Written by David E. Smith
Home education and private schooling, specifically Christian schooling, are becoming first-choice options for many families as parents realize that their educational goals and priorities for their children don’t match up with those of government schools. John Stonestreet joins Monte Larrick to discuss the responsibility sphere; proactive education of discernment; the LGBT history mandate in Illinois and other states; and convictions, conscience rights and consequences.
Switching gears, the discussion moves to the Equality Act and increasing pressure on the U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by Jerry Newcombe
Worldviews have consequences. The pandemic that grips the whole world is symptomatic of the deadly grip that the ungodly leadership in China holds over a wide populous (including tens of millions of Chinese Christians).
The coronavirus did not just come out of nowhere. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims that it came out of the wet markets of Wuhan, a city of about 11 million people. But there is evidence that it may have originated in a biolab, the Wuhan Institute of Virology.… Continue Reading
Tags: American values, Chinese Communist Party, COVID–19, Donald J. Trump, Earth Control Committee, Gary Bauer, Jerry Newcombe, Mao Zedong, Population Research Institute, Steven Mosher, Wuhan Institute of Virology
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Written by Dave Huber
The quick transition to online learning in the wake of the coronavirus has left students, parents and school districts scrambling to find a happy medium acceptable to all parties involved.
One of the more significant concerns is that of equity — not all students have internet access or, if they do, it is slow and unreliable. In addition, their computers may be outdated and cannot handle needed programs.
This consideration has led to some school districts frowning upon virtual learning.… Continue Reading
Written by Alex Newman
WARNING: This article contains information that some readers may find disturbing regarding child abuse and sexual violence.
Very few people realize that the reason children today are being sexualized at school is because pedophiles sexually abused hundreds of children, then claimed that the victims enjoyed it. That’s a fact, and the documents prove it.
In government schools all across the United States today, young children are literally being encouraged to experiment with fornication, masturbation, sodomy, oral sex, and all manner of sexual activities.… Continue Reading
Tags: #MeToo, Alex Newman, Alfred Kinsey, Bela Kun, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, Dr. Charles Rice, Dr. John Bancroft, Dr. Judith Reisman, Dr. Mary Calderone, Dr. Melvin Anchell, Frankfurt School, G. Stanley Hall, Gyorgy Lukacs, Institute of Sex Research, Kinsey Institute, Kinsey Reports, LGBTQ Special rights, Magnus Hirschfeld, Marxism, NAMBLA, National Education Association, National Institute of Mental Health, North American Man/Boy Love Association, out-of-wedlock pregnancies, Planned Parenthood, sex education, Sexology, sexual revolution, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, SIECUS, The Epoch Times, UNESCO
Education | David E. Smith | April 7, 2020 8:00 AM | Comments Off on The Sordid History and Deadly Consequences of ‘Sex Ed’ at School
Written by Michelle Thomas
Here in Georgia, the mass hysteria about the coronavirus has caused the governor to declare a “public health state of emergency.” He has advised public schools and daycare centers to close for two weeks in order to curb the opportunities for the virus to spread. It’s unclear which is causing more panic in the hearts of Georgia citizens—the coronavirus, the toilet paper shortage, or the fact that parents will have to be home with their children nonstop for two weeks straight.… Continue Reading
Written by Benjamin Smith
Latasha Fields, founder and director of CHESS – Christian Home Educators Support System, joins IFI executive director David Smith on this edition of Spotlight. In the first half of the podcast, David and Latasha discuss egregious legislation pending in the Illinois General Assembly that aims to eviscerate parental rights and eliminate religious liberty.
State Representative Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) recently introduced HB 4870 would mandate the HPV vaccination for ALL Illinois students at the 6th grade level.… Continue Reading
Tags: 1619 Project, Heather Steans, Homeschool, HPV vaccine, immunizations, Latasha Fields, New York Times, parental consent, parental rights, Robyn Gabel, vaccine mandate
Education, Faith & Religion, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | February 26, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on SPOTLIGHT: Parental Rights, Religious Liberty and American History
Written by Carol M. Swain
Under the guise of a venture called the “1619 Project,” revisionist history about race in America is being introduced into classrooms across America without undergoing the normal peer review expected of educational materials. August 2019 marked the birth of the project, a publication of The New York Times Magazine and the Pulitzer organization, containing a collection of essays and artistic works to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of slavery in America.… Continue Reading
Tags: Carol M. Swain, critical race theory, Cultural Marxism, Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, History of Black Americans, indentured servitude, Jake Silverstein, Philip Foner, Slavery, The 1619 Project, The New York Times, victim-hood, white guilt
Education, Media Watch | David E. Smith | February 21, 2020 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Critical Race Theory’s Destructive Impact on America
Written by Peter Heck
I know there are dads out there who are strangling hostile coyotes with their bare hands, and fending off California mountain lions that are closing in on their young children. But for my money, this guy gets my vote as dad of the year:
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I’d dare to call him this election cycle’s “Joe the Plumber,” or “Ken Bone the debate questioner,” but after seeing what happened to those two guys for speaking truth to powerful left-wing office-seekers, I’ll resist.… Continue Reading
Written by Benjamin Smith
David Smith and Monte Larrick welcome Pastor Ron Citlau, lead pastor of Calvary Church in Orland Park, to this edition of Spotlight. Pastor Citlau shares how a 1997 encounter with the Lord transformed him and freed him from a life marked by sexual abuse, addiction to alcohol, drugs and pornography, and same-sex attraction.
In the second half of the podcast, our guest and hosts discuss Illinois’ gender-related legislation that misleads and corrupts public school students.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
“That is what happens to those who pluck and eat fruits at the wrong time and in the wrong way … The fruit is good, but they loathe it ever after. All get what they want; they do not always like it.” ~Aslan in C.S. Lewis’ “The Magician’s Nephew”
In “The Chronicles of Narnia,” C.S. Lewis tells the story of the young boy named Digory who is sent on a journey by Aslan to retrieve an apple from a particular garden beyond the western mountains.… Continue Reading
