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Why Political Correctness Is Political Cowardice
10.08.16
A majority of Americans oppose progressives’ agenda on race and identity. Why aren’t they speaking out?
Sign Up for IFI’s Gideon’s Army
By David E. Smith   |   10.04.16
Radio talk show host Dennis Prager is fond of saying that “boredom, affluence and secularism” have produced a nonsensical and selfish society. You and I know that this selfishness—along with a strong dose of apathy—has also affected the Christian community....
How Is the Godless West Working Out?
09.28.16
There are many recent developments in the godless West.... These are all inevitable consequences of the death of belief in God and Judeo-Christian values, and of the Bible as society's primary moral reference work.
Morality Is Indispensable for Liberty
09.27.16
Those stodgy Founding Fathers! Not only did they study hard, work harder, and marry one woman for life, they also insisted on – get this – morality. As in obeying the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, and the basic moral teachings of the Bible in general. So strongly did they venerate morality that they frequently observed its unbreakable link with liberty. They believed that moral people alone remain politically free.
The Myth Called ‘Race’
By   |   09.26.16
It’s often said, “There is only one race – the human race.” While the phrase has become almost cliché in repetition, it happens to be 100 percent accurate, both scientifically and theologically speaking. From Ferguson to Baltimore, Tulsa to Charlotte...
Religion, the Great Economic Engine
By John Stonestreet   |   09.24.16
Guess who has the world’s 15th largest economy, right between Russia and Australia? American religion. Yep.
40 Days of Life: Defeating Roe’s Darkness with Prayer
By Tamara Cochran Louris   |   09.21.16
Forty-three years ago the Warren Burger Supreme Court struck a mighty blow for the powers of darkness: In a 7-2 decision the Justices ruled in Roe v. Wade that the right to privacy was broad enough to “encompass a woman’s...
David Barton on Voting
By Monte Larrick   |   09.14.16
Historian David Barton calls voting a responsibility that should force Christians to do their homework on the candidates before casting their ballots. He says one of the best election study guides is the Bible.
Please prayerfully consider how you can...
Pithy Prayers
09.12.16
The most common nickname for Chicago is The Windy City. I used to think it referred to the weather. But Chicago is not even in the top one hundred cities for wind velocity. The nickname actually derives from gasbag politicians. Chicago has a long history of hosting political conventions—infamous for interminable speeches.
Onward Christian Voters
By Monte Larrick   |   09.09.16
You may not like some of the candidates on the ballot, but it’s very important for Christians to do their civic duty and vote. Registering and voting has never been easier. The Illinois Family Institute can help speed you through...
A Stronger Remnant?  Faith is Far from Dead in America
By Micah Clark   |   09.03.16
Last week there was another proclamation of the death of Christianity in America with a new Pew Research Center study on religious practices in America.   The talking points from the study noted the rise of atheism as many commentators said...
The Uses of Disgust 

08.27.16
In his extraordinary book Leftism, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, by way of showing that indeed all cultures are not equal and that colonialism was far...
America’s Abandonment of Traditional Values Has Hurt the Black Community
08.19.16
One of the unavoidable consequences of youth is the tendency to think behavior we see today has always been. I’d like to dispute that vision, at least as it pertains to black people.
Whoa and Giddyup
By   |   08.16.16
Self-control is not a virtue that can be tucked away in one small portion of our lives. We have seen that it applies everywhere, and that when a people are self-governed, they are in a position to enjoy free government....
Prayer Precedes Revival: A Call to Prayer
08.04.16
Our country has never been so parched for prayer, yet we never have found praying harder. Prayer is too hard for us, so our country withers.
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