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Get the wisdom of an entire 30-minute Focus on the Family broadcast in just 60 seconds! Busy parents can find practical and trustworthy 'nuggets of truth' in these streamlined interviews with a Christian perspective. From potty-training your kids to communicating better in your marriage, you will get the inspiration you need to help your family thrive together in Christ.

Episode Date
Loss Times Avoidance
May 08, 2024
You’re a Provider of Security
May 07, 2024
Respond with a Gentle Word
May 06, 2024
The Crumpled-Up Dollar
May 03, 2024
This Game Makes My Heart Happy
May 03, 2024
She Needs to Step Out in Faith
May 02, 2024
Getting Attention to Entertain
Apr 29, 2024
Jesus Tells Us the Truth
Apr 29, 2024
A Divine Perspective
Apr 29, 2024
Almost Every Hand Goes Up
Apr 29, 2024
Most Resilient People
Apr 29, 2024
Model Forgiveness to Your Kids
Apr 29, 2024
Connie and Eugene Arguing
Apr 19, 2024
A Living Witness
Apr 19, 2024
Sharing Our Secrets
Apr 19, 2024
Two Words That Changed Our Family
Apr 16, 2024
An Attitude that Goes Back to Christ
Apr 16, 2024
Truth Without Grace
Apr 11, 2024
Send the Crowds Away
Apr 11, 2024
When I Got Out of the Car …
Apr 11, 2024
When Was the Last Time?
Apr 08, 2024
Triggering Money Fears
Apr 08, 2024
Church Should be the First Place
Apr 04, 2024
He Draws Good from the Pain
Apr 03, 2024
Words in Every Cell
Apr 03, 2024
The Refs Can Put You Out
Apr 03, 2024
The Battles We Choose to Fight
Apr 02, 2024
Be a Lion, and Tender
Mar 28, 2024
The Legacy We Will Pass Down
Mar 27, 2024
Hold Your Heart in My Hand
Mar 26, 2024
What I Can Actually Control
Mar 25, 2024
Where You Find the Fun
Mar 22, 2024
The Suffering Will be No More
Mar 22, 2024
Prayer is How We Fight
Mar 20, 2024
Kept Scripture in my Car
Mar 19, 2024
Take Off the Grave Clothes
Mar 18, 2024
Why We’re Not Going to Watch That
Mar 18, 2024
An Open Book
Mar 18, 2024
Mr. Wrong
Mar 13, 2024
Belong to the Family of Believers
Mar 12, 2024
77% of Kids Who Graduate
Mar 12, 2024
The Most Joyful Places
Mar 08, 2024
Where is the Happy, Peaceful Home?
Mar 07, 2024
A Very Legalistic Sense of Christianity
Mar 06, 2024
Consciously Choose to Obey God
Mar 06, 2024
Sometimes Children Get It
Mar 04, 2024
When Discussing an Ex-Spouse
Mar 04, 2024
Roles in Stepfamilies
Mar 04, 2024
The First Telling
Mar 04, 2024
Training Sons to be Confident Capable Men
Mar 04, 2024
Become Available to God
Feb 26, 2024
Kinder Than Any Christian
Feb 23, 2024
Let You Start with Me
Feb 22, 2024
Siblings of Strong-Willed Children
Feb 22, 2024
Give Me Some Control
Feb 22, 2024
Seeing This Generation Achieve the Life Mission
Feb 19, 2024
A Deep, Deep Appreciation
Feb 16, 2024
I’ve Waited 40 Years
Feb 15, 2024
3-1-1
Feb 15, 2024
We’ve Got an Opinion
Feb 15, 2024
Understand Rather Than React
Feb 15, 2024
Layer God’s Word
Feb 09, 2024
They’re in Trauma Brain
Feb 09, 2024
They All Work Together
Feb 09, 2024
What Couples Say About Their Kids
Feb 09, 2024
Singles and Aging
Feb 09, 2024
At Her Point of Need
Feb 09, 2024
Submission and Talents
Feb 01, 2024
Medicine to Help Someone Function
Feb 01, 2024
Write that Verse Down
Jan 30, 2024
If We Don’t Allow Kids to Struggle
Jan 29, 2024
Who Can Say ‘No’ The Most?
