Dave Smith https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Dave Smith https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 How Alliance Family Services Saves Lives https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/03/how-alliance-family-services-saves-lives/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:08 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=31689 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

In this week’s episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, IFI’s Dave Smith sits down with Elaine Demoulos and Angela from Alliance Family Services.

Serving the large area of Elgin and Schaumburg, Alliance Family Services is dedicated to protecting the preborn and proclaiming the Gospel to every woman that walks through their door.

“The majority of our clients have never heard the true Gospel. Alliance Women’s Clinics are front-line mission fields, partnering with the local church to reach women vulnerable to abortion with truth, compassion, and hope.

… Continue Reading ]]> 31689 The Voice of Illinois Family Institute: An Interim Word with Monte Larrick https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/03/the-voice-of-illinois-family-institute-an-interim-word-with-monte-larrick/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:58 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=31637 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

In this special Spotlight episode, IFI’s Dave Smith sits down with Monte Larrick.

Monte Larrick served as Spotlight’s host and IFI’s Media Director who dedicated the 11 years he was at IFI to inform Illinois constituents on important issues with conciseness and clarity.

In this episode, Monte shares untold stories and experiences in his longtime career covering politics for Moody Radio.

This is a nostalgic episode you do not want to miss.… Continue Reading

]]> 31637 Illinois Pastors Speak Up About The Equal Protection Act https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/02/illinois-pastors-speak-up-about-the-equal-protection-act/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:58 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=31431 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

In this week’s episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, IFI’s Dave Smith sits down with Pastor Brandon Myers and Pastor Calvin Lindstrom to discuss SB 3572, a bill with the express goal of abolishing abortion in Illinois.

Because of its serious language, this bill has many pro-lifers standing against it. It is vital that we, as believers, are not controlled by our emotions but are instead controlled by the Word of God.… Continue Reading

]]> 31431 SPOTLIGHT: HB 2827 From the Perspective of a Lawyer https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/04/spotlight-hb-2827-from-the-perspective-of-a-lawyer/ Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:00:42 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=29334 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

In this special episode of Illinois Family Spotlight podcast, Dave Smith sits down with IFI’s Senior Counsel, James Odom, to discuss the legal implications of the Homeschool Registration Act (HB 2827).

Their conversation focuses on Illinois State Rep. Terra Costa Howard’s claim that HB 2827 is intended to protect children through forcing homeschooling families register with their local regional office of education.

Smith notes that homeschooling families are thriving socially, academically, and spiritually far above their peers in the public school system.… Continue Reading

]]> 29334 SPOTLIGHT: Born to Proclaim The Gospel https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/01/spotlight-born-to-proclaim-the-gospel/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 19:11:11 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=22907 Written by Jenna Smith

In this edition of Spotlight, IFI’s Dave Smith and Public School Exit’s Ceasar LeFlore converse with Juan Elias-Riesco, former owner of the famous Nini’s Deli in Chicago (which you can learn about through the documentary Paint the Wall Black) and a blazing torch for the kingdom of Christ.

Elias-Riesco’s testimony of how he became a Christian is anything but boring. Growing up on the streets of Chicago, he quickly became hardened to shoplifting and spiraled into a sinful lifestyle that had him in prison and rejecting God’s design for sexuality.… Continue Reading

]]> 22907 “The Nature of Gambling: Sin” (Illinois Family Spotlight #242) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight-242/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 05:58:24 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=17011 Here’s a topic that appears to have been lost in the shuffle: gambling. But we are surrounded by a culture of gambling. Illinois recently approved a piece of gambling expansion legislation, which IFI and IFA fought against, but has now been encoded. On this episode of spotlight, IFA’s Dave Smith and Monte Larrick take a deep dive into the issues with gambling, and most importantly, what the Triune God has to say about gambling. Their guest is Mr.… Continue Reading

]]> 17011 “Election Fraud and Christian Patience” (Illinois Family Spotlight #224) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-224/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 06:00:36 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=16273 Written by David E. Smith

A week has passed since the general election and still, questions loom – among them, who and why? Election fraud has left the outcome of the presidential race (as well as other national and state contests) up in the air, and serious doubts remain as to the integrity of the voting and tabulating process. Many Christians are also wondering why God has allowed such confusion to happen and where is He in the midst of this political mess.… Continue Reading

]]> 16273 Conservative Christians Needed to Step Up https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/09/conservative-christian-needed-to-rescue-illinois/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 12:00:47 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8103 Monte Larrick’s introduction to the video posted below says it well:

“You see and feel what’s happening in Illinois…high taxes…fiscal chaos…businesses and your hard-working friends leaving the state…a liberal social agenda…and we can’t just blame Democrats for the mess in Illinois when too many Republicans are contributing to our state’s downfall.”

While there is much to cause despair, the truth is that Christian conservatives can make a huge impact — especially when it comes to the workings of the Republican Party.… Continue Reading

]]> 8103 Christian Conservatives Needed to Rescue Illinois (Illinois Family Spotlight #058) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/making-illinois-great-again-illinois-family-spotlight-058/ Tue, 19 Sep 2017 05:15:01 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=8108 In this, the first of two podcasts aimed at encouraging more Christian conservatives to run for Precinct Committeeman, IFA’s Dave Smith, northern Illinois activist Jan Klaas, and the Illinois Leadership Project’s chairman Jim Edwards lay out the facts concerning this critical post.

Please listen to it, share it with like-minded friends, and consider running for and/or helping to recruit candidates for GOP Precinct Committeeman.

Read more about becoming a precinct committeeman HERE.

Watch a video recording of this podcast HERE.… Continue Reading

]]> 8108 The Case Against Recreational Marijuana: Colorado https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/03/the-case-against-recreational-marijuana-colorado/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:30:24 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7376  

Written by Benjamin Smith

Last week, State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) introduced legislation to legalize recreational marijuana for anyone 21 years-old or older.  These bills (HB 2353 and SB 316) would not only legalize the sale and use of marijuana (possession limit of 28 grams which makes about 60 joints), but also allows people to grow marijuana in their homes or on property they own.  

That is why this week’s podcast is so very important.  … Continue Reading

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