Eric Wallace https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:31:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Eric Wallace https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: Black Families Matter (Part 1) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/08/spotlight-black-families-matter-part-1/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:00:41 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=14913 Written by Benjamin Smith

The Black Lives Matter movement is a shallow movement, one which has taken up a sledgehammer to address a complex problem in need of a more skillful approach. Speaking at a Black Families Matter rally held in Flossmoor (in front of Southland Smiles Dental and across from the new Planned Parenthood facility), Rev. Dr. Eric Wallace stressed that while black lives, white lives, all lives matter, what is foundational and truly vital to our nation right now are strong families parented by a mom and a dad.… Continue Reading

]]> 14913 SPOTLIGHT: People Love Darkness Rather Than Light https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/06/spotlight-people-love-darkness-rather-than-light/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:04:44 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=14367 Written by David E. Smith

Did you think COVID-19 was the worst challenge we would face in 2020? Now a new type of contagion is spreading across our nation and the world and it is potentially as destructive as coronavirus. This Spotlight features my conversations with Dr. Eric Wallace and Stephanie Trussell regarding the aftermath of the horrific and unjust murder of George Floyd.

Eric and I discuss the right to peacefully protest and the biblical and correct coupling of justice with righteousness.… Continue Reading

]]> 14367 “People Love Darkness Rather Than Light” (Illinois Family Spotlight #201) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight-201/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:18:18 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=14343 2020 keeps getting crazier. This time cities around the world are being pillaged and torched by rioters taking advantage of the protests of the unjust George Floyd murder. In this week’s spotlight, David Smith interviews Dr. Eric Wallace and Stephanie Trussell for their perspective on the insanity in the first and second halves of the show, respectively.… Continue Reading

]]> 14343 SPOTLIGHT: The Politics of Racial Grievance https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/spotlight-the-politics-of-racial-grievance/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:00:17 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10722 Written by Benjamin Smith

This week on Spotlight, the Rev. Dr. Eric Wallace returns to join Monte Larrick and David Smith for an important conversation on a destructive divide in our society and in the Church. As the co-founder and president of Freedom’s Journal Institute for the Study of Faith and Public Policy, Dr. Wallace reveals two exciting projects that are in the works with FJI: Racism in America and the Role of the Church and Repent Chicago.… Continue Reading

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