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The Illinois Family Spotlight highlights specific cultural or political issues which our listeners need to be aware of. Our discussions are informed by a biblical worldview that helps expose the lies and distortions promulgated within secular culture. We interview policy experts and scholars whose knowledge and insights help listeners form a wiser worldview.

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BONUS: For His Mercy Endures Forever (Psalm 136)

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2020/10/24

I recently gave a Sunday morning message at my church, and since we captured the audio, I thought we could post it as a special addition for those who may be interested. In this 40 minute sermon, we take a closer look at Psalm 136, in which we are repeatedly told that God’s “mercy endures forever.” God’s mercy is a monumental theme in God’s Word. The English word appears some 341 times in the Bible. The four Hebrew and three Greek words associated with this term appear a total of

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PODCAST: Veggie Tales Creator Vischer is Woke

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2020/10/22

Written by Laurie Higgins Christian creator of the well-known children’s video series Veggie Tales, Paul Vischer, is woke, folks. Recently, in some tweets, Vischer appears to be defending voting for the corrupt influence-peddler Joe Biden who embraces all sorts of policy positions that oppose biblical truth. Read more…… Continue Reading

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“People, Please Do Not Vote Yourselves A Tax...

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2020/10/20

If you want to get up to date on Illinois politics and the upcoming election, listen to this spotlight. This podcast came from a Zoom webinar featuring IFA endorsed candidates for U.S. House, Jim Oberweis, and Illinois Senate, Jeanette Ward, in addition to our usual cohosts, David Smith and Monte Larrick. They talked about a host of issues: from the handling of COVID-19 by Illinois and federal governments, to education choice, to abortion, to taxes and so on.… Continue Reading

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PODCAST: Facebook Censors IFA Post and Illinois...

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2020/10/16

Written by Laurie Higgins The Facebook Overlords are in overdrive—with a little help from their leftist friends. Thursday morning, I awoke to a notification from the Facebook Overlords that they had removed a post from Illinois Family Action’s Facebook page that was posted way back on February 20, 2020. Shortly thereafter, I was alerted to a video made by a candidate running for the Illinois House in the 90th District who was the subject of my post and who is using it to raise campaign money.…

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PODCAST: Social and Bureaucratic Violence Against...

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2020/10/15

Written by Laurie Higgins The meme featured above has been circulating on social media, passing as wisdom in the dystopian Upside Down in which “progressives” live and move and have their being. How is violence defined by those who are sharing this meme? Are they using it in the sense of bodily acts of violence or in the sense of “the abusive or unjust exercise of power”? If the latter, was Amy Coney Barrett a victim of violence on the second day of the Senate confirmation hearings for her Supreme

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“Pushing for Generational Change” (Illinois Family...

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2020/10/13

Our election themed podcasts continue with Tom McCullagh, a GOP candidate for the Illinois 49th senate district and a candidate endorsed by Illinois Family Action. McCullagh is one of those highly qualified men running to represent his district against the radical regression Leftists are pushing on Illinois. He joins Monte Larrick and David Smith to discuss the 2020 election and how important it is to the future of neighborhoods, the nation, and all the spheres in between.… Continue

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PODCAST: The Illegitimate Biased Press Campaigns for...

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2020/10/07

Written by Laurie Higgins We face an election of monumental consequence with a president with communication challenges, a public that gets caught up in the minutiae of spun “narratives,” and a poisonous press that long ago abandoned the legitimizing tasks of the Fourth Estate to join the Fifth column. As the Fifth Column continues its relentless efforts at a soft coup of a duly elected president via character assassination and other assorted machinations, it seems some historical

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“Only God Can Fix It” (Illinois Family Spotlight #219)

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2020/10/06

In case you haven’t noticed, life is hectic right now, especially in politics. Nearly every person is spinning theories about repairing our political system or gloating over the president’s illness, or how one party is the unique savior of the republic. Reverend Franklin Graham disagrees and instead posits that only Christ and Him crucified can repair human lives, thus the culture, and thus human politics. This episode is a re-air of the interview IFI’s media director, Monte

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PODCAST: “Trans” Cultism IS an Election Issue

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2020/10/05

Written by Laurie Higgins In 2018, in a video series titled “Conception,” and posted on YouTube, the New York Times profiled “Gabrielle” Darone, a man who pretends to be a woman and who, with his wife, has fathered two children. Two years after the New York Times’ sympathetic portrayal of Darone’s envy of his wife’s pregnancy and his claims that he is a much better parent now that he pretends to be a mother, Darone is about to be divorced.… Continue Reading

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“Let’s Do 40 Days for Life: FAQs”(Illinois Family...

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2020/09/29

Ever wondered how you can get involved in the pro-life movement, how you can help save babies and their mothers? 40 Days for Life is your answer. Listen to this podcast for a primer on participating in one of the easiest forms of life activism out there. Monte Larrick interviewed Catherine Walker, the leader of the 40 Days for Life vigil in Aurora and post-abortive woman, to get insider information on joining a vigil and getting answers to frequently asked questions.… Continue Reading

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PODCAST: Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett Over Howls...

