Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
November 7, 2025 featured Illinois Family Institute’s annual Faith, Family & Freedom banquet.
In his address to over 700 attendees, Executive Director, David Smith, outlined IFI’s mission to standing firm against the spiritual battles that Illinois is facing.
“Illinois is now poised to become the 12th jurisdiction and the first midwest state to normalize suicide…
We must pray… that Governor Pritzker would veto this legislation.”
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
Our culture is in desperate need of a biblical perspective on marriage and family.
In this episode of Spotlight, Scott Phelps, head of the Abstinence and Marriage Partnership organization, discusses how to restore a biblical perspective of marriage and family in Generation Z and the future generations.
“The purpose of abstinence isn’t to avoid problems… it is to prepare you for the marriage relationship.”
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Written by Dr. Everett Piper
No matter their claims, Nick Fuentes and those who sympathize with him are not Christians.
How do we know this? Because what matters to true Christians is Jesus. Christ is our “highest good.” He is the most important aspect of our lives. He is our summum bonum. He and nothing else — not politics, not popularity nor personal animus — is our “first thing.”
Christ, not clicks, drives every decision of a Christian’s life.… Continue Reading
Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
This week’s Spotlight episode features a conversation about Christian education between Pastor Caesar LeFlore and Pastor Courtney Lewis of Cornerstone Baptist Church located in Chicago.
Five years ago, pastor Courtney Lewis was involved in starting a school out of his church– Cornerstone Baptist Academy.
“[Chicago public schools] have failed our youth…
People nationwide were exiting public schools to the tune of about a million people over the past ten years.
We had no money, no facilities, and no staff… In the course of three months, we watched the Lord bring in all of those resources to allow us to open our doors.”
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Written by Dr. Everett Piper
In his book “What Americans Believe,” George Barna points out that 87% of non-Christians and 77% of self-described born-again believers agreed with the statement “People are basically good.” In other words, our culture, by and large, has discarded the idea of original sin.
The sophisticated among us roll our eyes at the concept of innate human corruption. We snicker at the notion that certain actions, thoughts and behaviors are still deemed to be sinful.… Continue Reading
Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
In this episode, Rev. Caesar LeFlore is joined by Cynthia Morales from Pro-Life Champions.
Cynthia, and her husband John, started their pro-life advocacy with the “40” film, a powerful documentary featuring Abby Johnson and others on the reality of the aftermath of abortion.
This project led them to start “Shout My Story,” a campaign started to combat Shout My Abortion:
“The Shout My Story campaign was created in response to websites like ShoutYourAbortion.com
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Written by Peter Heck
On Monday, President Donald J. Trump said we should want to prove to God that we’re good so we can get “to that next step.”
Christians should roll our eyes at the stunted theology, but before dismissing the comment outright, behind it lies a truth our culture desperately needs to hear.
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Written by Robert Knight
I was listening in the car the other day to an old Jackson Browne album.
Don’t judge. The man has talent, even if, in his 70s, he still suffers from chronic liberalitis.
Contracted in adolescence, liberalitis is a mental block against reality that usually fades in most people with the passing of time. For some reason, people in show business seem more inclined than others to have an antibiotic like resistance to the kinds of life lessons that constitute a cure.… Continue Reading
Tags: C.S. Lewis, Charlie Kirk, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jackson Browne, Jesus Christ, John Lennon, Robert De Niro, Samuel Beckett, Sinclair Lewis, Waiting for Godot
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October 6, 2025 5:00 AM | 
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
In memory of Dr. Voddie Baucham, this week’s episode of Spotlight features IFI’s interview with Voddie Baucham at the 2023 Black Conservative Summit.
Dr. Baucham was a husband, father, pastor, author, was the dean of the school of divinity at African Christian University in Zambia for 9 years, and he also served as the first president of Founders Seminary in Cape Corral, Florida. He and his bold ministry will be greatly missed by the staff at Illinois Family Institute.… Continue Reading
Written by Peter Heck
While the country has witnessed many funerals of national prominence, I think it’s fair to say that few have carried the kind of attention, emotion, and gravity as Charlie Kirk’s memorial service Sunday. And for those with eyes to see and ears to hear, it revealed a striking contrast between humanity’s two most influential faiths.
In the wake of losing her husband in the most brutal and public of ways, Erika Kirk stood before a grieving crowd and, as a Christian clinging to her faith, spoke words that sounded impossible:
On the cross, our Savior said: ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’
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