Jan 26, 2024
Mr. Brown Day
Jan 25, 2024
We Got In, Let’s Get Out
Jan 24, 2024
Future Generations Were Spared
Jan 23, 2024
Born Alive on Purpose
Jan 22, 2024
Those Deep Places
Jan 19, 2024
Little Foxes
Jan 18, 2024
What I Got From LAUNCH
Jan 17, 2024
A Quietness for the Soul
Jan 16, 2024
The Optics of Diversity
Jan 15, 2024
The Eyeroll
Jan 15, 2024
Respond to the Feelings
Jan 11, 2024
Discipline of Pausing
Jan 10, 2024
But God Has Held Me
Jan 09, 2024
My Relational Circuits
Jan 08, 2024
When You Are Betrayed …
Jan 08, 2024
We Had Not Budgeted
Jan 08, 2024
Get in That Love Seat
Jan 08, 2024
Dopamine from the Device
Jan 08, 2024
The Invitation Has Come to Me
Jan 08, 2024
What My Oldest Daughter Said
Jan 08, 2024
Like Having a Vacation on Your Calendar
Jan 08, 2024
When You Think of Home …
Jan 08, 2024
Reset My Mindset
Jan 08, 2024
If God Gives Extravagant Gifts
Jan 08, 2024
85% of the Residents
Jan 08, 2024
The Bitterness Around Us
Jan 08, 2024
Where the Freedom Is
Jan 08, 2024
Reframing Your Parenting Perspective
Jan 08, 2024
A Visit to Calvary Chapel
Dec 28, 2023
God is With the Betrayed
Dec 28, 2023
Caring for the Stranger You Married
Dec 28, 2023
Too Many Eyewitnesses
Dec 28, 2023
Reading the Gospel Accounts
Dec 28, 2023
I Forgot Socks
Dec 28, 2023
A God with Us Life
Dec 28, 2023
The Ministry of Motherhood
Dec 28, 2023
God Made Brandon a Musician
Dec 28, 2023
Inner Life Communication
Dec 28, 2023
1 Corinthians 7:28
Dec 28, 2023
The Bridge is Open
Dec 28, 2023
Loving the Unlovely
Dec 28, 2023
Verbally Affirm
Dec 28, 2023
They Were Turning Their Heads
Dec 26, 2023
Virginia, I Am the Truth
Dec 26, 2023
Fallen Into a Screen Trap
Dec 26, 2023
Are You Thankful for Jesus?
Dec 26, 2023
Not Going to Talk About This
Dec 26, 2023
Character Because of Challenges
Dec 26, 2023
Obedience is Harder to Learn
Dec 26, 2023
What Centers Us
Dec 26, 2023
Finite Capacity
Dec 26, 2023
A Photo of Baby Micah
Dec 26, 2023
Solvable Differences
Dec 26, 2023
What if it Was Us
Nov 10, 2023
Easing Up on Christmas Traditions
Nov 10, 2023
Why All This Ridiculous Freedom
Nov 08, 2023
In a Time of Choosing
Nov 07, 2023
A Rotten Omelet
Nov 07, 2023
The 3 M's
Nov 03, 2023
Recovery is Like Spaghetti
Nov 02, 2023
Support to Hold the Line
Nov 01, 2023
We Can Be Great Again
Oct 31, 2023
We Face God Directly
Oct 30, 2023
Dinner with Your Cell Phone
Oct 27, 2023
Truth or Force
Oct 26, 2023
Questions Keep You Safe
Oct 25, 2023
When God Says, ‘Let Go’
Oct 24, 2023
A Holistic Approach
Oct 23, 2023
Supporting Different Organizations
Oct 23, 2023
Restore Even the Most Broken
Oct 23, 2023
Communicating Beyond Words
Oct 23, 2023
Middle School Homework Difficulties
