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Finding Jesus on the Streets - I

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Hear what it’s like to be homeless from someone who’s been there. Mike Yankoski shares that between being dirty, hungry and lonely, it is a completely isolated life, where some even deny your very existence. You will also hear how Christians can make a difference in the lives of those in need.

Mike Yankoski is an Author, Speaker and Photographer. He and his wife Danae live in Vancouver B.C. and are graduate students at Regent College. Mike spends much of his time speaking to audiences across the United States and Canada, presenting a Christ centered response to our world's great needs. When he is not studying, speaking or writing, he loves spending time outdoors. Mike also serves on the Board of Directors of World Vision US, the Advisory Board of Kilns College, and is the author of Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America (Multnomah, 2010) and My 30 Days Under the Overpass: Not Your Ordinary Devotional (Multnomah, 2006). He and Danae are the executive editors of Zealous Love: A Practical Guide to Social Justice (Zondervan, 2010).

Teaching Girls to be Ladies

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

You've heard it said, "Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice," but have you watched cable lately? There truly does not seem to be any encouragement in our culture for women to act like ladies. Today, Dr. Dobson will share principles from his book, "Bringing Up Girls" on how raise your daughter right.

Being a Conservative Crusader - II

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Some say this election year could be the most important one of our lifetime. Dr. Dobson is joined by Dr. Robert Jeffress, who has encouraged his listeners to vote their values, AND paid the price for it. Dr. Jeffress will share how we can speak the truth in love and change a culture in the process.

Dr. Robert Jeffress is the senior pastor of the 10,000-member First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas.

His bold, biblical, and practical approach to ministry has made him one of the country’s most respected evangelical leaders. Vision America honored Dr. Jeffress in 2006 with the Daniel Award for his steadfast commitment and boldness in proclaiming the uncompromising Word of God.

Dr. Jeffress has made more than 600 guest appearances on various radio and television programs. He regularly appears on major mainstream media outlets, such as FOX News Channel’s “Fox and Friends,” “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Cavuto on Business;” ABC’s “Good Morning America;” and CBS’ “The Early Show,” CNN, and MSNBC.

Dr. Jeffress hosts a daily radio program, pathway to victory, that is heard nationwide on over 721 stations in major markets such as Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, and Houston. His weekly television program can be seen on 1,200 television stations and cable systems throughout the nation and in 28 countries around the world.

Dr. Jeffress is the author of 18 books including The Solomon Secrets (a 2002 Medallion Finalist), Hell? Yes!, and When Forgiveness Doesn't Make Sense. His newest book, Twilight’s Last Gleaming, was released January, 2, 2012.

Dr. Jeffress is currently leading the congregation in a $130 million campaign to re-create its downtown campus. The project is the largest in modern church history and will create a “spiritual oasis” in the heart of Downtown Dallas.

Dr. Jeffress graduated from Southwestern Theological Seminary with a D.Min., a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a B.S. degree from Baylor University In May 2010, he was awarded a Doctor of divinity degree from Dallas Baptist University. In June 2011, Dr. Jeffress received the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Jeffress and his wife Amy have two daughters, Julia and Dorothy, and a son-in-law, Ryan Sadler.

Being a Conservative Crusader - I

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Did you know that there are roughly 60 MILLION Christians in this country? First Baptist Church of Dallas Senior Pastor, Dr. Robert Jeffress shares why Christians can no longer stand on the sidelines of Public Policy.

Dr. Robert Jeffress is the senior pastor of the 10,000-member First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas.

Champion the Vote

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

No one can deny, it is a right and a privilege to let your voice be heard on issues that matter to you and your family. Dr. Dobson urges every Christian to stand up and be counted in your caucus' and primaries – AND in the national election in November. Also find out how you can rally your friends and neighbors to come to the polls with you.

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House Republican leadership:
Speaker of the House, John Boehner
Majority Leader, Eric Cantor
Majority Whip, Kevin McCarthy
Judiciary Committee Chairman, Lamar Smith

Ask your Republican leadership to please bring HR 3541, the Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act, to the House floor for a vote.

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Bill Dallas is the CEO of United in Purpose - a Non Profit Organization whose mission is to help bring God's name back to the center of every day life in America. A graduate of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Bill lost his thriving real–estate business when he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in San Quentin State Prison.

