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Focus on the Family is a half-hour daily dose of encouragement and advice for the family with keys to stronger marriages, effective parenting, deeper relationships and a more satisfying lifestyle. Focus on the Family has become one of today's most recognized Christian radio programmes.
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1,984 Episodes
1940 – 1960

Releasing People-Pleasing, Accepting Jesus

Bible teacher and author Jennie Allen encourages women to stop seeking others' approval and to instead find the peace that comes through God's love and acceptance in a discussion based on her book Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard.
27 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

Helping Women Find Sexual Intimacy In Marriage

There are so many women who have never been taught or understood what God’s design and intent for sexual intimacy in marriage is all about. If this rings true, then tune your ear to the next “Focus on the Family,” where Dr Julie Slattery will talk openly about women finding…
25 Jun 2018 11PM 27 min

Disciplining Your Kids With Love and Limits

In a conversation centered on their book Put the Disciple Into Discipline, Erin MacPherson and her mother, Ellen Schuknecht, discuss the importance of parents demonstrating love in the midst of disciplining their children. Erin and Ellen also talk about teaching our kids self-control, helping them (and ourselves) become slow to…
24 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

Loving Your Spouse in the Midst of Parenthood

Patrick Schwenk and his wife, Ruth, offer help for maintaining a thriving marriage amidst the demands of parenthood in a discussion based on their book, For Better or For Kids: A Vow to Love Your Spouse With Kids in the House.
21 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

Guiding Your Young Adult to a Vibrant Faith

Dan Dupee offers encouragement and practical help to parents who are anxious to see their young adult children live out a vibrant Christian faith in a discussion based on his book, It's Not Too Late: The Essential Part You Play in Shaping Your Teen's Faith.
20 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

Embracing the Messiness of Parenting (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family President Jim Daly and his wife, Jean, discuss the cultural pressure moms and dads feel to be perfect parents with perfect children, and explain how imperfect families can actually be healthy families when grace is freely given and received. Dr. Meg Meeker sits in as host…
19 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

Embracing the Messiness of Parenting (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family President Jim Daly and his wife, Jean, discuss the cultural pressure moms and dads feel to be perfect parents with perfect children, and explain how imperfect families can actually be healthy families when grace is freely given and received. Dr. Meg Meeker sits in as host…
18 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

Letting God Redeem Your Broken Life

Author and speaker Elisa Morgan shares her dramatic testimony of growing up in a broken, dysfunctional family, and how that has damaged her own family today. She offers hope as she tells how God can comfort us in our anguish and redeem our brokenness.
17 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

The Value of Mentoring Fatherless Boys

John Smithbaker and Scott MacNaughton discuss the damaging impact of fatherlessness in America and how their mentoring ministry, Fathers in the Field, helps fatherless boys experience the love and faithfulness of their Heavenly Father.
14 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

Better Ways to Communicate With Your Children (Part 2 of 2)

Michael Anderson and Dr. Timothy Johanson encourage parents to stop trying so hard to raise "perfect" kids by lecturing, reminding and warning them – which are often ineffective anyway. Our guests advise that parents should instead adopt a more hands-off approach that lets natural consequences teach their children. (Part 2…
11 Jun 2018 11PM 26 min

Better Ways to Communicate With Your Children (Part 1 of 2)

Michael Anderson and Dr. Timothy Johanson encourage parents to stop trying so hard to raise "perfect" kids by lecturing, reminding and warning them – which are often ineffective anyway. Our guests advise that parents should instead adopt a more hands-off approach that lets natural consequences teach their children. (Part 1…
10 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

25 Years and Still in Love (Part 2 of 2)

Reflecting on 25 years of marriage, Pastor Bob Kraning shares biblical advice on how to have a marriage that will last a lifetime. (Part 2 of 2)
7 Jun 2018 11PM 25 min

25 Years and Still in Love (Part 1 of 2)

Reflecting on 25 years of marriage, Pastor Bob Kraning shares biblical advice on how to have a marriage that will last a lifetime. (Part 1 of 2)
6 Jun 2018 11PM 26 min

Making Win-Win Decisions in Marriage

Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley help couples learn to work together as a team, rather than resorting to disappointing compromise, regarding decision-making in marriage.
5 Jun 2018 11PM 26 min

Fighting for a Stronger Marriage (Part 2 of 2)

Dr. Greg and Mrs. Erin Smalley offer couples practical advice in a discussion based on Greg's book Fight Your Way to a Better Marriage: How Healthy Conflict Can Take You to Deeper Levels of Intimacy. (Part 2 of 2)
31 May 2018 11PM 26 min
1940 – 1960