Oct 17, 2023
Be Sensitive to Her
Oct 13, 2023
Always Make Sure Your Home is Welcoming
Oct 12, 2023
What Your Child is Going Through
Oct 11, 2023
Laughing at Our Laziness
Oct 10, 2023
It's a Tool
Oct 09, 2023
The Value of a Godly Life
Oct 06, 2023
Married to an Unbeliever
Oct 05, 2023
He Had to Change Fathers
Oct 04, 2023
What Life Mapping Does
Oct 03, 2023
Leads to Resentment
Oct 02, 2023
Truth Without Grace
Oct 02, 2023
Bridge Work
Sep 28, 2023
Some Strange Ritual
Sep 27, 2023
Determine Your Schedule
Sep 26, 2023
Willing to Ask Three Questions
Sep 25, 2023
Responsibility as a Foster Parent
Sep 22, 2023
Investing in Your Marriage
Sep 21, 2023
Marriage is a Brick House
Sep 20, 2023
When Grandparents Are Needed
Sep 19, 2023
I Rejected My Mother
Sep 18, 2023
You Have Your Baggage
Sep 15, 2023
We Have to Understand …
Sep 14, 2023
Sit in the Darkness
Sep 13, 2023
What I Thought Miracles Were
Sep 12, 2023
Nothing to Fear
Sep 12, 2023
Questions to Moms on Social Media
Sep 08, 2023
Expand Your Kingdom Focus
Sep 08, 2023
You Have to Go Public
Sep 08, 2023
She Gets the Best of Me
Sep 08, 2023
What Mr. Martin Taught Me
Sep 08, 2023
Cornerstone of Marriage
Sep 01, 2023
Complimenting a Job Well Done
Aug 31, 2023
Listening to Parents or Peers?
Aug 30, 2023
While I Was Yet His Enemy
Aug 29, 2023
Undergoing Brainwashing
Aug 29, 2023
The Craziest Age Ever
Aug 25, 2023
Those Deep Places
Aug 24, 2023
Where God is Going to Meet You
Aug 23, 2023
A Good Plan Gone Awry
Aug 22, 2023
Stages of Evangelism
Aug 22, 2023
Don't Get Mad At Your Loved One
Aug 18, 2023
My Heavenly Father Get's it Right
Aug 17, 2023
Walking My Second-Born Down the Aisle
Aug 17, 2023
Mrs. Henderson in My Neighborhood
Aug 15, 2023
Redeeming a Broken Woman's Story
Aug 15, 2023
God's Love and Our Happiness
Aug 15, 2023
It's Been Breaking for Years
Aug 14, 2023
The Decades You Will Have Impact
Aug 14, 2023
She'll Never Have a Wedding
Aug 11, 2023
The Charge of a Stepfather
Aug 11, 2023
Healing Through Forgiveness
Aug 10, 2023
Are We Listening, Can We Hear
Aug 10, 2023
My Childhood Table
Aug 09, 2023
Two Things for Great Relationships
Aug 01, 2023
Tell That Child About Me
Jul 28, 2023
A Job as a Bank Teller
Jul 28, 2023
God Made Brandon a Musician
Jul 26, 2023
The Ministry of Motherhood
Jul 25, 2023
Reset My Mindset
Jul 24, 2023
The Bridge is Open
Jul 20, 2023
Take Off the Victim Glasses
Jul 19, 2023
My First Counseling Appointment
Jul 18, 2023
Something Awfully Good
Jul 17, 2023
Chummy-Chummy
Jul 14, 2023
Take an In-Law to Lunch
Jul 13, 2023
A Question to Ask the In-Laws
Jul 12, 2023
Choice Theory
Jul 11, 2023
I Discovered a World That is...
