ReFOCUS with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family
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Jun 3, 2024 • 1h 20min

Brad Wilcox: The Correlation Between Marriage, Happiness, and Wealth

Dr. Brad Wilcox shares his research about marriage and how it supports Biblical truth! Not only is marriage good for you, it's good for your children and our culture! He'll share about strong, stable marriages and why marriage matters. You'll learn how to defend and build up the institution of marriage in a culture that has rejected it.
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May 20, 2024 • 1h 15min

Persuading Others to Choose Life in a Post-Roe World

Scott Klusendorf, President of the Life Training Institute, challenges pro-life advocates to gently yet persuasively stand for preborn babies and vulnerable women in a culture divided on abortion. Scott explains the four main worldviews informing the abortion debate and the philosophical flaws in moral relativism. He offers a clear defense for every human life, regardless of size, level of development, environment, or degree of dependency. He'll help you engage common cultural arguments on abortion to advocate for life. Scott will also encourage you with practical strategies to show love and compassion to women and help further steer the culture toward life.   Get a copy of The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture for your donation of any amount!   Learn more about the Church’s long history of protecting life in the Didache, here.   Watch this video series with Scott Klusendorf about having engaging pro-life conversations.   Donate   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.
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May 6, 2024 • 48min

John Lennox: Evangelism with Gentleness and Respect

Dr. John Lennox, professor of mathematics at Oxford University (emeritus), helps equip Christians to share their faith in a respectful and logical way without alienating others. Lennox, who has twice debated atheist Richard Dawkins, shares about the importance of being salt and light in the culture, encouraging us to show gentleness to people we encounter.   Get a copy of John Lennox's book, Have No Fear, to read more about sharing your faith with gentleness and respect.   Buy your copy of Jim Daly’s book, ReFOCUS! He shares how believers can engage others in the culture with the love of Christ and reveal the heart of God.   Watch this video series with Ray Vander Laan to learn more about bringing peace to the broken culture.   Donate   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.
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Apr 22, 2024 • 45min

Being Christlike in LGBT Cancel Culture

Before God fully captured his heart, Joe Dallas identified as a homosexual and tried to integrate his sexuality with his Christian beliefs, actively promoting a pro-gay theology. But God brought Joe through a process of repentance and restoration. Dallas addresses major controversies in today’s cancel culture, helping believers have respectful discussions and share Christ’s love and truth with others who don’t share our faith.   Buy your copy of Jim Daly’s book, ReFOCUS! He shares how believers can engage others in the culture with the love of Christ and reveal the heart of God.   Make a donation of any amount to get Christians in a Cancel Culture, the book by Joe Dallas. He shares more about speaking the truth to others with grace in a cancel culture.   Ryan Bomberger takes the reader on a journey through some of his most powerful published articles and visually creative memes about the fundamental Right to Life, abortion, adoption, fatherlessness, fake feminism, #BlackLivesMatter, civil rights, and religious liberty.   Watch this video series about understanding gender through the lens of Genesis, and how to navigate the cultural lies about gender and sexuality.   Donate   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.
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Apr 8, 2024 • 1h 4min

Answering Pro-Life Critics with Grace and Truth

The topic of abortion is very polarizing in the culture. But hearts and minds are still being influenced every day to choose life. Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America, will share inspiring stories about the pro-life movement and will help you to speak up for the preborn and vulnerable women. She talks about what motivated her as a teenager to get involved in the pro-life movement, her work with Students for Life of America, and how to graciously deal with criticism, attacks, and misinformation from abortion advocates.   Learn more about See Life 2024, an event that will inspire and equip you to support the pro-life movement!   Donate to help us save babies through Option Ultrasound!   Buy your copy of Jim Daly’s book, ReFOCUS! He shares how believers can engage others in the culture with the love of Christ and reveal the heart of God.   Watch this video series for more on persuasively defending life from Scott Klusendorf.   Get involved with Students for Life to support and defend the rights of pre-born children.   Donate   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.
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Mar 25, 2024 • 1h 3min

The Importance of God’s Design for Marriage and Family

Dr. Mark Regnerus, researcher and professor, shares about how the Dobbs case and other cultural developments are impacting marriage, sexuality and family formation among young adults. He also talks about his experience coming under attack for his controversial research, and speaking God's truth in a hostile environment.   Watch this video series to learn about engaging the culture on issues like marriage, LGBT issues, and abortion from John Stonestreet.   Find resources from Boundless to marry well, in separate guides for men and women.   .Listen to Jim's conversation with Katy Faust about the irreplaceable impact of a mother and a father.   Donate   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.
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Mar 11, 2024 • 1h 32min

John Marriott: Christian Deconstruction and Dealing with a Crisis of Faith

As a young man, John Marriott struggled with insecurities in his Christian beliefs. It led him on a journey of reconstructing his faith and helping others in a faith crisis. Now a high school and college instructor, Marriott shares about common barriers to faith that young people experience, as he encourages loving interaction with those doubting their Christian faith.   Get a copy of either Before You Go or Set Adrift by John Marriott when you make a gift of any amount. If you’re having doubts about Christianity, or know someone who is, get Set Adrift, it'll help you reevaluate your Christian beliefs and experiences while keeping your faith intact. And if you want to be better equipped to encourage others who are doubting Christianity, then get Before You Go.   Check out our Hope Restored marriage intensive to find healing with your spouse.   Get Ray Vander Laan's new study to deepen your faith and assurance in the truth of God's Word.   Donate   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.
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Feb 26, 2024 • 47min

Ray Comfort: Sharing the Gospel with Courage

Ray Comfort, a Christian apologist, author, and TV host urges believers to come out of complacency and into sharing the gospel with a world that desperately needs Jesus. While sharing his faith journey, he'll encourage you to have courage like Daniel in the Bible to stand for Christ in the culture and commit yourself to prayer and obedience to share God's love with others.   Get Ray Comfort's book for a gift of any amount to learn more about sharing your faith with courage in modern culture.   Watch this video series for more from Ray Vander Laan on reaching the culture with the light of Jesus.    Read more about who Jesus is and how to have a relationship with him.   Learn more about putting God's love on display, redeeming broken relationships, and bringing healing to creation through this Ray Vander Laan discipleship study.   Get John Burke's book, Imagine the God of Heaven, to read about his research into near-death experiences and encounters of heaven.   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.
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Feb 12, 2024 • 1h 4min

Frank Turek: Demonstrating Real Love and Tolerance in the Culture

This discussion will help Christians understand the proof that the Bible is real and will better equip them to share God's grace with others. Jim Daly and Frank Turek unpack the root of unbelief, the difference between cultural "tolerance" and real love, the problems associated with Christian hypocrisy, and the importance of demonstrating Christ's love with people who have different worldviews.   Get a copy of Stealing from God for a gift of any amount to learn more about the evidence for the validity of Christian beliefs.   Buy your copy of Jim Daly’s book, ReFOCUS! He shares how believers can engage others in the culture with the love of Christ and reveal the heart of God.    Watch this video series to learn about bringing healing to our broken culture.   Learn more about putting God's love on display, redeeming broken relationships, and bringing healing to creation through this Ray Vander Laan discipleship study.   Get John Burke's book, Imagine the God of Heaven, to read about his research into near-death experiences and encounters of heaven.   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.
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Jan 29, 2024 • 1h 22min

Chloe Cole: Gender Reassignment Surgery Regret

19-year-old Chloe Cole shares about the devastating effects of gender transitioning on children, her personal regrets of transitioning as a young teen, and the peace found by trusting in God's perfect design.   Watch this video series for more compassionate guidance on sexuality and gender identity from Jackie Hill Perry.   Buy your copy of Jim Daly’s book, ReFOCUS! He shares how believers can engage others in the culture with the love of Christ and reveal the heart of God.   Click here for more resources from the Focus on the Family counseling department on Transgenderism.   Parents, to help you strengthen your relationship with your children, take our 7 Traits of Effective Parenting Assessment.   Watch this interview with Chloe Cole for more about parenting adolescents in our gender-confused culture.   Send Jim a voicemail! Click here.

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