Forgiveness That Lets Abusive Fathers Off the Hook Why Focus on the Family Still Echoes Dobson-Era Harm For decades, James Dobson shaped how conservative Christians talk about...
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Are “Traditional Marriage Vows” Biblical? How Focus on the Family Misuses Them
Focus on the Family’s “5 Traditional Marriage Vows”: Are These Even Biblical — and How Are They Misused? Recent Focus on the Family social media and article present five phrases...
Why James Dobson’s Article Is So Useful to Predators
Why James Dobson’s Article Is So Useful to Predators Many people wonder why Jeffrey Epstein would recommend a James Dobson article to one of his victims. For audio summary in...
Epstein, Dobson, and the Theology That Protects Abusers
🚨 Why Epstein Found James Dobson Useful — and Why Focus on the Family Still Does The Epstein files contained a detail that should stop Christians cold. For audio narration in...
Why the #GreaterThan Campaign Isn’t Actually Pro-Child
🧒 The #GreaterThan Campaign Video Who’s Speaking, What’s Missing, and Why Abuse Can’t Be Ignored 🎧 Audio summary (multiple languages) The #GreaterThan campaign presents itself as...
Lies Women Believe: Why This Christian Bestseller Endangers Abused Wives
Review of Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss Wolgemuth Lies Women Believe has shaped Christian women’s Bible studies for more than two decades. It has been distributed at...
When Divorce Is Personal: What Greg Smalley’s Story Reveals About Church Double Standards
How Churches (and Focus on the Family) Treat Divorcees—And How the Smalleys Treated Their Daughter What Greg Smalley’s Article Reveals About Divorce, Compassion, and Double...
Is Divorce Really “Contagious”? What the Church Keeps Missing
When “Divorce Is Contagious” Misses the Real Story A response to Erin Smalley—and the people who pushed back in the comments Erin Smalley’s Focus on the Family article, “How Do I...
What Focus on the Family’s 2025 Marriage Report Gets Wrong About Divorce, Faith, and Abuse
What Focus on the Family’s 2025 Marriage Report Gets Wrong About Divorce, Faith, and Abuse An abuse-informed review of the State of the Family: Marriage Health in America report...
Critics Push Back: Answering Objections to How Gary Chapman Talks About His Wife, Karolyn
Critics Push Back: Answering 7 Objections to How Gary Chapman Talks About His Wife, Karolyn Dec 13, 2025 — When I published my recent article examining how marriage educator Dr....
The Surprising Way Dr. Gary Chapman Talks About His Wife, Karolyn — And Why It Matters
The Surprising Way Dr. Gary Chapman Talks About His Wife, Karolyn — And Why It Matters For decades, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, has been held up as the...
Dr. Gary Chapman’s Double-Speak Blame Decoder
Dr. Gary Chapman’s Double-Speak Blame Decoder Dr. Gary Chapman is an evangelical pastor and bestselling author. A longtime speaker for Focus on the Family, he presents himself as...
English Subtitles for “HOPE FOR YOUR HURTING MARRIAGE” Focus on the Family (Videos 4-6)
English subtitles and transcript for: "Finding Hope for Your Hurting Marriage" (6-part video series from Focus on the Family) Video #1: "Living in Reality" - not available Video...
Is Gary Chapman’s Marriage Advice Safe for Abuse Victims? A Critical Review of Focus on the Family’s Claims and Credentials
Every time Gary Chapman gives marriage advice, abusive husbands pick up new ideas for manipulating their wives — and his new Focus on the Family interview, “How to Have a Better...
An Open Invitation to All Focus on the Family Contributors
Welcome, Focus Contributors and Authors! Your words and support shape families seeking guidance from Focus on the Family. Many of those families are facing domestic violence and...
Dear Focus on the Family, You Cannot Serve God and Money
It appears that Focus on the Family® wishes it could have it both ways—a glowing reputation for defending abuse victims and the steady flow of donations tied to being fiercely...
Hope Restored Marriage Intensive: Real Results From 44 Former Attendees
Hope Restored Marriage Intensive: Real Results From 44 Former Attendees As a Christian divorce recovery leader, I am asked frequently about marriage intensives. So I did a survey...
When “Restoring Hope” Meant Losing Safety: Patricia’s Story and the Hidden Cost of Christian Marriage Therapy
When “Restoring Hope” Meant Losing Safety: Patricia’s Story and the Hidden Cost of Christian Marriage Therapy Editor’s note (sources & ethics). Names and identifying details...
Hope Restored or False Hope? Inside the Unverified Science of Focus on the Family’s Marriage Intensive
🧩 Introduction In 2011, Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored marriage intensive—then known as the National Institute of Marriage (NIM)—published a paper it claimed proved the...
When Hope Restored Stops the Process: Why You Can’t Choose Divorce Inside the Focus on the Family Marriage Intensive
💔 When Hope Restored Stops the Process: Why You Can’t Choose Divorce at Focus on the Family’s Marriage Intensive If you’re reading this, you might be in a marriage that feels...
Book Review: Restoring Hope by Robert S. Paul, Robert K. Burbee, and Christine A. Arnzen
Book Review: Restoring Hope by Robert S. Paul, Robert K. Burbee, and Christine A. Arnzen Can Focus on the Family’s “Hope Restored” Intensive Truly Heal a Desperate Marriage? See...