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Change Your Species, Race? Why Not?
By   |   10.07.13
File this under, “Oh, for crying out loud.” There was a time when planning a family was a relatively straightforward process. A young wife might ask her new hubby, “How many children should we have?” To which he might reply,...
Working Overtime to Usurp Parental Rights
By Fran Eaton   |   10.03.13
The Illinois General Assembly overwhelmingly agreed this spring that it should be illegal for any minor 17 years or younger to use a tanning bed in Illinois, even if their parents approve. Why? Tanning beds can overexpose sensitive skin to...
Anthony Esolen on the Moral Structure of Pedophilia
By Laurie Higgins   |   10.01.13
Public Discourse has just published a remarkable piece of eloquent, incisive, and bold truth-telling by the remarkable Dr. Anthony Esolen, Providence College English professor and Touchstone Magazine senior editor. Esolen makes the case that society has largely appropriated a revolutionary...
Raising Children of Light in a Culture of Darkness
By   |   09.23.13
“I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths.” – R.C. Sproul I was delighted to speak on Sunday at Faith Christian Center in Arlington,...
Time for Parents to Talk to Each Other – and Their Lawmakers
By Fran Eaton   |   09.12.13
Twelve year old Kristin had a secret she wanted to keep from her parents. They just wouldn’t understand if she told them about what she and a 17 year-old neighbor had been doing before their parents got home from work. ...
Keep Standing!
08.10.13
Will you stand the test when you are wronged and hurt? When you are persecuted and treated like dirt? Will you have backbone when the pressure comes on? Or be a spineless jellyfish with purpose all gone?
Black Conservative Summit Aims to Unite Community, Discuss Key Issues
07.31.13
Freedom’s Journal Institute will hold the Black Conservative Summit Aug. 29-31 at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL, with the tagline for the summit being “Defending the Natural Family: R.I.S.E to Rebuild the Foundation of Black America.” R.I.S.E. is an acronym for responsible government, individual liberty & fidelity, strong family values and economic empowerment.
A Red State Baby Boom
By Micah Clark   |   07.19.13
Going back to recent election cycles, some observers have noted that there is a distinct fertility gap between the Bush/Kerry, McCain/Obama election maps. “Red” states that tend to vote for Republicans have fertility rates that exceed replacement, whereas many Democratic blue states do not.
Matrimonio: Un Hombre + Una Mujer
By David E. Smith   |   07.12.13
Lamentablemente, el 26 de Junio, 2015 la Suprema Corte de los E.U. decidió que el matrimonio es un derecho civil, legalizando el llamado “matrimonio” entre personas del mismo sexo en todos los 50 Estados. Como ustedes saben, en Noviembre del...
Are Marriage and Life Central to the Gospel?
By   |   07.06.13
I continue to be amazed at the number of people who tell me their pastor never talks about abortion or marriage from the pulpit. As if those topics were not biblical moral issues deeply entrenched in the Gospel. The excuses...
Preserving Traditional Marriage is a Feminist Issue
07.05.13
It seems crazy or somehow reversed and certainly politically incorrect, but allowing women to be feminine in the traditional sense is true feminism--liberating, not confining, restricting or unenlightened. Too bad it’s become gauche to point out that the two sexes are vastly, fundamentally opposite...
Hundreds March Against Same-Sex Marriage in Chicago
By Kathy Valente   |   06.10.13
On June 8th, hundreds gathered in Chicago to march in protest to the legislative initiative to legalize same-sex “marriage” in Illinois. The group called “People of Faith Taking a Stand” met at the corner of Washington and Michigan and marched...
URGENT – Pray and Act During Last Days of General Assembly!
05.29.13
The Illinois House is still dangerously close to passing counterfeit marriage and there is tremendous pressure by the homosexual lobby to pass it by the end of the Spring Session on Friday. Thanks to God’s grace, the voices of Illinois Christians have so far stalled the bill from passing, but much more still needs to be done...
Immorality Is Trending
By Dr. Michael L. Brown   |   05.24.13
Gay activists love to point to the changes in public opinion regarding same-sex “marriage,” announcing triumphantly that this is a sign of moral and even spiritual advancement. In reality, it is part of a larger trend toward immorality, a sign...
Pot As “Medicine” Goes to Gov. Quinn
By David E. Smith   |   05.17.13
On Friday, May 17th, the bill to legalize marijuana as "medicine" was debated on the Illinois Senate floor and then passed by a vote of 35-21. This 200+ bill (HB 1) was sponsored by State Senator William Haine (D-Alton), and co-sponsored by Senators Linda Holmes (D-Aurora), Iris Martinez (D-Chicago), and William Delgado (D-Chicago).
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