Take ACTION: Please contact your state representative by phone and email and encourage him/her to VOTE NO on the ERA (Bill #SJRCA4).  Remind them that this poorly written amendment will harm women and the unborn child.  Under the ERA we will no longer be able to recognize and provide for the biological differences between men and women.  In addition, the ERA will overturn all abortion restrictions and mandate taxpayer funding for all elective Medicaid abortions. To find contact information for your legislators, see the link below.

Please pass this on to others who will help.  If we work together, they will not have their victory.  We do not fight this battle alone.

Read more:

Please oppose ERA (SJRCA-4): It strengthens abortion rights

The “Equal Rights” Amendment is a War on Women

Every day the established media and pop culture assault traditional Christian beliefs and values with messages in direct opposition to the precepts conservative Christians hold dear.

But even less overtly hostile people and organizations in our modern world seek to mold minds with messages which contradict biblical principles.

How can you, your children and grandchildren identify and challenge the false ideologies and agendas dominating the day? How do we respond to politically correct claims with gracious, unequivocal and sound argument? Are we prepared to filter out wrong thinking and courageously and respectfully engage the culture with the truth?

John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Worldview, offers this description of culture:

[C]ulture is the sum of everything we as human beings create, write, say, do, and think—the marks we leave on our world. In that sense, “engaging the culture” isn’t really optional. It’s human. It’s as much a part of being alive as breathing is. We don’t decide whether we’ll engage the culture. Just how.

Illinois Family Institute’s mission is “to bring a biblical perspective to public policy.” If we truly believe that every square inch of human existence belongs to Christ, the public square is included. As Christ followers, we are called not just to care about our fellow churchgoer but also to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:26-40).  We are to care about the lies and injustices being promoted in our local neighborhoods as well as the lies and injustices being promoted in the state and national legislatures, government schools, the media, in the arts, the corporate world, sports and throughout Illinois.

Romans 8 tells us that all of “creation groans and suffers” because of the fall. Yet Christians are called to spread the gospel truth to all the nations, “teaching them to observe all things” commanded by God (Matthew 28:19-20).  How do we do this in a culture that is hellbent on revolution and rebellion? After all, not only are we calling evil good and good evil, but we are also now calling boys girls and girls boys.

The Apostle Peter admonished us:

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. (1 Peter 3:15)

To that end, we want to encourage you to join us for our Fourth Annual Worldview Conference featuring the aforementioned John Stonestreet.  And please, bring your older children and grandchildren.

Mr. Stonestreet has a passion “to illuminate a biblical worldview for today’s culture.” He’s an amazing speaker, writer, cultural commentator, and collaborator of worldview initiatives.This event is a rare opportunity to hone your skills of both defending the faith and fending off false teaching.

Consider Francis Schaeffer, one the the twentieth century’s great apologists. Todd Kappelman writes this about Francis Schaeffer, one of the 20th Century’s great apologists:

Schaeffer’s greatest gift, like that of C.S. Lewis, was his concern for the average Christian. He believed philosophy, theology, and ethics should not be reserved for the conversation of learned academics; rather they should be the daily concern of the man on the street. The price for ignorance of the subjects could be our life, or more importantly, our very souls. The Scriptures are very clear concerning the price of ignorance. The prophet Hosea said that God’s people perish for lack of knowledge.

. . .

Schaeffer believed that man has a natural inclination to desire the reasonable. Schaeffer argued that the Christian faith is not only true, but that it is the most plausible account for the existence of man and his place in the universe. He contended that an irrational faith is not what God intended to communicate to man. (emphasis added)

IFI is excited to offer this opportunity for you to become better prepared to follow the admonition of the prophet Hosea by augmenting your knowledge in the service of being prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks.

Please sign up now to join us for one day that we believe and pray will dramatically change your approach to education, news, entertainment and interactions with family members, friends, neighbors, colleagues, teachers, and lawmakers.

One short day could prepare you to be salt and light, to touch hearts and minds with the truth in a world that desperately needs the truth, the life and the way.

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Medinah Baptist Church
900 Foster Ave, Medinah, IL 60157 (map)

Click here for flyer

Group pricing available!
Call the IFI office for details: (708) 781-9328

As I listen to the main stream media daily and hear what they determine to be the “news stories” of the day, I have asked myself on numerous occasions, “What has President Trump accomplished in his first eight months of office?”

That is a question that has gone unanswered by any of the news media outlets, save one.

On Thursday, August 24th, Sean Hannity ran down a list of the President’s accomplishments during his Fox News Channel program.

For those of you who may have missed his monologue, I offer this list:

• Neil Gorsuch on the U.S. Supreme Court
• Stock Market at All-Time high
• Consumer Confidence at 16-year high
• More than 1 million jobs created
• Mortgage Applications for new homes rise to a 7-year high
• Unemployment Rate at 16-year low
• Signed the promoting women in Entrepreneurship Act
• Gutted Obama ERA Regulations
• Ended war on coal
• Weakened Dodd-Frank regulations
• Promotes buying and hiring American
• Investments from major businesses (Foxconn, Toyota, Ford, and others)
• Reduced illegal immigration
• Bids for border wall underway
• Fighting back against sanctuary cities
• Created victims of immigration crime engagement office
• Changed Rules of Engagement against ISIS
• Drafted plan to defeat ISIS
• Worked to reduce F-35 cost
• 5-year lobbying Ban
• Sanctioned Iran over missile program
• Responded to Syria’s use of chemical weapons
• Introduced Tax reform plan
• Renegotiating NAFTA
• Withdrew from the Trans-Pacific partnership
• Removed the United States out of the Paris accord
• Created Task force to reduce crime
• DOJ targeting MS-13
• Signed an Executive order to promote energy independence and economic growth
• Signed Executive order to protect police officers
• Signed Executive order to target drug cartels
• Signed Executive order for religious freedom
• Sending Education back to the states
• Fixing the Department of Veterans Affairs
• SCOTUS upheld part of Pres. Trump’s temporary travel ban Executive Order
• Authorized the construction of the Keystone pipeline.
• Created commission on Election Fraud
• Created commission on opioid addiction
• Combating Human Trafficking
• Rollback of Obama’s Cuba Policy
• Food Stamp use lowest level in 7 years
• Reduced White House payroll
• Donating Presidential salary
• Signed 52 pieces of Legislation

If you are aghast at not having any word from our Media regarding this list of either direct actions by our President, or outcomes resulting from legislation, Executive Orders, or creation of a climate for business growth, you echo my sentiments. WHY are we not hearing about real actions designed to get the country back on track? And why are we not hearing how we are doing in relation to the issues that were most important to the people who elected our President & representatives?

Just thought you might like to see the list.

Roy M. Endres. Board Member
Illinois Family Institute

An article in the Peoria County Star highlights the deadly spread of opiate abuse in cities across America, including Peoria, an example of middle America.

Peoria County States Attorney Jerry Brady will discuss this serious issue and answers questions.

Speaker:  Peoria County States Attorney Jerry Brady

When:  Thursday, June 22, 2017

Where:  North Branch Library (3001 W. Grand Parkway)

Time:  6:00 PM – 7:45 PM (Meet & Greet at 5:45)

Sponsored by Peoria Patriots

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