Morality 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 Morality 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 “The Religion of Us” (Illinois Family Spotlight #239) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/spotlight239/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 06:22:53 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=16678 Successful plans are best built on a foundation of strategic thinking. When it comes to political involvement, Christian apologist Dr. Frank Turek states that Christians ought to focus their efforts on motivating and mobilizing the citizens who share their worldview on the most critical issues of the day. Speaking at the 2017 IFI Worldview Conference, Dr. Turek also poses and answers these key questions: what is the purpose of government; can morality be legislated; how can we counter self-defeating statements; and what’s at stake and what should we do?… Continue Reading

]]> 16678 “Making the Christian Case Against Homosexuality” (Illinois Family Spotlight #228) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/making-the-christian-case-against-homosexuality-illinois-family-spotlight-228/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 06:55:57 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=16461 Making the Christian case against homosexuality has always been a great challenge in our engagement with the world, going all the way back to Genesis and the account of Sodom and Gomorrah. The biblical opposition to homosexual practice is especially relevant in light of the new ruling by Circuit Judge Britt Grant of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding “reparative therapy,” whereby individuals with homosexual attractions willingly seek out pastoral or professional counseling to help them fight that specific sin.… Continue Reading

]]> 16461 Yes, Mr. Commenter, Freedom Only Works for Moral and Religious People https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/yes-mr-commenter-freedom-only-works-for-moral-and-religious-people/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:00:02 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10700 Written by Peter Heck

Without public morality, government must grow.
When government grows, freedoms contract. Freedom requires morality.

There’s a commonly understood, even if unspoken, rule for most opinion columnists, and that is: don’t read the comment section. It’s not that those forums can’t ever produce good thoughts or insightful observations. It’s that those sections are far more often havens for nameless trolls who are far more interested in name-calling and pejoratives than in seriously engaging the argument being made.… Continue Reading

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