Dr. James Dobson was the Founder Chairman of the James Dobson Family Institute, a nonprofit organization that produced his radio program, Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and held 18 honorary doctoral degrees. He also was the author of more than 70 books dedicated to the preservation of the family.
Dr. Dobson served as an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine for 14 years, and on the attending staff of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles for 17 years in the divisions of child development and medical genetics.
He advised five U.S. presidents and served on eight national commissions.
Dr. Dobson was married to Shirley for just shy of 65 years, and he was the beloved father of two grown children, Danae and Ryan, and two grandchildren.
November 3, 2022 — Dr. James Dobson has announced the promotion of Joe Waresak to the position of president of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute (JDFI).
In the early 1980s, Dr. Francis Schaeffer warned of the disastrous effects of elevating an individual’s needs over the needs of society. Sadly, we are seeing his words of caution come to fruition even now. On today’s classic edition of Family Talk, Dr. Schaeffer calls out Bible-believing Christians for their silence in the face of the great moral issues of our day. He asserts that the Church has failed for two reasons. First, we’ve forgotten that Jesus is not only our Savior, but the Lord of all life. Second, many of us are too afraid to speak out. Dr. Schaeffer says that like the early Christians and America’s founding fathers, we must seek to obey God rather than man.
America's moral structure has been deteriorating in the last 40 years under the weight of a secular worldview. On today’s classic edition of Family Talk, author and theologian Dr. Francis Schaeffer asserts that America’s moral decline can be traced back to the rejection of the biblical notion that man is created in God’s image. He states that abortion, the failed public school system and the breakdown of the family are simply the ugly and inevitable results of a shift from a Christian worldview to a humanist worldview.
Question: Dr. Dobson, I have a friend who guards her kids as if they were in mortal danger. I feel like I should let my daughters spread their wings a little, even though they're only nine and eleven years of age. Who do you think is right?
According to Charlie Kirk, the United States is facing a cultural identity crisis, and in order to solve it we must decide who we are as a country. There are many extremist groups who would love nothing more than to dismantle our nation as we know it. On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson and Charlie, the founder and president of Turning Point USA, discuss the current state of America's churches and the growing acceptance of socialism, despite its disastrous historical proven failures.
America is rapidly approaching an ideological crossroad with potentially ruinous implications for future generations. On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson contemplates this critical time in our nation's history with Charlie Kirk, the founder and president of Turning Point USA. They discuss Turning Point's nationwide outreach on college campuses, the identity crisis that many young men are facing today, and the current state of higher education.
November 2022 Newsletter: An Important Election Message From Dr. James Dobson
Did you know that God has a plan for your life? And don’t we all want to live a meaningful life during our time on earth? On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson and Dr. Robert Jeffress continue discussing Robert’s powerful book, Choosing the Extraordinary Life. He advises Christians that to discover their divinely anointed life, they must root themselves in Scripture, seek godly counsel, follow their passion, recognize their gifts, and yield to God’s direction. Psalm 37:4 says, “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
In the Bible, the prophet Elijah was commissioned by God to radically engage the evil culture. As Christians, we are called to do the same. On today's edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson and Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of Dallas First Baptist Church, discuss Dr. Jeffress’ book, Choosing the Extraordinary Life. They examine the story of Elijah, and Dr. Jeffress shares how to discover God’s unique purpose for your life, as well as the need for believers to influence our society, and what it means to be “salt and light.”
A fresh cut floral arrangement is symbolic of America. Severed from our historical Christian roots at the hands of a hostile culture, we are dying as a nation. On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson and Eric Metaxas continue to discuss the state of our country and Eric’s book, If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty. Dr. Dobson and Metaxas remind us of the importance of American liberty, and what we can do as a nation to save it. Without cultivating the knowledge of our country's history, we cannot hope to shape its future.
