Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
16 years ago, Planned Parenthood opened an abortion facility in Aurora, Illinois. On the anniversary of this opening, pro-life activists held a prayer vigil outside of the building featuring Pastor Randy Schoof of Warehouse Church and Eric Scheidler, Executive Director of Pro-Life Action League.
In his speech, Pastor Schoof encouraged those in attendance to continue to pray for the end of abortion, to plead for God’s mercy, and to continue the work of sidewalk counseling outside of abortion sites.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Eric Scheidler, Planned Parenthood, pro-life, Pro-Life Action League, randy schoof, Sanctity of Life
Marriage, Family & Culture, next gen, Sanctity of Life | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
October 25, 2023 5:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
My son and I attended one of the Washington Nationals’ last home games and were walking back to his vehicle when we saw a strange sight.
It was a guy pushing a grocery cart full of goods down the sidewalk toward us at top speed, accompanied by a young woman who was laughing. Two clerks from a CVS store came around the corner and began screaming, “Stop them!”
Just then, a police car sped by in hot pursuit with lights flashing.… Continue Reading
Tags: Carjackings, crime rate, George Soros, Henry Cuellar, Katie Hays, Louis Vuitton, Pope Francis, Shoplifting, The Epoch Times, The Washington Post
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
October 9, 2023 7:00 AM |
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Written by David E. Smith
What was the most evil regime of the 20th century? Many people instantly picture a crazed Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich rounding up millions of Jewish men, women and children in an attempt to systematically exterminate them. An estimated six million were murdered across German-occupied Europe. That’s truly evil. Yet, if we’re looking at death tallies, consider the human toll inflicted under Communism:
- Sixty million dead in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
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Tags: Adolf Hitler, C.S. Lewis, Communism, Elizabeth Spalding, Holocaust, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Sebastian Gorka, Soviet Union, The Heritage Foundation, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
October 7, 2023 6:35 AM |
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Written by Peter Heck
It was always one of the most frustrating aspects of Barack Obama‘s rise to power. While the famous keynote speech he delivered at the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him to fame, the rhetoric he used there was a startling departure from his previously established reputation as an instigator and agitator.
Obama cut his teeth in the dirty arena of corrupt Chicago politics, having learned the duplicitous art of “community organizing” from some of the most notorious theorists (Saul Alinsky), and even criminal mentors (Bill Ayers).… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
The growing divide in the United States isn’t merely political. It runs far deeper than that. It’s a struggle between those intent on using government and corporate power to turn America into a Marxist version of Sodom and Gomorrah and those resisting this radical transformation.
Political pundits and Republican moderates who dismiss the culture war as a sideshow are missing it. A wave is building. People are awakening to the immense damage that the left is doing on all fronts and are pushing back.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adolph Hitler, American Library Association, Andy Beshear, Bolshevik Revolution, Brave Books, COVID–19, Cultural Marxism, Cultural Revolution, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Emily Drabinski, Friedrich Engels, Glenn Youngkin, illegal immigration, Judeo-Christian values, Karl Marx, Kirk Cameron, Lia Thomas, Mao Zedong, Mein Kampf, National Socialist Workers Party, Nazis, Office of Intellectual Freedom, open border, Riley Gaines, Soviet Union, The Communist Manifesto, William Thomas, Xi Jinping, Xi Van Fleet
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
September 25, 2023 8:00 AM |
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
In this episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, we are featuring the second part of Scott Klusendorf’s speech at the 2023 Worldview Conference.
Scott Klusendorf is the founder and president of the Life Training Institute, which is an organization that is dedicated to equipping pro-life advocates to effectively defend Life in the public square. He is the author of The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture.
In this portion, Klusendorf tackles the topic of how one’s church can effectively engage the culture with pro-life apologetics.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, apologetics, church, Illinois family spotlight, Life Training Institute, pro-life, Scott Klusendorf, Spotlight, SPOTLIGHT: Engaging Your Church & Community with Scott Klusendorf, The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture
Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture, next gen, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
September 20, 2023 5:00 AM |
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
This episode of Illinois Family Spotlight features Scott Klusendorf at the IFI 2023 Worldview Conference.
Scott Klusendorf is the founder and president of the Life Training Institute, which is dedicated to equipping pro-life advocates to effectively defend their view of life in the public square. He has taught pro-life apologetics at over 80 colleges and universities, and he is the author of The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Illinois Family Institute, Illinois family spotlight, innocent human being, Life Training Institute, pro-life, Scott Klusendorf, Spotlight, SPOTLIGHT: The Case for Life with Scott Klusendorf, syllogism, The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture, unborn
Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture, next gen, Sanctity of Life | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
September 13, 2023 5:00 AM |
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
In this special episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, Monte Larrick sits down with award-winning swimmer and speaker, Riley Gaines.
Riley Gaines was a member of the University of Kentucky’s NCAA swim team and the 2022 Southeastern Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Scholar of the Year.
In March of 2022, Riley Gaines, along with her teammates, was forced to share a locker room and swim alongside a biological male, Will Thomas.… Continue Reading
Tags: Lia Thomas, NCAA, Riley Gaines, Riley Gaines Center, Spotlight, SPOTLIGHT: Taking a Stand: Riley Gaines, Title IX, Will Thomas
Faith & Religion, LGBTQ Agenda, Marriage, Family & Culture, next gen | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
August 30, 2023 5:00 AM |
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Written by Curtis Ferrin
It’s always been true—pride comes before the fall. This summer, companies proved it like never before. The people spoke, voted with their dollars, and chose family values over corporate America’s virtue signaling. We witnessed companies that went “woke”—from Target to Anheuser-Busch—instantly regretting the backlash they caused and taking backward steps. People are tired of the nonsense, especially when marketing departments promote things like gender ideology that actively targets our children. Let’s review the corporate wokeness we’ve seen in recent months, and what happened next.… Continue Reading
Tags: Abprallen, American First Legal, Anheuser-Busch, Brain Craig, Bud Light, Christina Hennington, Coors Light, Disney, Dylan Mulvaney, Elemental, Forbes, Gavin Hattersley, Gay Pride, JP Morgan, Kohl's, Latoya Raveneau, Matt Fradd, Michael Fiddelke, Miller Lite, Modelo Especial, Molson Coors, Pixar, Rachel Zegler, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Skittles, Snow White, Target, Target Corp.
LGBTQ Agenda, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
August 29, 2023 6:49 AM |
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
This episode of Illinois Family Spotlight features remarks from Ariella Del Turco on the topic of religious liberty in the first half, along with a question and answer segment with Ambassador Sam Brownback during the second half.
Arielle Del Turco is the director of Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council (FRC) and is the co-author of FRC’s “Hostility Against Churches” report.
Sam Brownback is the former governor of Kansas, formerly representing Kansas in the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Arielle Del Torco, Arielle Del Turco, Family Research Council, Illinois family spotlight, National Committee for Religious Freedom, religious liberty, Sam Brownback, Spotlight, SPOTLIGHT: Religious Liberty in America
Faith & Religion, Islam & Sharia, LGBTQ Agenda, Marriage, Family & Culture, next gen, Political, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
August 23, 2023 5:00 AM |
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