Congressman Trent Franks: After his release in August 1995, he founded the Church Communication Network (CCN), a satellite and Internet communications company which served over 8,000 churches across North America. CCN, was the world's largest satellite–based training network for churches. Bill was the host of Solutions, a weekly satellite program with Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. He is the coauthor, with George Barna, of Lessons from San Quentin: Everything I Needed to Know about Life I Learned in Prison. Bill lives in northern California with his wife and daughter.

Congressman Trent Franks is a conservative Reagan Republican, and he has spent most of his life working on children’s issues and trying to build a better future for all children.

Trent is someone who still believes that there is such a thing as the truth and that people and principles should be at the center of political discourse in America. He works very hard in The United States Congress for smaller government by cutting government waste, reducing taxes, bureaucracy, and regulation. Trent believes in personal responsibility, free enterprise and that government's first purpose is to protect its innocent citizens.

Trent is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives. While in the House, he served as Vice-Chairman of the House Commerce Committee and Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Child Protection and Family Preservation.

In January of 1987, Trent was appointed by the Governor to head the Arizona Governor's Office for Children, which is a Cabinet level division of the Governor's office responsible for overseeing and coordinating state policy and programs for Arizona's children.

Trent served four and a half years as the Executive Director of the Arizona Family Research Institute, a non-profit organization associated with Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family for the purpose of advocating public policy to protect children and families in Arizona. The Arizona Family Research Institute later became the Center for Arizona Policy.

Trent Franks is past Chairman of the Children’s Hope Scholarship Foundation and a Republican Member of The United States Congress. He has served on the Budget Committee, the Small Business Committee, and now serves on the Armed services Committee and the Judiciary Committee, and is now Chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee.

He is a member of the Republican Study Committee, the House Working Group on Judicial Accountability, House Working Group on Waste, Fraud and Abuse, the Congressional Hispanic Conference, the Liberty Caucus, the DUI Caucus, the Human Rights Caucus, the India Caucus, the Refugee Caucus, and the Education Freedom Caucus.

Religious Persecution in America - II

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

This country was founded on the premise of “liberty and justice for all.” Does it sometimes feel as though it does not apply to Christians. Don't miss Dr. Dobson and his guests describe recent cases of religious liberty being threatened in this country, and what we ALL can do protect our freedoms.

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As supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., has the responsibility of overseeing the spiritual welfare of the Order’s 1.8 million members and their families.

A native of Louisville, Ky., Bishop Lori obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Seminary of Saint Pius X in Erlanger, Ky, in 1973, and a master’s degree from Mount Saint Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., in 1977. In 1982, Bishop Lori received his doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Bishop Lori was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Washington by Cardinal William Baum on May 14, 1977, in St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington, D.C. In 1995, Bishop Lori was ordained to the episcopate as auxiliary bishop of Washington and titular bishop of Bulla, an ancient suffragan see in modern-day Tunisia.

Since 2001, Bishop Lori has been a member of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities and the Committee on Doctrine of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). In 2002, President George W. Bush invited Bishop Lori to join the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation.

Bishop Lori was elected supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus in April 2005.

Professor Robert George holds Princeton's celebrated McCormick Chair in Jurisprudence and is the founding director of the James Madison Program. He has served on the President's Council on Bioethics and as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He has also served on UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology, of which he continues to be a corresponding member.

Professor George is a former Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. He is the author of In Defense of Natural Law, Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality, and The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion and Morality in Crisis, and co-author of Embryo: A Defense of Human Life and Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics. His scholarly articles and reviews have appeared in such journals as the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, the American Journal of Jurisprudence, and the Review of Politics.

Professor George is a recipient of many honors and awards, including the Presidential Citizens Medal, the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, the Canterbury Medal of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the Sidney Hook Memorial Award of the National Association of Scholars, the Philip Merrill Award of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, the Bradley Prize for Intellectual and Civic Achievement and the Stanley Kelley, Jr. Teaching Award from Princeton's Department of Politics. He was the 2007 John Dewey Lecturer in the Philosophy of Law at Harvard, the 2008 Judge Guido Calabresi Lecturer in Law and Religion at Yale, the 2008 Sir Malcolm Knox Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, and the 2010 Frank Irvine Lecturer in Law at Cornell University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and holds honorary doctorates of law, ethics, science, letters, civil law, humane letters, and juridical science. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School, he also received a master’s degree in theology from Harvard and a doctorate in philosophy of law from Oxford University.

Mr. Nussbaum's primary practice is serving churches, denominations, religious schools, and other religious institutions. He serves as general counsel for many religious institutions. He also serves or has served as litigation counsel, First Amendment counsel, amicus counsel, and consulting counsel in trial and appellate courts around the country.

