Homeschooling is Essential to Making Disciples : A Conversation with Abraham Hamilton III (IFS #438)
Recorded live from the 2025 Illinois Christian Homeschool Convention (ICHE), Monte Larrick converses with Abraham Hamilton III. Hamilton is a husband, Bible teacher, a national radio host & TV host, a lawyer & homeschool father who was a keynote speaker for ICHE’s 2025 Conference, themed “This We Believe.”
Hamilton encourages listeners to prioritize homeschooling, because:
“For far too long, people have failed to recognize that mind cultivation is essential to disciple making. So if we would export and cede the authority to cultivate our childrens’ hearts and minds to people whose positions really are hostile to Scripture, then we could very well be ceding our children to a context against what we ultimately want to see, which is that 3 John 4:4 phenomenon.… Continue Reading
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What Do We Have To Stand On? A Conversation With Riley Gaines (IFS #437)
When we abandon the most basic of truths–man & woman–what do we have to stand on?
Today we’re featuring a Spotlight interview conducted in 2023 with conservative icon and activist, Riley Gaines Barker. Riley is a 12x all-American collegiate swimmer, praised by President Trump for leading the fight for fairness, safetey & the protection of women in women’s sports.
Riley will be our keyenote speaker at our annual Faith, Family & Freedom banquet on November 7th of this year.… Continue Reading
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Rejecting Abortion Means Knowing What it Looks Like: Face the Truth Tours (IFS #436)
“If Americans are going to reject abortion, they need to know what happens in an abortion. Who are the victims of abortion? What impact does it have on those mothers and fathers who choose abortion and on society as a whole.” – Anne Scheidler
Standing on the side of a busy highway, Monte Larrick talks with Anne Scheidler, vice president of the pro-life action league during the organization’s Face the Truth tour. Volunteers have been lining Chicago streets with signs and photos calling attention to abortion and its victims: unborn babies and their mothers.… Continue Reading
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The Support System for Life: Pregnancy Care Centers & Illinois (IFS #436)
Illinois is the abortion capitol of the Midwest. Women from states that have safegaurds to protect babies are choosing the land of Lincoln for surgical abortions or, increasingly, aboriton drugs. Donna Williams is trying to counter that. As the executive director for PASS network for Life, she leads the pregnancy based care center in Tinley Park to protect and promote life.… Continue Reading
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This We Believe: A Conversation about The Homeschool Act & Moving Forward (IFS #435)
Recording from the annual Illinois Christian Home Educator’s (ICHE) Convention at Olivet Nazarine University in Bourbonais, Monte Larrick conducts his annual interview with ICHE’s executive director, Kirk Smith.
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The Illinois Family Spotlight highlights specific cultural or political issues which our listeners need to be aware of. Our discussions are informed by a biblical worldview that helps expose the lies and distortions promulgated within secular culture. We interview policy experts and scholars whose knowledge and insights help listeners form a wiser worldview.
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