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Overcoming Impossible Odds

The Rubik’s Cube is the best-selling children’s toy in history. It was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik, an architectural design professor who used the cube to teach his students how to analyze design problems in three dimensions.

But before his students could use the cube, Rubik had to figure out how to solve it himself. That posed an immense challenge. The Rubik’s cube has over 43 quintillion combinations. To put that number into perspective, if everyone on earth did one combination a second, all 43 quintillion combinations would take almost 200 years.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith August 10, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Reaching the Next Generation for Christ

Young people in America and Europe are leaving the Christian church at an unprecedented rate. Statistically, this generation is the least religious in history. Teenagers, in particular, are turning toward atheism at a rate double that of the general population.

Many struggle to believe claims made by the Bible. Or to reconcile faith in a loving God with evil and suffering in the world. Some cite bad experiences with a church or conflict with a Christian as their reason for doubt.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, parenting August 4, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Who is Smarter?

Who is smarter? Albert Einstein? Or your neighborhood auto mechanic?

A lot of people would answer Einstein. But if Einstein’s car broke down on the side of the road, his ability to untangle physics’ greatest mysteries would be useless. In that moment, what he’d need is an understanding of the inner workings of the combustion engine.

Intelligence is relative to our circumstances. So is athletic ability. J.J. Watt, the former pro football player and Defensive Player of the Year, was a stellar athlete.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, family August 3, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Living as Salt and Light in Today’s Culture

At some point in our lives all of us ask those big questions.

“Why am I here?”

“Where am I going?”

“Does God exist?”

“What’s the meaning of life?”

We’re exploring these questions and others on our Focus on the Family Broadcast “Living As Salt and Light in Today’s Culture” with our good friend and former colleague, Dr. Del Tackett.

Dr. Tackett is a speaker, author, professor, and founder of Soli Deo Gloria Ministries.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith July 21, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

A Legacy of Music and Trusting the Lord

Our guest on our Focus on the Family Broadcast “A Legacy of Music and Trusting the Lord” is Christian singer Larnelle Harris, whose music career has spanned five decades and earned him five Grammy Awards and 11 Dove Awards.

His life of faith and music all started with his piano teacher, Ms. Georgie, who encouraged him to believe in his voice and to use it for God’s glory. She once told Larnelle, “You can do this.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith July 17, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Raising Godly Children in Today’s Culture

Would you like to see more joyful obedience from your children?

Author Arlene Pellicane offers eight key strategies that will set your kids up to succeed:

Amusement is not the highest priority. Your life should not revolve around entertaining your child.

Parents call the shots. You are the leader, not your child.

Routine and boundaries provide security. Kids thrive with guidelines and guardrails.

It’s best to weave the Bible and prayer into the fabric of daily life, not reserve it for Sundays.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, parenting July 14, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

The Golden Triangle of Freedom

America has functioned remarkably well for over 200 years.

Much of that success can be attributed to what historians call the “Golden Triangle of Freedom.” The three points of the triangle are:

Liberty.

Virtue.

Faith.

The relationship between the three is important. Each one relies on the other for its existence and well-being. Liberty requires virtue. Virtue requires faith. Faith requires liberty.

Liberty is freedom. It’s the ability to govern oneself. That means you’re free to choose your own path so long as what you do positively benefits everyone else in the community.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, family July 4, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Supreme Court Reaffirms Founders’ Commitment to Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion

Advocates of religious freedom and conscience exhaled this week as a majority of justices affirmed the constitutional rights of every American to practice and preserve their faith beyond the doors of a traditional church.

Friday’s 6-3 decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, authored by Justice Gorsuch, wasn’t just a win for Lorie Smith, it was also a victory for anyone who supports free speech protected by the First Amendment.

On Thursday, a unanimous court held that Gerald Groff, a former United States postal worker and an evangelical Christian, who had been told he needed to work on Sundays, was entitled to religious accommodations.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith June 30, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Creating Mayberry

At some point, we’ve all wished that we could live in a place like Mayberry, the small North Carolina town from the Andy Griffith Show. And why not? We’d have neighbors like Barney Fife, Floyd the Barber, and Aunt Bea. Imagine waking up every day in a community where everyone was sweet and thoughtful to each other and where things rarely got out of hand. Even Otis*, Mayberry’s town drunk, was entrusted with his own key to the jail so he could let himself in and out every night.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, family June 29, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

To Flourish and Thrive

The sexual revolution that began in the 1960s has taught us more about the need for good boundaries than any other time in history.

When the birth control pill first became available, the response was a cultural pendulum swing labelled “free love” where men and women were encouraged to cast off all moral restraint. Boundaries that once governed sexual promiscuity essentially vanished.

The sexual revolution assured us that we could do whatever we wanted with whomever we wanted whenever we wanted with no consequences.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, family June 28, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura