Culture https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:10:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Culture https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Cultural Cataclysm & Advancing the Truth https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/02/cultural-cataclysm-advancing-the-truth/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:00:44 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=28769 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

This special episode of Illinois Family Spotlight highlights Pastor Douglas Wilson’s remarks given at the 2015 Illinois Family Banquet.

Pastor Douglas Wilson preaches at Christ Church in Moscow, ID, and is senior fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College. He is a prolific author of many books and his blog, dougwils.com, is home to his witty and rapier thoughts on culture, the church at large, and politics.

In his speech, Pastor Wilson challenges Christians to fight for biblical sanity and morality.… Continue Reading

]]> 28769 SPOTLIGHT: Babylon & Christianity https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/08/spotlight-babylon-christianity/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:00:29 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=27153 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

How can Christians faithfully live in a culture that is actively opposed to God?

Martyn Iles, Attorney and Chief Ministry Officer at Answers in Genesis, answers this question at the 2024 ICHE Convention.

They [Daniel and his three friends] were now living in a pagan culture, in a pagan society. And the question they had to face is: How then shall we live? What should we do? How do we live fruitfully and faithfully for God in a culture that is completely different– that is actually God-opposing?

… Continue Reading ]]> 27153 “Homeschooling, Anchors, and Salty Arrows” (Illinois Family Spotlight #255) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-255/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:59:20 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=17653 Back for a last hurrah, this week’s podcast features the last installment of the “catastrophe cubed” interview. Featuring Kenna and Eliana Hartian and Jenna Smith, the offspring of IFA’s executive director David Smith and board member Richard Hartian, this treble of rollicking females conclude their guest appearance with a discussion about effective Christianity, the many benefits of homeschooling besides academics, the supremacy of the Word, and some public-home school comparisons.… Continue Reading

]]> 17653 “Freedom Also Bears Responsibility” (Illinois Family Spotlight #205) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-205/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:00:19 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=14583 On this edition of spotlight, multiple interviews are featured to discuss a range of related issues. The first guest is Kelly Shackelford, the president of First Liberty Institute, he discusses the court situation in America with Monte. The next is John Stonestreet to discuss the precarious state of abortion in America, especially Roe v. Wade.

The second half of this spotlight features Dr. Del Tackett and David Shestokas. Dr. Tackett talks about responding to our cultural storm and David Shestokas brings wisdom from America’s founding documents, especially as we exit a shutdown and celebrate the nation this weekend.… Continue Reading

]]> 14583 “We Need a Theology of When to Get Fired” (Illinois Family Spotlight #094) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-094/ Tue, 15 May 2018 07:00:34 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=9057 Monte Larrick interviewed John Stonestreet at Illinois Family Institute’s Fourth Annual Worldview Conference. Stonestreet is the president of the Chuck Colson Center and BreakPoint Radio co-host. They discuss why Christians should be concerned about the Culture when we have seemingly lost; the next major cultural shift after the Sexual Revolution; the continued attacks on religious freedom; and when it is right for Christians to engage in civil disobedience.

Monte and John also discuss the cost of following Jesus, and legalization of recreational marijuana.… Continue Reading

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