The Illinois Family Spotlight podcast will highlight a specific cultural or political issue of which our listeners should be aware. Our discussions will be informed by a biblical worldview that will help expose the lies and distortions promulgated within secular culture. We will be interviewing policy experts and scholars whose knowledge and insights will help listeners form a wiser worldview.
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Monte is joined by Bob Gilligan with Catholic Conference of Illinois outside the Chicago hearing of pro-suicide legislation.
| Jenna Smith | 
March 11, 2025 8:32 AM | 
Comments Off on Legal Suicide in Illinois: Are There Repercussions? | Guest: Bob Gilligan (IFS #421)
Attend the Chicago Home Educator’s Summit! In this episode, Caesor LeFlore (aka Bishop of Truth) talks to Latasha Fields of the Christian Home Educators Support System about their exciting event happening on March 29th.
| Jenna Smith | March 4, 2025 12:50 PM | Comments Off on Homeschoolers Summit! | Guest: Latasha Fields (IFS #420)
In this edition of Spotoight, we feature IFI’s lobbyist David Curtin giving an update about what happened in Springfield last week.
| Jenna Smith | February 25, 2025 6:33 AM | Comments Off on Legislative Update | Guest: IFI Lobbyist David Curtin (IFS #419)
We’re highlighting Dr. Zumhagen’s remarks at IFI’s 2024 COVID Forum, held at Families of Faith in Channahon, IL.
Dr. Zumhagen is a family medicine physician, with nearly 4 decades in practice in the medical field. In 2009, he cofounded Fearfully & Wonderfully Made,a wholisitic and nutritionally based center in Orland Park. In this episode, you wil hear this doctor discuss vaccine mandates, the risks of treating healthy people, and the power that the pharmecuetical industries wield in America.… Continue Reading
| Jenna Smith | February 18, 2025 3:10 AM | Comments Off on COVID Was a CON | Dr. Mark Zumhagen (IFS #418)
In this edition of Spotlight, we hear highlights from interviews with pro life heros regarding Illinois and pro suicide legislation. Nancy Valko served for more than fifty years as a registered nurse, and is the spokeswoman for the National Association of Pro Life Nurses. Scott Klusendorf travels throughout the United States and Canada training pro-life advocates to persuasively defend their views in the public square. He contends that the pro-life message can compete in the marketplace of ideas if properly understood and properly articulated.… Continue Reading
| Jenna Smith | February 11, 2025 8:38 AM | Comments Off on Pro-Life Powerhouse Episodes | Nancy Valko & Scott Klusendorf (IFS #417)
During the Illinois Family Institute 2015 Faith Family & Freedom Banquet, Pastor Doug Wilson challenged Christians to join the fight for sanity, common sense and morality–specifically here in Illinois. His remarks are timeless and encouraging for believers today. Pastor Wilson preaches at Christ Church in Moscow, ID, and is senior fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College. He is a prolific author and his blog, dougwils.com, is home to his witty and rapier thoughts on culture, the church at large, and politics.… Continue Reading
| Jenna Smith | February 4, 2025 9:06 AM | Comments Off on Cultural Cataclysm & Advancing the Truth | Doug Wilson (IFS #416)
Pator Caesar LeFlore hosts Spotlight today to highlight the work and ministry of LaTasha Fields, an 18-year home educator and passionate advocate for parental rights, education, and community empowerment.
| Jenna Smith | January 28, 2025 10:35 AM | Comments Off on Education is Possible | Guest: LaTasha Fields (IFS #415)
We’re highlighting remarks from multiple different podcasts and events over the years in this episode, including Dr. Karl Benzio, Dr. Erwin Lutzer, and more!
| Jenna Smith | January 21, 2025 4:30 PM | Comments Off on Snippets and Soundbites (IFS #412)
Tom Hampson is an Air Force veteran, where he served as an Intelligence analyst in Western Europe. He also served as an Chief Investigator for the Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission and served on the Chicago Crime Commission as a board member. His work as an investigator prompted him to establish the Truth Alliance Foundation (TAF) and to dedicate the rest of his life to the protection of children. He hopes that the TAF will expand to facilitate the protection of children all over the United States and around the world.
| Jenna Smith | January 14, 2025 8:47 AM | Comments Off on Missing Migrant Children, Pro-Sex Offender Legislation, & a Parents Rights Toolkit | Tom Hampson (IFS #411)
In this edition of Spotlight, Monte Larrick discuss how IL Gov JB Pritzker is “Trump Proofing” Illinois by doubling down on gender affirming care in the state.
| Jenna Smith | January 8, 2025 2:14 AM | Comments Off on Gender Affirming Care & Pritzker’s ‘Trump Proofing’ of Illinois | Guest: Thomas Hampson (IFS #410)
