You Just Have to Laugh!
Laughter is the key to survival during the special stresses of the child-rearing years. If you can see the delightful side of your assignment, you can also deal with the difficult.
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How Christian Women Can Change the Culture
In his book, Bringing Up Girls, Dr. James Dobson shares an amazing quote by John Adams, the second president of the United States. Adams wrote, “The manners of women are the most infallible barometer to ascertain the degree of morality and virtue in a nation.” After studying history and observing different societies, Adams concluded that when women no longer prioritize modesty and domestic virtue, nations eventually lost their public spirit and even their forms of government. That is a strong statement, but Adams understood something important: The character of women shapes the character of a culture. Today, many people believe that cultural change is the result of politics, media, or education. These areas do matter. But Scripture points to a deeper truth. Real change begins in the heart, then moves into the home, and spreads throughout the community. When women walk closely with the Lord and live out their faith in daily life, they create a ripple effect that reaches far beyond their front doors. In my recent blog, Hope for Your Marriage When Your Partner Is Distant, I talked about the power of quiet faithfulness. When a husband pulls away emotionally, his wife’s first instinct may be to argue harder, demand change, or withdraw in hurt. Yet 1 ...
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Never Alone Widows, Part 2
How do you rebuild after the unimaginable loss of a spouse?
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Building Your Mate’s Self-Esteem
Build each other up in your marriage, and become a mirror of love and grace every day.
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Never Alone Widows, Part 1
Losing one’s spouse is devastating, but losing two before age 31 is unimaginable.
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A Wife’s Superpower
Does your marriage sometimes feel like a tug-of-war? You want to be heard. You want to be valued. You want your husband to understand you. But instead of closeness, you feel tension. Instead of warmth, there is distance. And when you read passages in Scripture that instruct wives to “submit” or “respect,” something inside you tightens. It feels unfair, risky, and maybe even impossible. My wife and I once had a couple come to us for help in their marriage. The wife told us that she essentially forced her husband to go along with counseling because she wanted us to “fix him.” He worked hard in construction for a living but never seemed to get ahead. When he came home from work, he just wanted to relax by playing video games. The more we talked with this couple, the more we saw that this situation wasn’t one-sided, as she insisted. She constantly yelled at him, told him he was worthless, and argued with him about everything. She rarely had a positive remark to say to him. When we brought up the biblical principles of submission and respect, she wouldn’t have anything to do with either one. As far as she ...
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The 4 Wills of God: Revisiting Love and Respect
Do you ever feel like your marriage is caught in “the crazy cycle?” On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson welcomes best-selling author Dr. Emerson Eggerichs to discuss his book, Love & Respect. He shares powerful biblical insights from Ephesians 5:33 about how husbands need respect and wives need love. Discover how to break the cycle and strengthen your marriage.
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Five Essentials for a Thriving Marriage
In a world where many marriages struggle to survive, what does it take to build a thriving, intimate relationship? In this video, Brenen and Morgan Beeler share five essentials that can transform your bond from fragile to flourishing. These timeless principles will help you deepen your connection, weather challenges, and grow closer than ever before. Watch now to learn more!
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Kneel or Else! Faith Under Fire
One of the Left’s many big lies comes most often from the LGBTQ lobby. They claim that all they want to do is live and let live. “Let us be who we are.” These were powerful arguments during the debate over changing the 3,000-year-old definition of marriage from the union of a man and a woman to the joining of two people of the same sex. But we have discovered over and over again that as soon as the LGBTQ movement gets power, the live-and-let-live attitude toward Christians goes out the window, replaced by an iron fist that demands we sacrifice the teachings of our faith. And it isn’t only homosexual issues. Don’t forget, President Obama tried to force Catholic nuns—nuns!—to subsidize abortions. His attack on religious liberty was eventually overruled by the Supreme Court. Joe Biden tried, too. Biden’s Department of Education threatened every school district in the country that if they did not allow boys into girls’ bathrooms, he would cut off their school lunch programs for poor students. Unbelievable! By the way, most of the media ignored this outrage. There are hundreds of examples like this, and JDFI has been in many of these battles. Here is ...
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Persistent Prayer
If a commitment to Christ is the foundation for a successful marriage, then daily prayer together is the steady, brick-by-brick construction that provides a safe haven for genuine intimacy.
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Dr. James Dobson
Joe Waresak
Dr. Del Tackett
