James Dobson
James Dobson
James Clayton "Jim" Dobson, Jr.is an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder in 1977 of Focus on the Family, which he led until 2003. In the 1980s he was ranked as one of the most influential spokesmen for conservative social positions in American public life. Although never an ordained minister, he was called "the nation's most influential evangelical leader" by Time while Slate portrayed him as a successor to evangelical leaders Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, and Pat Robertson...
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth21 April 1936
CityShreveport, LA
It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.
The United States has been from the beginning greatly influenced and primarily influenced by the Judeo-Christian system of values.
Ain is a marvelous purifier... It is not necessary to beat the child into submission; a little bit of pain goes a long way for a young child. However, the spanking should be of sufficient magnitude to cause the child to cry genuinely.
It is deeply moving, powerful, and disturbing. A film that must be seen.
If a woman plans to terminate her pregnancy, she commonly refers to the life within her as the 'fetus'. But if she intends to deliver and love and care for the little child, she affectionately calls him 'my baby'.
Homosexuals can be, you know, committed to each other. And they have freedom to behave in the ways that they do, but they cannot be a family. They cannot be married. I mean, virtually every culture in the history of the world has considered marriage to be between one woman and one man.
It will always hurt to be laughed at, snubbed, ignored or attacked by others. But I would remind you that the human personality grows through adversity, provided it is not crushed in the process.
You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.
Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.
Great beginnings are not as important as the way one finishes.
God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.
Tell me why it is that a toddler will gag over a perfectly wonderful breakfast of ham, eggs, biscuits, juice, and jelly. But then he will enthusiastically drink the dog's water and play in the toilet. Truly, he is his mother's greatest challenge...; and her most inexpressible joy.
The universe and everything in it will someday pass away and be made new by the Creator. Therefore, the events of today that seem so important are not really very significant, except for those matters that will survive the end of the universe.
When these parenting years have passed, something precious will have flickered and gone out of my life. Thus, I am resolved to enjoy every day that remains in this fathering era.