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2020/09/26

But, not even RBG’s waning strength or death can magically transform her fervent wish into political reality. Her dictated wish/statement is no more constitutionally or politically relevant than would be the dying wishes of any other Supreme Court Justice. America does not owe RBG the fulfillment of her fervent wish, and saying that is not disrespectful. read more… Continue Reading

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PODCAST: Trump Squeezing the Lifeblood Out of the...

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2020/09/25

Written by Laurie Higgins On June 29, 2020, Karen Attiah, the black, 34-year-old Global Opinions editor for Jeff Bezos’ liberal rag the Washington Post and Fulbright scholar who received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and master’s degree from Columbia University, tweeted this: The lies and tears of White women hath wrought: -The 1921 Tulsa Massacre -Murder of Emmet Till -Exclusion of Black women from feminist movements -53% of white women voting for Trump.… Continue

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“For Your Kids” (Illinois Family Spotlight #217)

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2020/09/22

2020 is different in many ways, but a closely contested election is not of them. This podcast spotlights the Illinois races for U.S. Senate and U.S. Sixth Congressional District by hosting the respective GOP candidates, Mark Curran and Jeanne Ives. Monte and Dave host them by Zoom webinar to discuss a score of issues, especially those closely related to the upcoming election. All the issues and debates seem to boil down to the sort of moral world we leave to the next generation.… Continue

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PODCAST: Tim Keller Just Gave Christians Permission...

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2020/09/21

Written by Laurie Higgins Just last week, Manhattan megachurch pastor Tim Keller, formerly known as a mega-leader in the evangelical Christian community, published a foolish, destructive Facebook post on “Christians and the freedom of conscience in politics,” in which he said, The Bible binds my conscience to care for the poor, but it does not tell me the best practical way to do it. Any particular strategy (high taxes and government services vs low taxes and private charity) may be good and

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PODCAST: SCOTUS Game Time

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2020/09/19

Written by Laurie Higgins The left always plays hardball. The right rarely does. With the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg (RBG), it’s now game time for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). People are speculating–rightly in my view–that if President Trump nominates a replacement for RBG, then leftists (mostly violent rioters) will do what they do best. People are speculating too–rightly in my view–that if President Trump is re-elected, then leftists

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PODCAST: The Democrat-Fomented Color Revolution

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2020/09/19

Written by Laurie Higgins Since the burning, looting, assaults, and statue-toppling began, every conservative, every right-of-center, and every left-of-center American has been asking themselves, “What the heck is happening?” Sane people know America is not a racist country. They know that oppressed people all around the world long to come to America for the opportunity to be free of oppression. Sane people look around and see interracial families; racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods,

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“The Church is the Conscience of the State” (Illinois...

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2020/09/15

IFI squeezed our 2020 Worldview Conference in Febuary, right before the shutdown began. The conference was held in Barrington, IL and featured Dr. Robert A.J. Gagnon and Dr. Michael L. Brown. This episode of spotlight features Dr. Brown’s lecture from the conference, “The Christians Role in the Public Square”. Dr. Brown walks us through the reasons Christians should be involved in politics and why it is important. Watch the video from the conference on our YT channel here.…

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PODCAST: “Progressives”: Agents of Racism, Tyranny...

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2020/09/15

Written by Laurie Higgins On Saturday night just before 7:00 p.m., a savage barbarian ran up to a patrol car parked in front of bus station in Compton, California and at point-blank range shot a 31-year-old and a 24-year-old deputy sheriff, one in the face and one in the head. The 31-year-old is the mother of a 6-year-old boy. Another barbarian whooped it up, delighting in and celebrating the unprovoked, subhuman attack on the deputies in a must-see-to-believe video.… Continue Reading

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PODCAST: RINO Pat Brady Endorses Sean Casten in the...

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2020/09/11

Written by Laurie Higgins U.S. Representative Sean Casten who is running against the outstanding Jeanne Ives in the 6th Congressional District just revealed how deceitful he is by releasing two new campaign ads featuring the ethically vacuous viper Pat Brady. Those who know Brady’s history will gripe that “viper” is too kind a term. I completely agree, but I try to avoid expletives. Brady is the disgraced former Illinois Republican Party chairman who, before Illinois legalized same-sex “marriages,”

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PODCAST: A Woman to Stand Up to AOC: Jeanne Ives

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2020/09/10

Written by Laurie Higgins Illinoisans and all other Americans who have watched in dismay at the growing power of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), her leftwing collaborators, and her fawning devotees who are rioting in the streets—also known as Harris/Biden voters—should be deeply invested in congressional races around the country. If we help the campaigns of good candidates and get to the polls, we have a chance to increase GOP representation in the U.S. House and retain GOP control of the

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