Jul 11, 2023
Fostering that Generous Heart
Jul 11, 2023
They Own Everything
Jul 11, 2023
The Primary Need of Teenagers
Jul 11, 2023
The American Worldview
Jul 11, 2023
A Cup of Lemonade
Jul 11, 2023
Mowing Your Lawn All Summer
Jun 30, 2023
Watching the Kids All Weekend
Jun 30, 2023
In Community
Jun 28, 2023
Maximize the Now
Jun 27, 2023
Moms and Getting Sleep
Jun 26, 2023
When Things Simmer
Jun 23, 2023
A Weakness of Faith
Jun 22, 2023
We Can Bring Our Kids Outside
Jun 21, 2023
A Visit to Calvary Chapel
Jun 20, 2023
An Unhealthy Workplace
Jun 20, 2023
Honoring Mr. Mom
Jun 16, 2023
Like Having a Vacation on Your Calendar
Jun 15, 2023
When You Think of Home...
Jun 15, 2023
The Great Thing About Focus
Jun 14, 2023
Assets Under Management
Jun 14, 2023
A Biblical View of Freedom
Jun 10, 2023
Asking Questions
Jun 10, 2023
I Had Burned My Bridges
Jun 09, 2023
Did I Redeem Your Life
Jun 08, 2023
The Wounded Party Forgives
Jun 07, 2023
Less Screens is More
Jun 07, 2023
Prayer After an Argument
Jun 06, 2023
Where God Brought Our Marriage
Jun 03, 2023
He's a Miracle Worker
Jun 03, 2023
Where the Victory Is
Jun 03, 2023
If Somebody Tells You Something Right...
Jun 03, 2023
Facade of Connectedness
Jun 03, 2023
The Seven-Day Week
Jun 01, 2023
The Need for Belonging
Jun 01, 2023
Going to Be Lacking
May 31, 2023
The Undeserved Maple Donut
May 27, 2023
You Are Equally Responsible
May 27, 2023
Caring for the Stranger You Married
May 27, 2023
God is With the Betrayed
May 27, 2023
Write that Verse Down
May 27, 2023
Medicine to Help Someone Function
May 27, 2023
Time to Ponder
May 26, 2023
Flat on My Face, Begging God
May 25, 2023
He Bought a Dozen Roses
May 19, 2023
She's Connecting Her Life to Yours
May 18, 2023
Just Fall in Love
May 16, 2023
The Bike
May 16, 2023
Wire to be More Hopeful
Apr 28, 2023
Moments of Triggering
Apr 27, 2023
Healing in Community
Apr 26, 2023
Reframing Your Parenting Perspective
Apr 25, 2023
Circumstances Are Like a Mattress
Apr 24, 2023
Jesus is Going to Companion Me
Apr 21, 2023
Jesus Brought Dignity
Apr 20, 2023
Be Thankful People
Apr 19, 2023
They Still Ask the Question
Apr 18, 2023
What Most Women Struggle With
Apr 17, 2023
Complimenting a Job Well Done
Apr 14, 2023
Listening to Parents or Peers
Apr 13, 2023
Respond to the Feelings
Apr 12, 2023
Discipline of Pausing
Apr 11, 2023
Worship is 24/7
Apr 10, 2023
Serving Like the Early Church Did
Apr 07, 2023
Is Your Marriage Dead?
