“We Might Actually Have to Trust God” (Illinois Family Spotlight #139)

Dr. Lutzer: “Christians are now playing perpetual away games” (Illinois Family Spotlight #134): This episode of spotlight was honored by the presence of the Reverend Dr. Erwin Lutzer, pastor emeritus of the Moody Church in Chicago. Dr. Lutzer joins hosts Monte Larrick and David Smith to talk about an upcoming speaking engagement about his self-labe by Illinois Family Spotlight

43 min listen

The Drug Plague is Growing, What to Do? (Illinois Family Spotlight #131): In this week’s Spotlight is Angela Camp, a drug addiction specialist with Bradford Health Services in Birmingham, Alabama. Angela joins Monte Larrick to consider the raging heroin epidemic here in the United States, and it’s relation to opioi by Illinois Family Spotlight

23 min listen

“We Might Actually Have to Trust God” (Illinois Family Spotlight #139): This edition of spotlight features the question and answer session from a recent IFI event with Dr. Erwin Lutzer who presented from his legacy book “The Church in Babylon.”… Continue Reading by Illinois Family Spotlight

26 min listen

“Hiding Amongst the Sheep” (Illinois Family Spotlight #136): Monte and Dave welcome Dr. Karen Randall, a ER pediatrician in Colorado back to the podcast to address marijuana legalization in Illinois. Specifically, the spike of marijuana related issues in her emergency department, cannabis science, the growth of th by Illinois Family Spotlight

33 min listen

“Is Polyamory or Pedophilia Next?” (Illinois Family Spotlight #161): This edition of spotlight features a Laurie Higgins appearance on Jim Schneider’s Voice of Christian Youth (VCY) America program, Crosstalk. They discuss the present-day radical anti-science sexual revolution heavily promoted by the National Education As by Illinois Family Spotlight

38 min listen

“Illinois Is As Easy As ABC: Abortion, Bankruptcy, and Corruption” (Illinois Family Spotlight #151): This edition of spotlight features the Illinois life champions responding to the approval of dramatic abortion expansion by Governor Pritzker at a news conference directly following the signing and celebration of Illinois’ democrats abortion master by Illinois Family Spotlight

30 min listen

“They Got Everything They Wanted and More” (Illinois Family Spotlight #153): This edition of Spotlight features a Townhall event where former state rep Jeanne Ives and current State Rep John Cabello recapped the 2019 spring legislative session with an eye for the “bi-partisan” budget, gas tax, a pay raise for legislat by Illinois Family Spotlight

28 min listen

PODCAST: Deceitful Lawmakers Seek to Silence Pro-Life Opposition: The stench from the swamp-dredged resolution sponsored by our Big Brothers and Sisters in Springfield and titled “Illinois Family Action-Hate Speech,” hangs over the General Assembly stinkin’ up the joint. For those unaware, this is the pernicious resolu by Illinois Family Spotlight

13 min listen

“Get Out of Your Comfort Zone” (Illinois Family Spotlight #152): On this edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, Monte Larrick solicited an interview from Tim Moore, the president of Springfield Right to Life. They discussed the impact Springfield Right to Life has made on their city, the enactment of abortion expansion by Illinois Family Spotlight

22 min listen

A Marijuana Frame of Mind (Illinois Family Spotlight #132): Jo McGuire joins Monte Larrick and Dave Smith to hold another conversation on the broad topic of commercial marijuana and the ramifications Colorado is experiencing. Jo is the chairman of the National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association, NDASA.com. In by Illinois Family Spotlight

34 min listen

“Until It Affects You” (Illinois Family Spotlight #129): This episode Spotlights the marijuana debate, specifically in Illinois. Dr. Karen Randall joins Monte Larrick and David Smith to discuss the problems that Colorado is experiencing resulting from commercializing marijuana.… Continue Reading by Illinois Family Spotlight

32 min listen

“Transgenders: Endgame” (Illinois Family Spotlight #144): This edition of spotlight features highlights from the Illinois Family Institute worldview conference on the trans ideology with Dr. Michele Cretella, Denise Shick, Walt Heyer, Pastor Douglas Wilson, and IFI’s Laurie Higgins. They discussed the log by Illinois Family Spotlight

33 min listen

“So, You Want to Go On Offense?” (Illinois Family Spotlight #133): David Avignone, the Executive Director of Illinois Citizens for Ethics PAC joins Monte Larrick and David Smith to discuss Illinois’ ethical woes. They discuss the link between ethical politics and the ethics of supporting abortion, the Chicago mayo by Illinois Family Spotlight

34 min listen

“Essentially No-Restriction Abortion” (Illinois Family Spotlight #138): Peter Breen, the Vice-President and Senior Counsel of the Thomas More Society joins Monte Larrick to further enlighten us about the two new radical abortion bills that we will be protesting in Springfield on March 20. They also stress communicating regul by Illinois Family Spotlight

