In the face of the sexual revolution the Christian church in the West now faces a set of challenges that exceeds anything it has experienced, of a similar magnitude, in the past. This is a revolution of ideas—one that is...
There is no doubt about it, many of us are hoping that 2016 will bring real change. Remembering back to the mantras of 2008, there were those who were anticipating “hope and change.” However, what we have seen over the...
01.23.16
Most of us are familiar with the “exceptions” of the pro-life stance. That is to say the majority of people in this nation are pro-life with the “exception” of rape, incest, or endangerment to the mother’s life.
My question is this: How can we be truly pro-life if we include exceptions?
01.17.16
In the service of helping families in their efforts to firmly establish and maintain a biblical worldview, IFI is hosting worldview conferences. How do we think about the issues of the day? Do we think clearly and biblically about the...
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By David E. Smith
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01.05.16
Register to vote for the upcoming Primary Election before Feb 16th.
Registering to vote is the first step to engage in civic life and become a good steward of your God-given responsibility of self-government.
The process for registering is easy...
By David E. Smith
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12.31.15
Thanks to the remarkable generosity of supporters, we made our goal today and earlier than expected!
We are truly overwhelmed by the support of fellow Illinoisans that we have received over the last few days. I sincerely thank the good...
By Micah Clark
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12.30.15
There is an interesting article on six church trends in America that you may want to check out. The last trend may be of particular interest to our readers. It points out, according to new research, that many churches are...
By David E. Smith
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11.17.15
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is poised to render a decision next year that will be its most significant ruling on the abortion issue in more than twenty years. The SCOTUS has agreed to hear a challenge...
11.07.15
Society has got to stop enabling the harmful fantasies of the transgender community, both for their sake and for ours.
10.23.15
Family Research Council (FRC) commends the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, and urges the U.S. Senate to take up and pass the bill. This bill will restrict for...
By Dr. Michael L. Brown
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10.15.15
I’ve been saying that 2015 is the year of pushback, and this might be the most significant act of pushing back so far: A group of legal scholars, most of them university professors, have declared that the U.S. Supreme Court’s...
By Laurie Higgins
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10.14.15
IFI’s opposition to, for example, a boy in a girls’ locker room is not based on fear that he may rape a girl—though that, of course, is a possibility.
Rather, our opposition emerges from the fact that physical embodiment per...
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.”
He was partly right. Liberty of conscience is indeed sacred. There is, however, a higher...
The federal judge who threw Christian clerk Kim Davis in jail previously “oversaw a legal settlement that included anti-harassment sessions” for students in Boyd County, Kentucky, The New York Times reports. In fact, the judge, David Bunning, had denied free...