Apr 06, 2023
Fostering That Generous Heart
Apr 05, 2023
Out of Love for Us
Apr 04, 2023
The Gift of Autism
Apr 03, 2023
Knowing God's Love Personally
Mar 30, 2023
No Perfect Families
Mar 29, 2023
Not Married to the Same Person
Mar 28, 2023
Cherishing Your Spouse
Mar 27, 2023
If We Are Really His Body
Mar 24, 2023
What My Oldest Daughter Said
Mar 23, 2023
Lay Down Your Life for One Another
Mar 22, 2023
What's Really Going on Inside of Them
Mar 21, 2023
Mar 21, 2023
God Came Like a Thunderous Roar
Mar 20, 2023
Give Him the Ammunition
Mar 17, 2023
What My Spouse Has Been Responsible For
Mar 16, 2023
Reading the Bible Changed My Life
Mar 15, 2023
Light em' Up Activity
Mar 14, 2023
Cultivate Gratitude in Your Kids
Mar 13, 2023
I Forgot Socks
Mar 10, 2023
Don't Judge Others
Mar 09, 2023
God's Grace Covers All Sin
Mar 08, 2023
Bigger Than Happiness
Mar 07, 2023
What a Marriage Could Be
Mar 06, 2023
Measuring Love
Mar 03, 2023
Sheep are not Stupid
Mar 02, 2023
Don't Should on Your Kid
Mar 01, 2023
Practical Advice for Dealing with Grief
Feb 28, 2023
Common Grace Blessings
Feb 27, 2023
First Person I Led to Jesus
Feb 24, 2023
Watching Television for Wisdom
Feb 23, 2023
The Small Moments That We Have
Feb 22, 2023
A Faith That Becomes Their Own
Feb 21, 2023
A Son of Promise
Feb 20, 2023
The Doorway to God
Feb 17, 2023
A Different Way
Feb 16, 2023
He's Everybody's Father
Feb 15, 2023
Inner Life Communication
Feb 14, 2023
1 Corinithians 7:28
Feb 13, 2023
A Good Person to Date
Feb 10, 2023
Wrong Hand
Feb 09, 2023
A Lesson From David for Moms
Feb 08, 2023
The Foundation is Absolutely Critical
Feb 07, 2023
Positions for an Opportunity
Feb 06, 2023
Too Many Eyewitnesses
Feb 03, 2023
Reading the Gospel Accounts
Feb 02, 2023
She's Still My Wife
Feb 01, 2023
Provide Serious Fun
Jan 31, 2023
Value Parenting Over Your Paycheck
Jan 30, 2023
Wept My Way to Jesus
Jan 27, 2023
Get off the X
Jan 26, 2023
Whining Versus Self Control
Jan 25, 2023
A Cheerful Heart
Jan 24, 2023
More Interesting Things
Jan 23, 2023
God Loves Your Baby
Jan 20, 2023
A Faith that Becomes Their Own
Jan 19, 2023
A Place for Being Vulnerable
Jan 18, 2023
Prejudice is Everyone's Problem
Jan 17, 2023
Everyone Wants to be a Teacher
Jan 16, 2023
Extending Forgiveness
Jan 13, 2023
Positioned to be a Blessing
Jan 12, 2023
Money Lessons From an Emergency Room
Jan 11, 2023
Stroking His Cheek
Jan 10, 2023
A List of Things to Work On
Jan 09, 2023
What God Does in You
Jan 06, 2023
Listen With Your Eyes
Jan 05, 2023
The Differences We Can Make
Jan 04, 2023
Jump in the Car
Jan 03, 2023
Come Back to It
Jan 02, 2023
Am I Enough?
Dec 30, 2022
Love Must be Free
Dec 29, 2022
Not a Policeman, a Judge
Dec 28, 2022
When Childhood Ends
Dec 27, 2022
Our True Relational Needs
Dec 26, 2022
Go Through Them All Again
Dec 23, 2022
Every Emotion is a Gift
Dec 22, 2022
Protecting Her Heart
Dec 21, 2022
For the Last 15 Years
Dec 20, 2022
Still a Person
Dec 19, 2022
Something Explosive Happened
Dec 16, 2022
The Difference in Jesus
Dec 15, 2022
What Quality Time is Not
Dec 14, 2022
The Words He Kept
Dec 13, 2022
The Wound Was Already There
Dec 12, 2022
Gentle and Quiet Spirit
Dec 09, 2022
What You’ve Been Looking At
Dec 08, 2022
When Was the Last Time?
