🚨 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...
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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...
Is Gary Chapman’s Marriage Advice Safe for Abuse Victims? A Critical Review of Focus on the Family’s Claims and Credentials
Is Gary Chapman’s Marriage Advice Safe for Abuse Victims? A Critical Review of Focus on the Family’s Claims and Credentials Safety, Truth, and Accountability in Christian...
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 Patricia went to Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored marriage...
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 Video version here: Restoring Hope: An Integrative Approach to Marital Therapy is not...
Will Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored Marriage Intensive Fix My Desperate Marriage?
Will Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored Marriage Intensive Fix My Desperate Marriage? A closer look at Focus on the Family’s marriage-intensive program and the dangers of...
Will a Hope Restored Marriage Intensive Fix My Marriage?
A Hope Restored Marriage Intensive: Will It Fix My Marriage? If someone had told me years ago that Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored program would claim, with breathtaking...
The Truth About Focus on the Family’s “Hope Restored” Study: What the 2011 Research Really Says
The Truth About Focus on the Family’s “Hope Restored” Study: What the 2011 Research Really Says Keywords: Hope Restored marriage intensive, Focus on the Family research, Robert...