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A Mother’s Story of Loss and Redemption

Few
parents have experienced the heartbreak of losing a child.

Fewer
still have endured that suffering twice.

Lindsey Dennis and her husband, Kevin, know the depths of that heartache. They also know how God’s comfort can bring beauty out of terrible circumstances.

Lindsey
and Kevin are sharing their tragic and touching story with us on our Focus on the Family
Broadcast “A Mother’s Story of Loss and Redemption.”

At
what was supposed to be a routine prenatal visit, the couple was given shocking
news: “We can’t find your baby’s skull.” Their baby was diagnosed with anencephaly.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, tragedy August 22, 2019 by Jim Daly

Equipping Christians to Understand Sexuality

Take
a look at these alarming statistics:

41% of practicing
Christians believe that cohabitation is a good idea.60% of people on
Christian dating websites say they have no moral inhibitions against sex before
marriage.32% of Christian
men ages 18 to 30 admit to having an addiction to pornography (not casual use,
mind you, but an addiction).

How
did we get so far away from God’s design for sexuality?

I’d
love to read your thoughts in the comment section below.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith August 19, 2019 by Jim Daly

Growing Your Marriage in Times of Stress

Does your
marriage stress you out? If not, there’s still a good chance that you’re
bringing stress into your marriage.

Either
way, how do you handle it?

The natural
inclination for a lot of couples is to seek stress relief in non-relational
ways that enable them to hide – things like drugs and alcohol, or even
behaviors like shopping, gambling, excessive cleaning, or binge-watching
television – all of which lead to addiction, unhealthy obsessions, or lashing
out at other people.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, conflict, faith August 12, 2019 by Jim Daly

Finding Grace in the Midst of Racial Division

Sometimes God calls us to do things that are bigger
than us – so big that all we can do is rely on His strength to get us through.

Captain
Ron Johnson experienced that truth in an inspiring way. He’s a retired
African-American police officer who became well-known after the governor of
Missouri assigned him to lead security efforts in Ferguson, Missouri after a
young black male, Michael Brown, was killed by a white police officer.

Topics: Current Events Tags: broadcast, faith August 9, 2019 by Jim Daly

Discovering the Best Ways to Educate Your Child

So
here’s the scenario. It’s a weeknight, and your child has spent most of the
evening on the same school assignment. It’s pretty clear he doesn’t understand
the information. To top it off, he’s brought home a note from the teacher warning
you about a failing grade.

What
do you do?

Many parents immediately assume the worst. They
think their child has a behavior problem, difficulty learning, or is just plain
lazy. But most of the time school challenges like this aren’t a crisis.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, children, faith, parenting August 5, 2019 by Jim Daly

Cultivating a Healthy Single Life

Imagine two keys.

Now imagine threading those keys
onto a key ring.

Here’s the question: are either of those keys more complete now that they are joined together than they were individually?

Answer: no.

And neither will you be if
you’re single and hoping to be married one day. “Singlehood” is often considered
synonymous with “incomplete” – as in, there’s something unfinished in you that
only a spouse can complete.

As romantic as Hollywood makes that
scenario sound, it’s not really true.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, singleness August 2, 2019 by Jim Daly

Facing Confrontation with Grace

Deborah Pegues was once vice president of MCA Universal Studios. She headed up the venture capital division that was responsible for starting new companies. It was a high-risk, high stress business. Her role frequently required her to confront people.

You might even say she got good at it.

Which is precisely the reason we’ve invited her to our studios to talk about how to confront someone effectively. We’re airing the conversation on our Focus on the Family Broadcast titled “Facing Confrontation with Grace.”

Deborah says most people try to avoid confrontation because it’s hard, and it doesn’t feel good.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, confrontation, faith, Grace August 1, 2019 by Jim Daly

Offering God’s Hope to Families with Prodigals

You remember the story of the Prodigal Son. Traditionally, it’s told from the point of view of the younger son who demands his father’s money and comes crawling home in shame after he squanders it all.

But I wonder if we should call it the story of the prodigal sons. The older son stayed home, but he didn’t have the heart of his father. He rejected his brother and wouldn’t even come to celebrate that his younger brother had been rescued from the clutches of death.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, families, hope July 29, 2019 by Jim Daly

Rising to the Challenge of Parenting

When author and counselor Dr. David Clarke speaks to parents, he humorously asks if children are a gift from God … or instruments of slow torture.

His answer: both!

He tells parents they’re fighting three wars:

With their own children. Kids are wonderful gifts from God, but they’re fiendishly inventive at getting their own way.With their spouse. Most couples find out after their first child is born that they have different parenting styles.With the culture. Everything from the entertainment industry to social media to public policy makes parenting children increasingly difficult.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, challenge, children, faith, parenting July 25, 2019 by Jim Daly

Making Your Marriage a Picture of the Gospel

“Maybe D.A. and Elicia shouldn’t get married.”

A lot of friends and family must have thought that about D.A. and Elicia Horton … even the drug dealers on the corner. No kidding!

One night two months before their wedding, D.A. and Elicia got into yet another terrible argument. This one was the worst in a long string of them, however, because what started as a disagreement inside quickly escalated into a six-hour screaming match outside. It was so bad they say drug dealers moved their business further down the road because D.A.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, couples, faith, marriage July 23, 2019 by Jim Daly