Dec 07, 2022
Christians Who Don’t Conform
Dec 06, 2022
Tell the Church in America
Dec 05, 2022
Conflict is an Opportunity
Dec 02, 2022
Intimacy is a Spiritual Thing
Dec 01, 2022
Get a Conversation Partner
Nov 30, 2022
Tasted the Honey
Nov 29, 2022
A Party for Jesus
Nov 28, 2022
85 Percent of Residents
Nov 25, 2022
Husband Cooking Dinner
Nov 24, 2022
What Unconditional Love Really Is
Nov 23, 2022
Building Trust With Your Team
Nov 22, 2022
Adding Value to Your Communication
Nov 21, 2022
Marriage is Like a Checking Account
Nov 18, 2022
Leading Mom to Christ
Nov 17, 2022
June 23rd, 1974
Nov 16, 2022
All Their Own Decisions
Nov 15, 2022
An Opportunity in Adversity
Nov 14, 2022
Freedom Is Not Free
Nov 11, 2022
Strengths Based Parenting
Nov 10, 2022
The Bitterness Around Us
Nov 09, 2022
Where the Freedom Is
Nov 08, 2022
Creator of Reality
Nov 07, 2022
When It’s Not My Birthday
Nov 04, 2022
Do You Have a CD?
Nov 03, 2022
Not Happy All the Time
Nov 02, 2022
The First One Adopted
Nov 01, 2022
They Were Lucky
Oct 31, 2022
To Fulfill Those Needs
Oct 28, 2022
Smoke Signals
Oct 27, 2022
You’re on This Trajectory
Oct 26, 2022
I Know My Kids
Oct 25, 2022
First Step to Healing
Oct 24, 2022
First Step to Healing
Oct 21, 2022
Hard Work Isn’t Enough
Oct 20, 2022
What’s Normal?
Oct 19, 2022
Give God the Lemon
Oct 18, 2022
Middle of the Craziness
Oct 17, 2022
Keep Your Voice Even
Oct 14, 2022
Never Lost My Joy
Oct 13, 2022
Strike Against Deception
Oct 12, 2022
We’re Not Pretending
Oct 11, 2022
When Your Grandkids are Far Away
Oct 10, 2022
Did You Tell Them?
Oct 07, 2022
Who Made That Monarch Butterfly?
Oct 06, 2022
Sensitive Responsiveness
Oct 05, 2022
Only Have 10 Minutes
Oct 04, 2022
That’s What God Did
Oct 03, 2022
No to a Request
Sep 30, 2022
For the Wrong Motive
Sep 29, 2022
In Your Daughter’s Heart
Sep 28, 2022
Practice Makes Better
Sep 27, 2022
Meeting Needs in Marriage
Sep 26, 2022
Respect Differing Opinions
Sep 23, 2022
Quiet Connects
Sep 22, 2022
When God Allows the Brakes
Sep 21, 2022
Correct Perspective, Girl
Sep 20, 2022
Seesaw Friendship
Sep 19, 2022
Your Child’s Mission
Sep 16, 2022
Preserve the Life
Sep 15, 2022
An Asset for Your Marriage
Sep 14, 2022
In Spite of Who We Are
Sep 13, 2022
As Much as I Can Handle
Sep 12, 2022
The Decision She Made
Sep 09, 2022
He Likes, She Likes
Sep 08, 2022
Lessons from Mary
Sep 07, 2022
Peace Through Motherhood
Sep 06, 2022
Get Your Eyes Off of Yourself
Sep 05, 2022
Two Things for Younger People
Sep 02, 2022
This is Not Your Fault
Sep 01, 2022
Improving Family Relationships
Aug 31, 2022
Newlywed Fight
Aug 30, 2022
My Voice as a Dad
Aug 29, 2022
What Suffering Produces
Aug 26, 2022
So Many Resources
Aug 25, 2022
Not a Policeman, a Judge
Aug 24, 2022
When Childhood Ends
Aug 23, 2022
The Danger of Infatuation
Aug 22, 2022
What do we Still Have to Offer?
Aug 19, 2022