tries to play God. But we're not done yet. Let's look at a couple more implications of this vicious technological trend.
![Governor Sanders Rejects Biden’s Title IX Changes Governor Sanders Rejects Biden’s Title IX Changes](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gov-Sanders-Rejects-Bidens-Title-IX-Changes.jpg)
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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05.13.24
A recent One America News article reported that a male athlete who goes by Sadie Schreiner “took first place in three women’s events at the Division III Liberty League championship meet.”
![Happy Tradwives and Mother’s Day Happy Tradwives and Mother’s Day](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Happy-Tradwives-and-Mothers-Day.jpg)
By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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05.11.24
We have become a society of neologisms. But you likely know that. Even if you don’t know what the word means. Webster explains this is a noun used to describe “a new word, usage, or expression.” A few examples include beatnik, cyberspace, and workaholic.
![Battle for the Church Battle for the Church](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Battle-for-the-Church.jpg)
By Thomas Hampson
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05.09.24
Last week the United Methodist Church (UMC) caved to the LGBTQ agenda. For several years, the UMC has pushed back against progressive efforts to embrace same-sex marriage, the ordination of LBGTQ pastors, and the full inclusion of those who identify as LGBTQ into all church ministries and activities.
![Will The Real Church Please Stand Up! Will The Real Church Please Stand Up!](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CEL-May-16-event.jpg)
By Brandon Myers
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05.09.24
“How Should We Then Live?” is the question the late influential Christian apologist and author Francis Schaeffer set out to address and answer.
![A Brave Way to Nurture Learning A Brave Way to Nurture Learning](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/A-Brave-Way-to-Nurture-Learning.jpg)
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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05.08.24
Frederick Douglass once said, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” Reading is vitally important to a child’s imagination and education. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) notes, "At all three grades, students who more frequently read for fun on their own time had higher average proficiencies."
![Praying Against Principalities and Spiritual Forces of Wickedness Praying Against Principalities and Spiritual Forces of Wickedness](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Prayer_Phil-4_6-516x260.jpg)
By David E. Smith
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05.07.24
Last month, Planned Parenthood released its annual report for 2022-2023, showing the pro-abortion group received close to $700 million in taxpayer funding. There is no mistake about it, abortion is the primary focus of Planned Parenthood business.
![What’s the Hubbub About “Influencers?” What’s the Hubbub About “Influencers?”](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Whats-the-Hubbub-About-Influencers.jpg)
By Ecce Verum
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05.06.24
In 2022, research found that almost 1 in 5 Gen Z-ers were willing to quit their job to be an "influencer" on social media. 12% would quit college. So, whatever an influencer is, it sure seems important to this generation. Is that for good or for ill? While there are rarely clear answers to questions like these, here are some thoughts that might offer a sound perspective on the newfangled industry of "influencing."
![Choose You This Day: Part 3 Choose You This Day: Part 3](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Choose-You-This-Day-Part-3.jpg)
By Rev. Thorin Anderson
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05.04.24
A sad commentary on American culture is its confusion regarding love, to the point that love has been flipped on its head to become its opposite! Today, if you genuinely love, you will probably be called a hater, and many will declare that you are loving when what you say and do is actually destructive and deadly!
![The Pro-Life Intramural, Part 2 The Pro-Life Intramural, Part 2](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Pro-Life-Intramural-Part-2.jpg)
By Ecce Verum
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05.03.24
Last time, we discussed the two sides of the intramural pro-life debate: abolitionists and prudentialists. And we observed that each side has a valid perspective based on a very true aspect of the issue. But shall the twain ever meet?
![“Never Misunderestimate.” “Never Misunderestimate.”](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Never-Misunderestimate.jpg)
By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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05.03.24
I trust you’ll recall the source of this verbal gaffe. It came from our esteemed former president, George W. Bush. It was his attempt to define when someone undervalues or underestimates something. It was a malaprop we all understood.
![The Global Threat of the WHO Pandemic Agreement The Global Threat of the WHO Pandemic Agreement](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Global-Threat-of-the-WHO.jpg)
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.
![Only God Should Play God, Part 2 Only God Should Play God, Part 2](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Only-God-Should-Play-God-part-2.jpg)
By Ecce Verum
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05.01.24
Last time, we discussed several moral issues that arise when man decides to "play God" in the area of human reproduction. In vitro fertilization always takes innocent life. Embryonic genetic editing tends towards the sad assumption that the mother is the only patient involved, because the embryo is not considered a patient. And efforts to alter a baby's genetics don't have an easy line between "health-related concerns" and flat-out "child enhancement."