"Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim."
~excerpt of a prayer from Sir Francis Drake

Dr. Erwin Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of the Moody Church in Chicago and was Illinois Family Institute's keynote speaker at our 2021 annual banquet. Lutzer is a giant in the world of faith as well as a personal hero and friend of the staff at IFI. He delivered a powerful lecture based on his (at the time) latest book, titled, We Will Not Be Silenced: Responding Courageously to Our Culture's Assault on Christianity.