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How Jesus Redeemed My Gender Confusion

Gender identity is a pervasive topic these days. The culture is locked in debate about everything from access to restrooms to competition in women’s athletics to the ethics and morality of certain courses of treatment for children dealing with gender dysphoria.

For Christians, this isn’t a political matter, a psychological orientation, or even a social question. It’s a spiritual battle. The Bible is clear that God created humanity as male and female, biological certainties that are not dependent on how a person feels or “identifies.” However, we battle an enemy who sows seeds of confusion that corrupt our understanding of God’s beautiful design.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, kids September 18, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Jim Daly Statement on Colorado Springs Shooting

Saturday night’s horrific shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs exposes the evil and wickedness inside the human heart.

We must condemn in the strongest terms possible the taking of innocent life. Our hearts break for those families who have lost loved ones and who are suffering this unimaginable tragedy. We pray for them. And now the work turns to law enforcement who are tasked with investigating and determining the motive behind this senseless violence.

We pray for peace and for the welfare of our city.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: events November 20, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Jim Daly Statement on Midterm Election Results

“Every Election represents a referendum on the past and present as well as a projection of the hopes and dreams for the future. While results are still coming in and many questions remain as of this Wednesday morning, it’s clear to me that our charge as Christian citizens remains strong.

“We are people of love and hope, and we have a responsibility to share Christ’s Good News with our family, neighbors and co-workers. We must demonstrate these Gospel principles by our actions and our speech.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events November 9, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

One Single Vote

Does one single vote have any power?

If you doubt that it does, you’ve probably never heard the story of Jamison Shoemaker. In 1836, he cast one single vote that set off a chain reaction of political moments that changed the course of our nation’s history.

Shoemaker, an Indiana farmer, was so busy working his fields that he forgot it was Election Day until a neighbor reminded him. Shoemaker got to the polls just before they closed.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events November 7, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Are You Registered to Vote?

The midterm elections are now less than fifty days away, and once again issues that Christians care about are front and center, reflected in the positions of candidates and their political parties.

History often rests in the hands of ordinary citizens, especially when it comes to electoral politics and the hard-fought privilege we have to cast our vote each election.

It was Plato who aptly said that “The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

Or to be even more candid, “Elections belong to the people,” said Abraham Lincoln.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: events September 21, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

GUEST POST: Together ’22 – Cotton Bowl Stadium Event Features Christian Speakers and Artists

By: Jeff Johnston, The Daily Citizen

In June 1972, Campus Crusade for Christ sponsored Explo ’72, a music, evangelism and training event featuring the Rev. Billy Graham and Dr. Bill Bright. They brought together artists like Love Song, Andrae Crouch and the Disciples, Larry Norman, Children of the Day, Johnny and June Carter Cash and Kris Kristofferson.

Around 80,000 college and high school students came together at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, Texas. After training in evangelism, the students scattered across the city to spread the good news, before heading back home to share their faith in cities across the country.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: events June 17, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Focus President Jim Daly Statement on Leaked Draft of Dobbs’ Opinion

“The Supreme Court’s Office of Public Information has confirmed the authenticity of the draft of the Dobbs’ opinion leaked to media – but stressed the highly-anticipated decision is still pending. I hope and pray the strong sentiments and solid legal reasoning expressed in the document will soon be final.

“Returning this issue to the states is an important first step in the effort to relegate the barbarism of abortion to the dust heap of history. Championing the dignity and respect of all life is not radical – it’s the mark and measure of a civilized culture.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: events May 3, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Focus on the Family President Jim Daly Applauds Unanimous Decision Upholding Flying of Christian Flag

The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision today upholding the constitutionality of a Christian flag displayed on government property in Shurtleff v. City of Boston is welcome though long overdue news. It should be obvious to all that banning one flag – the Christian flag – out of dozens flown on behalf of civic groups at events on public property over a period of years is unacceptable discrimination against the Christian viewpoint. Thankfully, the Court got it right in this instance.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: events May 2, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Freedom is the Pathway Out of the COVID-19 Quagmire

Results of the autopsy of intrusive and overreaching government policies related to the COVID -19 global pandemic are beginning to emerge – and they paint a disturbing and disastrous picture.

A just released Johns Hopkins study concluded lockdowns weren’t effective in reducing mortality rates – and in fact did great damage to the economy along with children’s mental, emotional and academic health. For far too many adults, forced isolation exacerbated loneliness, increased anxiety and drastically diminished quality of life.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events February 2, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Why We Still March for Life

I’m in Washington, D.C,. today ahead of tomorrow’s annual March for Life – the world’s largest gathering of individuals committed and dedicated to saving and protecting the most innocent among us.

Back on January 22, 1974 – the one-year anniversary of the horrific and ill-fated Roe v. Wade decision – Washington lawyer Nellie Gray led a morning of lobbying and an afternoon demonstration of over 20,000 people on the Capitol steps. In response, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood declared:

“The Right to Life people have not accepted the Supreme Court decision and continue to press to resist it, subvert it and to turn it back.”

Planned Parenthood has been wrong about countless things, but they were right then (and now) about our refusal to accept the killing of pre-born children.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, pro-life January 20, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura