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Let me be candid.
I’m not a gun enthusiast. It wasn’t part of my heritage or upbringing. Even though I know how to use various firearms now, I’m still something of an amateur on the subject.
Even so, I feel the need to comment on the discussions in Washington and throughout the media recently calling for increased gun control legislation.
From my viewpoint, attention is being focused in the wrong direction.
I don’t claim to be an expert on the specifics of the gun control debate.
Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, news, policy by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I mentioned last Friday how Kirsten Powers (pictured left), a regular contributor to FOX News and a highly respected journalist, had the nerve to write a column in USA Today detailing the horrific case of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell.His trial, which is now in its fifth week, had, up until that point, earned surprisingly little attention from the mainstream news media, despite the fact that the details of the case are so shocking and so horrifying that they deserve to be a major national news story.
Topics: Current Events Tags: broadcast, news, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
This was the question posed to me by the editors of Christianity Today recently:
If the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage, what next?
Hypothetical questions are not always productive, but in this case, I was privileged to participate in the panel, which featured answers from two other individuals. The panel of three also included Elodie Ballantine Emig, instructor of Greek at Denver Seminary and Timothy Dalrymple, managing editor at Patheos.com.
You can read the entire exchange by clicking here.
Topics: Current Events Tags: homosexuality, marriage, news, policy by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Yesterday’s USA Today ran a piece by Kirsten Powers, a columnist and political commentator, that questioned why the trial of Kermit Gosnell isn’t making front page news.
That’s a good question.
Mr. Gosnell is an abortionist who allegedly performed illegal and horrific late-term “abortions” in deplorable conditions that, in addition to killing the babies, also cost at least one women her life. The grand jury report can be accessed here.
I’m putting the word abortion in quotes because Mr.
Topics: Current Events Tags: news, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Today’s Focus on the Family broadcast features two of the brightest minds in the country discussing the Supreme Court’s recent oral arguments on the matter of same-sex marriage.
Joining John Fuller and me is Dr. Helen Alvare, a professor of law at George Mason University, and Dr. Al Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
By clicking here you can hear the entire program, which includes audio clips from the actual proceedings inside the Supreme Court chamber.
Topics: Current Events Tags: broadcast, homosexuality, marriage, news, policy by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
April 22, 2011 was an ordinary day for Andy and Bri Hoffman until they found their five-year-old son, Jack, sitting nearly comatose in their kitchen. He was rushed to the hospital and eventually diagnosed with pediatric cancer.
Months of treatment followed along with many tears and sleepless nights.
“It just tipped our life upside down,” Andy’s father told the USA Today.
But through a series of conversations and connections little Jack was given an opportunity to meet some of his heroes on his favorite football team: the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Topics: Current Events Tags: kids, news, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Edith Schaeffer, the wife of the late Christian apologist Francis Schaeffer, died a little over a week ago. She was 98.
Simply put, Mrs. Schaeffer was a remarkable woman. She lived in a turbulent time and ministered to thousands alongside her talented husband. The daughter of Chinese missionaries, Edith met Francis at a church event on a summer Sunday evening in 1932. From that day forward they were partners in both life and ministry.
Books have been written about Francis, a man who was brave and bold.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, marriage, news, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
France. Puerto Rico. Scotland. What do these nations have in common?
All of them have committed active marriage supporters who are working hard to preserve the traditional one-man, one-woman definition of marriage.
There are times when activists who favor the redefinition of marriage seem to suggest that America is simply behind the times when compared to the rest of the world.
But the facts suggest otherwise.
This past January more than 300,000 people took to Paris to protest the French president’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage.
Topics: Current Events Tags: homosexuality, marriage, news by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Pastor Saeed Abedini (photo courtesy of ACLJ) is a United States citizen currently serving an 8-year prison sentence in Iran. Reports indicate that he’s been repeatedly tortured and is at great risk of being killed.
His crime?
Telling people about Jesus during annual trips to the country.
The Iranian government has charged Pastor Saeed with “endangering national security” but the fact of the matter is that he’s helping underground churches as well as building orphanages for children.
Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, news, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Saturday’s print edition of The New York Times featured an exclusive profile on Focus on the Family. You can access the piece by clicking here.
As I’ve shared countless times on the radio, I believe it’s our responsibility as Christians to be willing to go wherever the Lord leads us. For me this includes being willing to talk with anyone at any time about anything. It stems from my heart for evangelism and my desire to share the good news of the Gospel with those who do not know Him.
Topics: Focus Events Tags: faith, news, pop culture, staff by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.Home
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