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  Focus on the Family (Dr. James Dobson) - Broadcast Archives
Joining the conversation are Focus on the Family President Jim Daly and Tom Minnery, Focus' Vice President of Public Policy.
Dobson also discusses the significant influence his father had on Focus on the Family, describing how the worldwide ministry was an answer to his dad's prayers.
James C. Dobson, Ph.D., is founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, a non-profit organization that produces his internationally syndicated radio programs, heard on more than 3,000 radio facilities in...
www.oneplace.com /Ministries/Focus_on_the_Family/Archives.asp   (2642 words)

  
 Focus on the Family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Focus on the Family is one of a number of evangelical para-church organizations whose stated aim is not to start a new church or denomination, but to work interdenominationally to protect and promote their definitions of traditional family and family values.
Focus on the Family also embraces and reflects the wider political agenda of its conservative American Christian audience, for instance promoting a religiously-centered conception of American identity and the support of Israel.
Focus on the Family employee Mark Hartwig is also a fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, a connection which has helped to publicize intelligent design extensively; James Dobson often features intelligent design proponents on his Focus on the Family radio program.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Focus_on_the_Family   (1431 words)

  
 Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family began in 1977 in response to Dr. James Dobson's increasing concern for the American family.
Focus on the Family is profoundly disappointed that the largest family-friendly company in the nation has surrendered to a small handful of homosexual activists and will subject 1.3 million employees to "sensitivity training" on homosexual issues.
Focus on the Family applauded the end of a long legislative battle to ban partial-birth abortion hailing the House's 282 to 139 vote to ban the barbaric practice last night.
www.charitywire.com /charity63/index.html   (1136 words)

  
 James Dobson Cannot Commend the TNIV - A press release from Focus on the Family   (Site not responding. Last check: )
James C. Dobson, Ph.D. is a child psychologist, author, radio broadcaster and the president of Focus on the Family.
Founded in 1977, Focus on the Family is a nonprofit Christian organization committed to strengthening the family in the U.S. and throughout the world.
Focus on the Family’s daily radio broadcast is heard on 4,400 radio stations worldwide and their nine publications reach over 2.5 million homes each month.
www.cbmw.org /resources/tniv/dobson.php   (437 words)

  
 Focus on the Family - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Focus on the Family was founded by the warlord James Dobson in 1942 after Dobson's unsuccessful bid for the presidency of Uruguay.
Dobson's hatred for families goes back to 1890, when he was a humble apprentice under the two balding Kodak brothers, George Kodak and Eastman Kodak of Rochester NY.
Focus on the Family aims to destroy families in the most direct manner possible: direct thermo-nuclear strikes.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Focus_on_the_Family   (516 words)

  
 Focus on the Family News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Focus on the Family said Tuesday one of its senior officials will join the team overseeing a counseling program for Ted Haggard, the evangelical minister who was fired from his...
A pastor from Focus on the Family says disgraced preacher Ted Haggard faces three to five years of intense counseling, prayer and rebuke from what he calls "godly men" as he battles back from allegations of gay...
Throughout Focus on the Family's broadcast on the Ted Haggard scandal this Monday, James Dobson and his guests took special care to distance themselves from Haggard while unwittingly empathizing with their...
www.topix.net /who/focus-on-the-family   (760 words)

  
 People For the American Way - Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family's mission is to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in disseminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible, and, specifically, to accomplish that objective by helping to preserve traditional values and the institution of the family.
Focus on the Family (FOF) is the largest international religious-right group in the United States, a multi-media empire that includes its own “campus” and zip code in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Focus on the Family’s ownership of its land (it prefers to own rather than rent its space) and buildings add up to $48 million on its books, and in 2004 they cited the cost of upkeep and improvements on their property to be over $101.5 million.
www.pfaw.org /pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=4257   (1538 words)

  
 Improving Patient Care - March 2001 Family Practice Management
In almost one-third of observed visits, a patient's family member was present, and in 18 percent of visits, family physicians discussed the health problems of a patient's family member.
Physicians with a "family orientation style" were more likely to view the family as a unit of care, seeing multiple members of the same family, using family charts and addressing family issues during patient visits.
A focus on the family is one of the keys to providing comprehensive care.
www.aafp.org /fpm/20010300/49focu.html   (995 words)

  
 DBU Focus On the Family Institute
A division of Focus on the Family, the Focus on the Family Institute study program is conducted at the scenic Colorado Springs campus.
The Focus on the Family Institute is committed to transforming hearts and minds.
The program is designed to move students from an understanding of God and the family to a heartfelt passion to serve Him and those within their field of study, interest, and calling.
www.dbu.edu /special_programs/focus_family.asp   (315 words)

