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
The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.
Joy comes form knowing God loves me, knows who I am and where I'm going ... that my future is secure as I rest in Him.
Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.
The right to criticize must be earned, even if the advice is constructive in nature.
If two men or two women can marry, then there is no way a court could deny three men and two women or any combination thereof.
Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.
Faith in God - life can never take you by surprise again.
We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.
It is our uniqueness that gives freshness and vitality to a relationship.
Real crying usually lasts two minutes or less, but may continue for five. After that point, the child is merely complaining... I would require him to stop the protest crying, usually by offering him a little more of whatever caused the original tears.
Traditional Judeo-Christian values literally hang in the balance in America. They can be 'forgotten' in a single generation if they are not taught to children and teenagers... It could happen here if we don't defend what we believe.
We Americans are living a lifestyle of exhaustion. We don't have time for ourselves, much less for each other and our children.
Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence.
Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.