In this week's Spotlight episode, David Curtin, IFI's Springfield Lobbyist, gives an update on the Illinois General Assembly.
05.15.24
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In 2020, a lot of people went for Biden because they wanted a return to normal life.

A vote for the Democrat, it was said, would be a way to “turn down the heat” and calm a nation riven by the deadly Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the media and deep state’s nonstop circus surrounding then-President Trump.
05.14.24
Like the fence that keeps a horse in a pasture, the law is often thought of as the opposite of freedom. Law and liberty seem to be on opposing sides. But on closer inspection, you’ll notice that none of the Old or New Testament authors ever suggested that God’s laws were intended to restrict human freedom. That wasn’t the point at all.
05.13.24
I've seen a couple of video clips of Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson (R-NC) in the past few years, and every time I have found myself cheering, applauding and occasionally shouting "amen!"
05.11.24
Can pastors endorse candidates? Are houses of worship allowed to invite candidates to speak? Can my church help register voters or serve as polling places?
05.10.24
This episode of Spotlight features Pastor Myles Holmes and his speech at the annual IFI Worldview Conference. Pastor Myles Holmes is pastor of Revive Church located in Collinsville, Illinois and, in his speech, he highlights the vital importance of manhood.
05.09.24
Last week, what remains of the United Methodist Church voted to reject the authority of God's Word on matters of human sexuality and publicly affirm and embrace sin as a tenet of their denomination.
05.08.24
[Last] week’s news was dominated by the anti-Semitic protests taking place on college campuses across the nation. Columbia, Yale, Berkeley, Harvard. Over 120 American institutions have reported disruptions to the point that classes have been canceled and police have been called in to restore order.
05.06.24
Illinois State Democrats used their supermajority advantage this week to ram through changes to state election laws (right before an election) to hurt two groups of people: parents and Republicans. With lightning speed in 24 hours, Democrats unveiled and passed legislation that Governor JB Pritzker hurriedly signed which limits ballot access and adds three nonbinding referendums to the 2024 general election ballot.
05.04.24
The AP and the American Press Institute just released a poll on the 2024 election and found only 14% of their sample expressed "a great deal of confidence in election-related information they receive from national sources." By contrast, 46% have little or no confidence at all in the information they receive from national news organizations.
05.03.24
First Liberty and legal experts around the country are sounding the alarm about the Biden administration’s recently proposed changes to Title IX.

Revisions to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 will now be used by the federal government to prohibit discrimination based on a person’s “gender identity” - a left-wing construct that runs contrary to the religious views of many Christians, Muslims and Jews.
05.02.24