Review of “Combatting the Lies That Can Destroy Your Marriage,” a Focus on the Family Video Series Based on the book 9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage, a Focus on the Family...
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12 Half-Truths in Focus on the Family’s “How Could Divorce Affect My Kids?”
12 Half-Truths in Focus on the Family’s “How Could Divorce Affect My Kids?” Focus on the Family should be ashamed of this article. Why? Because it tells frightened parents that...
Rating Focus on the Family’s Premarital Advice Articles
Scorecard for Premarital Articles from Focus on the Family Are you a pastor, parent, or friend wondering whether certain Focus on the Family articles are wise premarital reading?...
What Resources Does Focus on the Family Give to Abuse Victims on Social Media?
Thousands of Pleas for Help Every week, thousands of people reach out to Focus on the Family, many “experiencing painful and often destructive situations… even incidents of...
Book Review of Ready to Wed? by Focus on the Family: Helpful—but Incomplete
Ready to Wed? Premarital Curriculum from Focus on the Family Pros and Cons for Pastors and Small Group Leaders Ready to Wed? is a structured, church-friendly premarital...
Pastors and Christian Divorcees: What LifeWay’s Surveys Reveal About the Church Divorce Gap
Pastors and Christian Divorcees: What the LifeWay Surveys Reveal About the Church Divorce Gap In 2015, Focus on the Family sponsored LifeWay Research to conduct multiple surveys...
Pastors: Think Twice Before Using Focus on the Family’s Marriage Ministry Materials
Pastors: Think Twice Before Using Focus on the Family’s Marriage Ministry Materials I am pro-marriage. I have spent years defending covenant faithfulness, calling out serial...
What the LifeWay Divorce Study Reveals — And Why Focus on the Family Isn’t Talking About It
The LifeWay Divorce Study: What the Data Reveals — And What Focus on the Family Hasn’t Addressed In 2015, LifeWay Research conducted a national survey of 1,000 churchgoers who...
Terrible Forgiveness Articles That Blame Victims and Excuse Predators
Terrible Forgiveness Articles That Blame Victims and Excuse Predators Some Christian forgiveness articles sound compassionate at first. They talk about grace, freedom,...
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 protested her interpretation in the comments Erin Smalley’s Focus on the Family...
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...