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Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Week ending July 20th:

I Don’t Want a Divorce (by Dr. David Clarke)
30 Days to Taming Your Tongue (by Deborah Smith Pegues)
The 10 Best Decisions Every Parent Can Make (by Bill Farrel)
Ken Davis: Good News (by Ken Davis)
Parenting Your Powerful Child (by Kevin Leman)
Raising Kingdom Kids (by Tony Evans)
Job – Bible Study Book: A Story of Unlikely Joy (by Lisa Harper)
Red-Hot Monogamy (by Bill Farrel)
Kingdom Marriage (by Tony Evans)
Unoffendable (by Brant Hansen)
Sharing God’s Big Love with Little Lives (by Jean Thomason)
Growing Kids with Character (by Hettie Brittz)
Through the Eyes of a Lion (by Levi Lusko)

Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, family, marriage, parenting July 27, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Week ending July 13:

Sharing God’s Big Love with Little Lives (by Jean Thomason)
The 10 Best Decisions Every Parent Can Make (by Bill Farrel)
Letters from My Father’s Murderer (by Laurie Coombs)
From Anger to Intimacy (by Dr. Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham)
Raising Kingdom Kids (by Tony Evans)
Parenting Your Powerful Child (by Kevin Leman)
Growing Kids with Character (by Hettie Brittz)
Kingdom Marriage (by Tony Evans)
The First 9 Months (by Vicki L.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, family, marriage July 20, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Should Christians Criticize Other Christians on Social Media?

According to the latest research, 77% of Americans are social media users, with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest serving as the most popular sites of engagement. The growth, popularity and influence of this forum is staggering, especially when you consider that back in 2005, only 7% of Americans had any type of social media account.

Clearly, not all social media users are equal. Many of us primarily use it to stay in touch with family and friends, sharing pictures, stories and other points of interest.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, faith, relationships July 18, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Our Hope and Our Peace in the Midst of Struggle

Jesus is your redeemer.

I hope you believe that.

Christians say that they do. That is what good Christian theology teaches, after all. But do we believe it?

Let’s face it, some days the hill we’re climbing can seem so steep we lose hope that we can survive to the top. Life is hard. Jesus told us it would be. In John 16:33 says, “In this world, you will have trouble.” But he also offered hope to the suffering through His suffering on the cross.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, relationships July 16, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

She Forgave Her Father’s Killer

On today’s Focus on the Family Broadcast we’re hearing from Laurie Coombs, who has an amazing story of forgiveness.

Luke 6:27-28 says, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you. Pray for those who abuse you” (ESV). For me, and for many of you, that verse is one of the most convicting in all of Scripture. It’s hard to live up to God’s standard in this area. In fact, without His Spirit and character enabling you, I’d say it’s impossible to achieve that depth of forgiveness.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, relationships July 13, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Did Prayer Deliver the Boys in the Cave?

The agonizing 18-day ordeal and successful 3-day rescue of 12 school-age boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand has captivated the world’s attention. In fact, there is news out today that corporate executives are already negotiating book and movie rights to the story. You can be sure that both will be blockbusters, maybe even by next summer.

Throughout the nearly three-week ordeal, both social and traditional media were replete with calls for prayer – for the boys, their coach and the Navy Seals who ultimately coordinated and assisted in their dramatic rescue.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, pop culture July 11, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Ray Vander Laan on “Cultures in Conflict”

In set 16 of the That the World May Know series, titled “Cultures in Conflict,” Bible teacher Ray Vander Laan leads viewers on a journey with the Apostle Paul as he preaches in Athens, Greece on Mars Hill and founds the church in Corinth.

Along the way, Ray highlights Paul’s tremendous ability to share God’s truth in a way the culture of his day could understand.

In Corinth, for example, one of the most important structures was a temple dedicated to Asclepius, the god of healing.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, discipleship, faith July 10, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Week ending July 3rd:

Growing Kids with Character (by Hettie Brittz)
Parenting Your Powerful Child (by Kevin Leman)
Happily Ever After (by Ginger Kolbaba)
Unoffendable (by Brant Hansen)
Kingdom Marriage (by Tony Evans)
Doing Good Is Simple (by Chris Marlow)
Raising Kingdom Kids (by Tony Evans)
Making Happy (by Les & Leslie Parrott)
Through the Eyes of a Lion (by Levi Lusko)
The Children’s Illustrated Bible (by Selina Hastings)
ESV Economy Bible
A Lifelong Love (by Gary Thomas)
Miracle in Shreveport (by David & Jason Benham)
Enjoy!

Topics: Family and Home Tags: events, faith, family July 6, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Changing the World Through a Lemonade Stand

There are 150 million orphans in the world.

Every six seconds a child dies because they don’t have access to food or water.

What are you going to do about it?

That’s a daunting question, isn’t it? The scale of poverty in the world is so overwhelming that we feel paralyzed … and do nothing.

Chris Marlow is a former pastor who founded the organization Help One Now, a ministry that helps local leaders care for orphans and vulnerable families and works to break the cycle of extreme poverty in places like Haiti, Peru, and Africa.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, church, faith July 2, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Reaching an Adult Child Who’s Turned Away from God

Luis Palau is one of the most well-known evangelists in the world. And yet, for many years, while he stood in front of stadiums of people and witnessed thousands respond to his call to receive Jesus, his own heart was aching for his son, Andrew, who had turned away from God.

Luis and his wife, Patricia, saw him moving in the wrong direction, and they did everything within their power to guide him back. But there came a point, Andrew says, “where I had wandered so far away from God that all they could do was have faith.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, parenting June 25, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Should Christians Criticize Other Christians on Social Media?

Our Hope and Our Peace in the Midst of Struggle

She Forgave Her Father’s Killer

Did Prayer Deliver the Boys in the Cave?

Ray Vander Laan on “Cultures in Conflict”

Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Changing the World Through a Lemonade Stand

Reaching an Adult Child Who’s Turned Away from God

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