In this episode, David Curtain explains his job as IFI’s lobbyist in Springfield, the bills that are threatening to family values, and how we can be active in our state capitol from every part of the state.
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January 10, 2023 2:31 AM | 
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I recently gave a short New Year exhortation at my church and since we captured the audio, I thought we could post it as a special addition for those who may be interested. In this short message (15 minutes), I emphasis Paul’s statement in vs 12-14 in which he confesses:
… Continue Reading“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
| David E. Smith | January 5, 2023 12:15 AM | Comments Off on BONUS: Pressing Forward in 2023
This is a throwback episode, where we present a lecture that is still relevant today as it was when it was given–if not more so. Pastor Douglas Wilson of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, spoke at IFI’s 2019 worldview conference regarding trans ideology and the Christian. You can watch this talk here.
Sanity as Insurrection is the title of the final session of the 2019 Illinois Family Institute Worldview Conference on the “trans” ideology. In this presentation, Pastor Doug Wilson stressed the importance of asking sane questions, ones that strike at the heart of the matter, when we engage in debate with our adversaries because “deliberate and premeditated sanity is a challenge to the powers that be.”… Continue Reading
| Jenna Smith | January 3, 2023 9:06 AM | Comments Off on Sanity as Insurrection (Illinois Family Spotlight #337)
In this segment of Spotlight, we’re highlighting remarks made at IFI’s Medical Freedom Forum held earlier this year at Jubilee Bible Church. Doctors Mark Zumhagen and Simon Gold pointed out the wrong occurring in their respective fields and answered questions from the audience.
| Jenna Smith | December 27, 2022 8:33 AM | Comments Off on Science Instead of God (Illinois Family Spotlight #336)
Luke 2:15~ “When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
| Jenna Smith | December 22, 2022 5:59 PM | Comments Off on The Gospel of Christmas (Self Evident #28)
In this episode, Monte Larrick is at Illinois’ state capital, at the annual Christmas nativity reveal. Delbra Pratt speaks on the importance of the display in this dark corner of Illinois, and what it means.
| Jenna Smith | December 20, 2022 8:20 AM | Comments Off on Capital Nativity & Hope (Illinois Family Spotlight #335)
“A class act is an attractive woman. An attractive woman is a lady. A lady is a woman who comports herself with self-respect.” ~Douglas Wilson
In this episode, we discuss the ripple effect that the clothes you wear have on you and on others.
You might say “how does what I wear affect how I behave?” Well, have you ever gone longer than you should have without food? Notice anything different in how you interact with others and how you feel in general?… Continue Reading
| Jenna Smith | December 14, 2022 3:36 PM | Comments Off on Modesty Part 2: The Ripple Effect of Clothes (Self Evident #27)
Monte Larrick interviews Julie Garafalo, executive director of Waterleaf.
Waterleaf is slightly different than your average women’s center in that they provide professional and medical help. An especially important service Waterleaf offers is early pregnancy screenings. That screening includes a medical grade pregnancy test and ultrasound, which helps the patient determine whether she is truly pregnant, and if so, how far along and how healthy the baby is. This gives the mother the facts she needs to make a fully informed decision.… Continue Reading
| Jenna Smith | December 12, 2022 11:56 PM | Comments Off on Waterleaf Women’s Center (Illinois Family Spotlight #334)
Welcome to another episode of Self Evident! Today we’re featuring an enlightening talk that Kenna Rose presented at the Illinois Family Institute’s 2022 Worldview Conference. The theme up for discussion and dissection was Apostles of Wokism versus Disciples of Jesus Christ. Dr. Everett Piper and Dr. Rob Reinow keynoted the event with lectures on the religion of wokism, reclaiming the sufficiency of scripture, and much more. Kenna spoke on the importance of prioritizing freedom over safety, and how God uses every situation for His glory.… Continue Reading
| Jenna Smith | December 7, 2022 3:02 AM | Comments Off on Safety Vs. Freedom (Self Evident #26)
“. . .fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” ~Genesis 1:28
Rachel Mikottis is a homeschooled wonder of a woman who believes that nature is the best classroom in the world. She joins IFI’s David Smith and Self Evident’s Jenna Smith for a conversation about her forest school: Free Haven.
Rachel, in her words, was a free range homeschooler.… Continue Reading
| Jenna Smith | December 6, 2022 3:41 AM | Comments Off on Free Haven: A Forest School (Illinois Family Spotlight #333)