Religious Persecution in America - I

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

We have seen the recent headlines — Christmas carolers thrown out of the Post Office, the valedictorian who can’t pray during her speech. Our religious liberties are under attack! Today, Dr. James Dobson is joined by three brave warriors who are on the front lines of this battle to protect our freedoms.

Bishop Lori was elected supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus in April 2005.

The First Year of Marriage - II

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to make the tough choices in order to protect your marriage. It might mean drawing tough boundaries with in-laws or giving up some of your own needs and desires. However, applying this practical advice will be worth your while.

Parents of two daughters and grandparents of five, Robert and his wife Bobbie are the authors of more than 20 books. Robert's bestselling titles include She Calls Me Daddy, the notes to the Devotional Bible for Dads, and The Most Important Place on Earth. Bobbie's books include the Gold Medallion best-seller Hymns for a Kid's Heart, co-authored with Joni Eareckson Tada.

They have had the privilege of nurturing their own children's faith. Now Robert and Bobbie celebrate as the next generation is being led to Jesus Christ.

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The First Year of Marriage - I

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Are you looking towards marriage? If you spend all of your time planning that lavish party, but neglect to truly prepare for what you’re going to face, you may find yourself in a marriage without a true foundation. Learn how to lay the groundwork now for a healthy marriage that goes the distance with today's guests Robert and Bobbie Wolgemuth.

They have had the privilege of nurturing their own children's faith. Now Robert and Bobbie celebrate as the next generation is being led to Jesus Christ.

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First Hand Faith

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

More and more these days we see young adults who are raised in Christian homes turn their back on God. Why is this? Join us today as Dr. Dobson is joined by Dr. Bruce Wilkerson who shares the importance of passing our faith on to the next generation. As you hear his illustration of "The Three Chairs," you may find yourself challenged as you make the decision of which chair you will pick.

Dr. Bruce Wilkinson is known to millions of people all around the world as a dynamic and anointed speaker. He has given keynote addresses at major national and international events with stadium audiences of 80,000 or more. Bruce’s heart is touched by the needy of the world, and he is especially burdened for those who have sacrificed to save unborn babies. In recent years, Bruce has been heavily involved as a banquet speaker and has raised the level of giving exponentially.

He has written more than 60 books that have been translated into 30 languages, including several books that reached the number one spot on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Bruce’s breakout book, The Prayer of Jabez, remains the fastest-selling book in history, with worldwide sales exceeding 20 million. It was also the first book to win the Christian Book of the Year award two years in a row. Bruce’s book, A Life God Rewards, became the first religious nonfiction book to appear at the number one spot on The New York Times bestseller list in its first week on the market. His other popular books include Secrets of the Vine, Beyond Jabez, Set Apart, Experiencing Spiritual Breakthroughs, and The Dream Giver. His latest book, The God Pocket, was just released.

In addition to being in demand as a speaker and writer, Bruce is a gifted, visionary leader. He served as the publisher and executive editor of ten monthly magazines, with more than 120 million copies distributed. He is the author of the outlines of the books of the Bible for the best-selling Open Bible, and has served as the executive editor of three Bibles. He built the largest religious seminar organization in the world, Walk Thru the Bible. He has trained 100,000 professional teachers in Teaching for Life Change and is a trainer of coaches in the Dream Giver methodology. He launched and led the global initiative WorldTeach, which has recruited and trained more than 30,000 indigenous leaders in 83 nations to conduct life skills courses. Bruce produced a motion picture about AIDS called Beat the Drum, which has been seen in more than 100 nations and has garnered 30 international awards. He also chaired CoMission, a movement in which 87 national organizations joined together to train Russian teachers on ethics and teaching methodologies. Bruce has been a featured guest on major television and radio shows and has held private meetings with foreign presidents, as well as key leaders in the U.S. government.

Bruce has a long history of practical ministry service. He launched Heart for Africa, which mobilized First World volunteers to plant more than 500,000 backyard vegetable gardens for orphans and the hungry. He also launched a movement to recruit more than 1,000 college students from 11 nations to conduct AIDS training in high schools. He led major tribal and racial and religious reconciliation conferences in Uganda, Namibia and South Africa.

Bruce is happily married to Darlene and they are blessed with three children and six grandchildren.

