Illinois Family Spotlight

Horace Cooper is a senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research, chairman of the Project 21 National Advisory Board and a legal commentator. Cooper averages over 400 talk radio appearances per year, representing the National Center and Project 21, in addition to regular television appearances and interviews by the print media. Cooper also taught constitutional law at George Mason University in Virginia and was a senior counsel to U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey.… Continue Reading

Former State Rep. Peter Breen joins Monte Larrick in this segment of Illinois Family Spotlight. He is the Executive Vice President of the Thomas More Society. The Thomas More Society is dedicated to restoring law for life, liberty, religious freedom, family and election integrity, and in this episode, Breen discusses the multiple cases the nonprofit law firm is taking on.… Continue Reading

In this edition of Spotlight, Monte Larrick discusses Illinois and the abortion debate with Eric Schiedler.… Continue Reading

This Spotlight features attorney David Shestokas, former candidate for Attorney General and author of several books, including Creating the Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Soundbites. Monte Larrick and David Shestokas address why it is so important to acknowledge our country’s freedom and how to peacefully defend our rights.… Continue Reading

During this edition, we’re highlighting remarks from IFI’s 2023 annual Worldview Conference, which was hosted at Village Church of Barrington. This lecture was presented by Dr. Jonathan Diggs, who has practiced medicine for over 35 years, and in the following episode, he outlines the consequences of sexual immorality.… Continue Reading

In this episode of Spotlight, we are featuring remarks from Dr. Michelle Cretella given at IFI’s 2019 Worldview Conference. Dr. Cretella discusses the differences between true, biological science, which supports pro-life and pro-family propositions, and the anti-science cult of gender ideology, which is preached by mainstream medicine, psychiatry, public and private education systems, and social and mass media. Dr. Cretella also addresses the serious implications of the transgender movement: erasure of parents’ rights, women’s rights, and religious freedom; establishment of gender identity as a protected class; as well as potential legal action that awaits anyone who persists in using “discriminatory” language, i.e.… Continue Reading

In this episode, Voddie Baucham discusses the importance of acknowledging that the devil is indeed prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom it may devour. Monte Larrick caught 20 minutes with evangelist Dr. Voddie Baucham back in March at the Black Conservative Summit. Throughout the episode, the two cover the blessing of good Christian education, the silence of the American church, how to reach the African American community and how to prepare for the 2024 elections.… Continue Reading

In this edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, Monte Larrick interviews Kirk Smith, executive director of the Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE). Over the weekend of May 20th, ICHE hosted their annual homeschool conference at Olivet Nazarene University where families were not only encouraged to educate their children academically, but educate them spiritually. When asked about the difference between public school and home school, Smith replied that children in government education are being taught anti-Christian morals. “They are learning all these.… Continue Reading

In this episode, Monte Larrick converses with Peter Breen, head of the Thomas More Society’s Legal Team in service of its Life, Family, and Religious Liberty missions. Breen is actively following the threat Illinois pregnancy care centers are facing, and discusses what exactly they’re facing with SB 1909 To find out more, listen to today’s episode!… Continue Reading

In this episode, we’re talking with Lt. Col. Allen West at the 2023 Black Conservative Summit.… Continue Reading

In this episode, Monte Larrick converses with Presidential Candidate Larry Elder at the 2023 Black Conservative Summit.… Continue Reading

Pastor Leflore and David Smith sit down with one of Chicago’s finest pastors in this episode. Pastor Charles Moodie is head of Chicago City Life Center, right in the middle of the Englewood neighborhood. His church is building a crisis pregnancy center, and you can find out more by going to their website.… Continue Reading

In this episode, we feature remarks from attorney Ann O’Connor with the National Institute for Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA). O’Connor recently presented this lecture at Speakout Illinois’ 2023 pro-life conference, and called attention to legislation that is targeting crisis pregnancy centers with the goal being to shut them down. O’Connor is the Vice President of legal affairs at NIFLA, and is a champion of 1st Amendment rights. You can find more information about NIFLA by clicking here.… Continue Reading

This is the second segment in David Smith’s conversation with Eric Hovind and Helmut Welke. This conversation spans faux fossils, training your children to ask the right questions, and why a young earth perspective is crucial to a Biblical worldview. When asked why the question of young earth/old earth is still being debated in American churches, Eric Hovind captured the problem in one sentence: “Pastors are taking a book that has never been proven wrong and compromising it with a theory that has never been proven right.”… Continue Reading

In this episode of Spotlight, David Smith co-hosts with Self Evident’s Jenna Smith to converse with two spectacular guests about the importance of Scripture and the necessity of knowing Someone Who knows everything. President and Founder of Pensacola-based organization, Creation Today, Eric’s passion to reach people with the life-changing message of the Gospel has driven him to speak in five foreign countries and all fifty states. He lives in Pensacola, Florida with his wife Tanya and three children and remains excited about the tremendous opportunity to lead an apologetics ministry in the war against evolution and humanism.… Continue Reading

This special episode of Spotlight has one of IFI’s favorite people: Stephanie Trussell! Stephanie is a mom, grandmother, entrepreneur, board member for the Illinois Family Institute & Good Soil, Good Seed, and former candidate for Illinois Lieutenant Governor. Monte, David and Stephanie recap the November 8th election, the campaign trail that led up to it, and Stephanie regales mostly humorous anecdotes that occurred to her while traveling the state of Illinois. One of the questions that comes up in this episode is how can Illinois Republican voter turnout improve.… Continue Reading

40 Days for Life is a vital part of the pro-life movement. The intercession they make to God on behalf of those stumbling to the slaughter, the silent witness to passersby, and the love they show by merely standing outside of an abortion clinic can make the difference of a mother in crisis pregnancy choosing life. What with our lawmakers turning Illinois into a sanctuary state for abortion and now taking steps to ban crisis pregnancy centers, prayer warriors are needed now more than ever before.… Continue Reading

“Every Republican who lives in Illinois who really want to see the strength of the party grow need to be at the Black Conservative Summit. . .” ~Bishop Ceasar Leflore Dr. Eric Wallace is the leader of the Freedom Journal Institute  and is hosting an event on the weekend of March 25th that you do not want to miss. The Black Conservative Summit is occurring March 24-25 at the Tinley Park Convention Center. The reason it is the Black Conservative Summit is because the conservative movement must reach beyond its base to the African American community if it is ever to regain its former influence.… Continue Reading

Earlier this month, Monte Larrick attended the Pro-Life Action League’s protest against Walgreens and CVS pharmacies contemplating the sale of abortifacients, and talked with Eric Scheidler about this potential product. Eric Scheidler is the executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, and believes this is a move on the part of the corporations to prove they’re woke. “We know that American corporations are becoming more and more woke. . .acting at the behest of the Democratic party and the progressive movement.… Continue Reading

In this episode of Spotlight, David & guest host Jenna converse with IFI partner Tom Burrows. Burrows is the field director of the Good Soil Good Seed Foundation (gsgsfoundation.com), and the three of them list reasons why you should ensure that your children and grandchildren are receiving a Biblical education.… Continue Reading