26 min listen

A Spring 2019 Legislative Update {Part 1} (Illinois Family Spotlight #150): Illinois State Rep Darren Bailey joined David Smith to discuss the legislature’s recent regressive accomplishments, if you can call them that, Rep Bailey’s personal conviction to run for office, and a very special event hosted by the “e by Illinois Family Spotlight

37 min listen

Why Do We Even Consider Legalizing a City-Destroying Drug? (Illinois Family Spotlight #141): On this edition of Spotlight, a few good men from Pacific Garden Mission testified against marijuana legalization at a community leader breakfast in March. Pastor Phil Kwiatkowski, the president of PGM laid out the case against commercialization from his by Illinois Family Spotlight

24 min listen

Abortion is a Holocaust (Illinois Family Spotlight #140): This spotlight features an interview Stephanie Trussell of the Stephanie Trussell show on 890 WLS conducted with Laurie Higgins, IFI’s cultural analyst. Laurie joined Stephanie’s show to discuss the controversy about Illinois Family Action&#8 by Illinois Family Spotlight

24 min listen

“They Went Out From Us, But Not Of Us” (Illinois Family Spotlight #162): This episode features the second part of Calvin Lindstrom’s conversation with Monte Larrick and David Smith about education. They also address the dramatic collapse of some rather high-profile Christian leaders in the recent past, and the shift fro by Illinois Family Spotlight

37 min listen

“The Sanity of Insurrection” (Illinois Family Spotlight #148): This edition of spotlight features Pastor Douglas Wilson’s presentation at the Illinois Family Institute’s worldview conference on the Trans Ideology. His talk however, is not limited to the transgender issue, covering the culture war as a wh by Illinois Family Spotlight

36 min listen

“Have We Lost Our Minds?!?” (Illinois Family Spotlight #137): Laurie Higgins joins David Smith to discuss trans ideology, IFI’s sixth annual worldview conference, and a couple asinine bills pending in the capital. Contact your state representative at (217) 782-2000.… Continue Reading by Illinois Family Spotlight

35 min listen

“This Battle Will Ultimately be Won on Our Knees” (Illinois Family Spotlight #135): Monte Larrick recently caught up with the president of 40 Days for Life, Shawn Carney, to discuss the pro-murder crowd’s radical new push and the powerful new pro-life movie “Unplanned” which comes out March 29.… Continue Reading by Illinois Family Spotlight

26 min listen

“Socialism is Institutionalized Envy” (Illinois Family Spotlight #142): This edition of spotlight features Pastor Doug Wilson who spoke at the IFI worldview conference on the transgender ideology. He joins Monte Larrick and David Smith to discuss the biblical cultural mandate, why Christians should have continued hope for ch by Illinois Family Spotlight

41 min listen

Illinois’ Recent Regressive Actions (Illinois Family Spotlight #149): This episode of spotlight is a recap of the last two weeks of the Illinois General Assembly where both chambers approved radical abortion expansion, recreational marijuana, and sports gambling and more casinos and slot machine access throughout the state by Illinois Family Spotlight

25 min listen

PODCAST: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ Stupid Abortion Comments: Following the vote in Alabama to ban all abortions except in pregnancies that threaten the life of the mother, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) used her Twitter account to complain that abortion bans are about “owning women” and religi by Illinois Family Spotlight

6 min listen

PODCAST: Regressive Progressives’ Hypocrisy: It’s difficult to take seriously “progressives”—you know, those who endorse human slaughter and sexual deviance—who caterwaul about Trump’s character. What are their criteria for assessing character? We know “progressives”—henceforth referred to mo by Illinois Family Spotlight

5 min listen

BONUS: Keep Charge of the Lord Your God: Written by David E. Smith A few weeks ago, I was privileged to give the Father’s Day sermon 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. The Lord laid on my heart a stron by Illinois Family Spotlight

46 min listen

The Fight for Life Begins in Earnest (Illinois Family Spotlight #156): This edition of spotlight features an interview with John Stonestreet, the president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. They discuss teaching your children in a world that assaults biblical values in nearly every way possible, the relatively u by Illinois Family Spotlight

26 min listen

“Creating Social Justice Warriors Doesn’t Start in College” (Illinois Family Spotlight #159): This edition of spotlight features a Laurie Higgins appearance on the Sandy Rios in the Morning show on American Family Radio to discuss rampant radically leftist sexual ideology in public schools. They specifically drilled into the National Education As by Illinois Family Spotlight

33 min listen

How Regressive Legislation Forms Cultural Norms About Key Issues (Illinois Family Spotlight #160): During this edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, Calvin Lindstrom joins Dave Smith and Monte Larrick at the IFA home studio to discuss the advent of legal pot and what communities can do about it county-wide, Christian influence in areas other than legi by Illinois Family Spotlight

37 min listen

PODCAST: News You May Have Missed: Homosexual presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, who is in a legal but non-marital “marriage,” tweeted this on June 1: “Thanks to leaders like Marsha P. Johnson and Harvey Milk, I have faith in the possibility of change and growth in this country. T by Illinois Family Spotlight

7 min listen

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