An Urgent Call to Defend Our Religious Liberty

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The current administration is going to extreme measures to take away the values we, as Christians, hold dear. In light of recent events in Washington, Dr. Dobson and Chuck Colson discuss the issues of infringement of religious liberties and legislation being pushed through. There is a war at hand and it is time for us to stop sitting on the sidelines. Listen, be inspired and get involved!

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More than 30 years ago, Charles W. Colson was not thinking about reaching out to prison inmates or reforming the U.S. penal system.

In fact, this aide to President Richard Nixon was "incapable of humanitarian thought," according to the media of the mid-1970s.

Colson was known as the White House "hatchet man," a man feared by even the most powerful politicos during his four years of service to President Nixon.

When news of Colson's conversion to Christianity leaked to the press in 1973, the Boston Globe reported, "If Mr. Colson can repent of his sins, there just has to be hope for everybody."

Colson would agree. He admits he was guilty of political "dirty tricks" and willing to do almost anything for the cause of his president and his party.

In 1974, Colson entered a plea of guilty to Watergate-related charges; although not implicated in the Watergate burglary, he voluntarily pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the Daniel Ellsberg case.

He entered Alabama's Maxwell Prison in 1974 as a new Christian and as the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges. He served seven months of a one-to-three year sentence before being released.

But Colson never really left prison. Haunted by the desperation and hopelessness he saw behind bars, Colson knew he had to do something to help the men he left behind. In fact, he had a promise to keep.

One day, shortly before leaving prison, Colson was going about his business in the prison dorm while some inmates played cards. Suddenly, one of the players, a six-foot-tall prisoner named Archie, bellowed, "Hey, Colson. You'll be out of here soon. What are you going to do for us?"

Suddenly, the whole room fell silent. All ears were straining to hear the answer. "I'll help in some way," replied Colson. "I'll never forget you guys or this stinking place."

"Bull!" roared Archie, slamming down the pack of cards on the table. "You all say that. I've seen big shots like you come and go. They all say the same things while they're inside. Then they get out and forget us fast. There ain't nobody cares about us. Nobody!"

But today, 35 years later, thousands upon thousands of Christian volunteers and churches do care. They care enough to visit prison, mentor prisoners, help their families, and share the Good News of Christ with them.

That's because in 1976, Colson founded Prison Fellowship®, which, together with churches of all confessions and denominations, has become the world's largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families, with ministry taking place in 113 countries around the globe.

Today Prison Fellowship has numerous ways for Christians to join in ministry that is not only transforming prisoners and their families, but also transforming the criminal justice system, our communities, and the culture itself: From in-prison Bible studies and mentoring programs to helping the children of prisoners understand how much God loves them, from advocating for biblically based justice reforms to promoting a biblical worldview.

Colson sensed God's calling to comment on the culture through the written and spoken word. He has written more than 30 books, which have collectively sold more than five million copies. His autobiographical book Born Again was one of the nation's best-selling books of all genres in 1976 and was made into a feature-length film.

In 1999, Colson and Nancy Pearcey co-authored the groundbreaking book How Now Shall We Live?, challenging Christians to understand biblical faith as an entire worldview--a perspective on all of life. In this book, Colson and Pearcey argue that the great battle of the twenty-first century is a struggle between the spiritual and the secular worldviews.

In his most recent book, The Faith, Colson issues an urgent call to the Church to recapture its passion for the historical, orthodox truths of Christianity--especially in this age when the Church is besieged on all sides by secularism, radical Islam, and militant atheism.

While Colson is one of the Christian community's most sought-after speakers, he has resolutely refused to establish a speaking fee. Perhaps anticipating criticism of any appearance of self-enrichment by a former Watergate figure, Colson donates all speaking honoraria and book royalties to Prison Fellowship, and accepts the salary of a mid-range ministry executive.

In recognition of his work, Colson received the prestigious Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1993, donating the $1 million prize to Prison Fellowship. And in 2008, Colson was honored by President Bush with the Presidential Citizens Medal for his years of work with prisoners and their families, which Colson accepted on behalf of the volunteers and staff of Prison Fellowship. Colson's other awards have included the Humanitarian Award, Dominos Pizza Corporation (1991); The Others Award, The Salvation Army (1990); several honorary doctorates from various colleges and universities (1982-2000); and the Outstanding Young Man of Boston, Chamber of Commerce (1960).

Despite his work critiquing the culture, Colson's heart is ever with the prisoner. He has clearly never forgotten the promise he made to his fellow inmates during his brief stay in prison: that he would "never forget" those behind bars.