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		<title>The Institutions That Taught America to Hate Itself</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<p>Have you ever wondered how we got into the mess we’re in, how Minneapolis became so ungovernable, how anarchy replaced civility and how rioting replaced the rule of law?</p>
<p>Have you ever asked yourself how this societal meltdown happened and how so many people have come to hate American culture, values and heritage so much that they would rather tear it all down than work together to preserve it?</p>
<p>Have you ever wondered how we became the “divided states” rather than the “United States” and how e pluribus unum (out of many, one) became “us against them” almost overnight?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/02/the-institutions-that-taught-america-to-hate-itself/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Refugees, Borders, and the Bible: A Dangerous Confusion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<p>Last week, the <a href="https://www.nae.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Association of Evangelicals</a> published its monthly newsletter, whereby it heralded the Christmas season not by celebrating “joy to the world” but by repeating its annual Yuletide claim that because Christ was a “refugee,” all Christians are obligated to welcome all immigrants (regardless of status) into our country, our towns and our neighborhoods.</p>
<p>How are we to do this? How exactly are some 60 million American evangelicals purportedly represented by the National Association of Evangelicals to welcome the “sojourner” and “foreigner” in our midst?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/refugees-borders-and-the-bible-a-dangerous-confusion/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Questions for Bishop Budde and the Church of Never Trump</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<p>For the past two weeks, adulation over Episcopal Bishop <strong>Mariann Budde</strong>’s scolding of President <strong>Donald Trump</strong> and Vice President <strong>JD Vance</strong> has become all the rage for liberal church leaders across the United States and, indeed, around the world.</p>
<p>Here’s just a sampling of what the “Church of Never Trump” has had to say.</p>
<p>The Free Methodist Church Board of Bishops issued an emergency statement echoing the words of Bishop Budde and expressing “deep concern for the very real pain” that members of their community are experiencing.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/02/questions-for-bishop-budde-and-the-church-of-never-trump/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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