Written by Peter Heck
Generally speaking, the entertainment industry is no friend to Christians attempting to raise their children to resist worldly conformity and embrace Godliness. Taylor Swift’s recently released Christian-mocking, LGBT-affirming anthem You Need to Calm Down is the latest example.
The 29-year-old pop sensation brings together a cast of colorful celebrity collaborators to depict those who would choose to promote biblical sexual ethics as backwards, mean-spirited, even toothless cretins, angrily berating anyone who expresses their sexuality in a nontraditional way.… Continue Reading
Written by Benjamin Smith
Less than two weeks ago, SB25 was signed into law by Gov. Pritzker, effectively making Illinois the most abortion-friendly state in the Midwest, if not the nation. In light of this action, it is fitting that we welcome Tim Moore, board president of Springfield Right to Life, to this edition of Spotlight.
Monte Larrick and Tim Moore discuss how pro-life Illinoisans must move forward in this age of “anything goes” abortion.… Continue Reading
Written by Timothy J. Dailey
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) maintains a solid lead over his Democratic rivals, portraying himself as the more reasonable alternative to what he calls his far-left primary opponents. Yet his own policy positions have historically been demonstrably more radical than the mainstream America he claims to represent.
What many people remember about Biden is his lifelong penchant for making embarrassing gaffs that elicit groans from his supporters and delight his opponents, such as when he addressed a wheelchair bound politician at a campaign rally: “I’m told Chuck Graham, state senator, is here.… Continue Reading
Tags: 2020 Election, Chuck Graham, Defense of Marriage Act, Donald Trump, Hyde Amendment, Joe Biden, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Roe v. Wade
Federal Elections, Political, Uncategorized | David E. Smith | 
June 25, 2019 5:07 AM | 
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Written by David Limbaugh
U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may seem harmless, but she’s a virtue signaler on steroids and a nonstop headline-manufacturing machine.
The left adores her, and for conservatives she’s a gift that keeps on giving –because she is either too naive or arrogant to rein herself in. Don’t listen to those who advise not to be roped into her spotlight-seeking trap. Give her all the attention she craves — and more rope.
AOC conspicuously put her foot in her mouth again, but she clearly likes the taste of it because she refuses to remove it.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
We are awash in weasel words. That is, euphemisms meant to distract us from reality. The most obvious ones are replacing homosexuality with “gay,” taxes with “revenue,” spending with “investments,” sexual confusion with “gender identity,” and abortion with “choice.” Actually, abortion has a whole set of weasel terms.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker drew “whoops and cheers” from onlookers on June 12 as he signed The Reproductive Health Act, which he called “a beacon of hope in the heart of this nation.” … Continue Reading
Tags: Democratic Party, Hobby Lobby, Ilyse Hogue, J. B. Pritzker, Joe Biden, Little Sisters of the Poor, NARAL Pro-Choice America, parental consent, partial birth abortion, Robert Knight, The Reproductive Health Act
Illinois Politics, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | June 22, 2019 6:28 AM | Comments Off on How Weasel Words Pave the Road to Hell
Written by Jerry Newcombe
“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it,” said Santayana. Many young people today claim to prefer socialism—and in some cases, even communism (which is socialism’s more violent form)—over capitalism.
Recently a candidate for city council in Denver declared that capitalism has failed and that socialism is the future. Candi Cdebaca said that we are in the “last phase” of capitalism—as if it is dying. In contrast, she said, “I believe in community ownership of land, labor, resources and distribution of those resources.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Andropov, Beria, Berlin Wall, Bernie Sanders, Brezhnev, Bulganin, Candi Cdebaca, Ceausescu, Chebrikov, Chernenko, Dimitrov, Donald Trump, Dr. Paul Kengor, Dzerzhinsky, Eugene Fox-Genovese, Fidel, Frederica Mathewes-Green, General Maduro, Ho Chi Minh, Hoxha, Hugo Chavez, Jerry Newcombe, Khrushchev, Kim Il-Sun, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Latsis, Lenin, Ludwig von Mises, Malenkov, Mao, Mengistu Mariam, Mikoyan, Pol Pot, Raul, Santayana, Socialism, Tito, Trotsky, Ulbricht, Voroshilov, Zhivkov
Political | David E. Smith | June 21, 2019 6:36 AM | Comments Off on What Is This Love Affair With Socialism?
Written by Benjamin Smith
Some of the most important words we will ever speak are words of truth. Please listen to this very important edition of Spotlight as the executive director of Illinois Right to Life, Mary Kate Knorr; attorney and senior counsel for the pro-life Thomas More Society, Peter Breen; neonatal ICU nurse, Emily Kelly; cardiologist, Dr. Nalini Rajmannan, and the executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, Eric Scheidler speak passionate, informed, reasoned and rational, scientifically-accurate words of truth about the realities of abortion and the devastating effects that unprecedented abortion expansion will bring to Illinois.… Continue Reading
Written by Trevor Thomas
In September of 2008, U.S. Senator, vice-presidential candidate, and democrat Joe Biden was asked his thoughts—“as a Roman Catholic”—on when life begins. Demonstrating a vast ignorance of science, along with an unflattering display of faith, he told NBC’s Tom Brokaw, “Look, I know when it begins for me.” A decade later, using the same “post-truth” relativism, New York Mayor, presidential candidate, and democrat Bill de Blasio, after signing a law that allows New Yorkers to declare their chosen gender on their birth certificate, told a cheering crowd, “You be you.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthony Kennedy, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Bill de Blasio, Brett Kavanaugh, civil rights, Democrat Party, Democratic Socialism, Elizabeth Warren, Hyde Amendment, Joe Biden, John Zmirak, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Roman Catholic, Steven Hayward, Tom Brokaw, transgender equality, Trump-Russia-collusion conspiracy, U.S. Supreme Court, Venezuela, William Lane Craig
IFA News | David E. Smith | June 15, 2019 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Democrats: The “Post-Truth” Party
Written by Peter Heck
NPR recently ran a silly story with this provocative headline: “We All Owe Al Gore an Apology.” I dissent.
Let’s first be clear about Gore. After losing the 2000 presidential election, Gore found a cause to peddle in global warming. He partnered with affluent donors, created a documentary full of hyperbolic exaggeration and dire warnings about an impending ecological armageddon, and made millions. And millions. He divorced his wife and became the international playboy of global warming-turned-climate change-turned-climate disruption-turned-whatever we’re calling it now.… Continue Reading
Tags: Al Gore, Angel Portillo, Arkansas River, Climate Change, Global Warming, Nathan Rott, NPR, Peter Heck
Climate Change, Media Watch | David E. Smith | June 14, 2019 9:00 AM | Comments Off on Al Gore Deserves Shame, Not an Apology
Pastor James Pittman Jr.
The 101st Illinois General Assembly has adjourned and the results are in. The state of Illinois is a moral disaster and about to get worse. Our lawmakers seem to be doing everything in their power to encourage and facilitate evil and debauchery. This legislation has the full support of Governor JB Pritzker, and further institutionalizes lying, vice, addictions, greed, corruption and bloodshed.
However, if we conservative Christians are honest with ourselves, we cannot simply place all the blame on our lawmakers. … Continue Reading