  
 Focus on the Family:
Focus on the Family was born in the spring of 1977, shortly after I had resigned from the faculty of the University of Southern California, School of Medicine.
When Focus on the Family was organized back in 1977, it was our intent to teach and reinforce the fundamentals of child discipline, adolescent development, marital harmony and other principles of family living from a biblical perspective.
Focus on the Family has some excellent literature on the heart-rending problems of what to do when you discover your spouse is having an affair.
www.servantsnews.com /sn9611/s961109.htm   (4150 words)

  
 Dobson spiritual empire wields political clout - The Boston Globe
To Dobson, Focus on the Family is a God-ordained ministry.
As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Focus on the Family relies on tax-deductible donations and is prohibited from engaging in partisan politics.
To expand its political influence, the organization last year created a spinoff entity, called Focus on the Family Action, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit whose donations are not tax-deductible and is freer to engage in lobbying and voter registration.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/10/09/dobson_spiritual_empire_wields_political_clout   (2405 words)

  
 Focus on the Family
FOTF has its own 501(c)(4) called Focus on the Family Action.
Focus on the Family launched one of the most astonishing disinformation campaigns in the nation in Missouri in August.
Focus on the Family covertly distributed 90,000 brochures, stealing feminists' rhethoric and then using those feminists to argue against stem cell research.
www.mediatransparency.org /recipientprofile.php?recipientID=116   (239 words)

  
 Focus on the Family Action: About Us
Focus on the Family Action is a new cultural action organization that is completely separate from Focus on the Family, legally.
It has been created by separating out of Focus on the Family those activities which constitute lobbying under the IRS code so that they can be expanded in scope.
Because gifts to Focus on the Family are tax deductible, the Internal Revenue Service severely limits its involvement in such issues.
www.focusaction.org /Welcome/A000000105.cfm   (622 words)

  
 Focus on the Family
Families in Maryland who have a child with a developmental disability who is living in the home, or individuals with disabilities may be eligible for services.
Service coordinators assist individuals and families in the development of plans to meet their needs by exploring options in the family network, generic services, and state funded services, then helps to arrange and monitor needed supports providing advocacy as necessary.
Families Involved Together is staffed entirely by parents of children with special needs.
www.family-networks.org /focus.cfm   (1373 words)

  
 Focus on the Family - dKosopedia
Focus on the Family (FOF) is a U.S. evangelical group founded by Dr. James Dobson and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In 1992 the overtly political activities of Washington-based lobbying arm of the group threatened the nonprofit status of Dobson's operation, the two organizations became legally separate with the lobbying group becoming the Family Research Council.
Focus on the Family is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Focus_on_the_Family   (260 words)

  
 Focus On The Family Joins Mormons-Muslims-Hindus:Bill Fields:PeaceMakers International, 630.668.1205 Ministry of ...
Focus On The Family Unequally Yoked with Muslims, Mormons and Catholics
We have for a long time committed ourselves to advocating for the family in government arenas, and the forming of broad coalitions is a normal and customary part of government lobbying.
To sum up, in all of Focus on the Family's dealings with individuals and groups who do not completely subscribe to our Christian and evangelical convictions, it is crucial to exercise keen discernment, keeping one eye on the fundamentals of the faith and another on the practical goals we are seeking to accomplish.
www.cephasministry.com /lds_focus_family_islam_hindus.html   (2671 words)

  
 Focus on the Family Counseling Services
Focus on the Family, the Christian ministry that operates Pure Intimacy, maintains a Counseling Department dedicated to providing caring support and counsel for anyone in need.
Focus on the Family does not advocate one particular treatment method over any other, but does maintain that a healthy spiritual life is essential to any long-term recovery.
Focus on the Family and Pure Intimacy resources are available to anyone regardless of age, race, gender, faith or creed, but we do approach life and its struggles from a Christian worldview.
www.pureintimacy.org /gr/getting_started/a0000149.cfm   (1090 words)

  
 Focus On The Family Employer Info on CareerBuilder
Focus on the Family began in 1977 in response to Dr. James Dobson's increasing concern for the American family.
Focus on the Family has since become an international organization with more than 74 different ministries requiring nearly 1,300 employees.
Focus also responds to as many as 55,000 letters a week, offers professional counseling and referrals to a network of 1,500 therapists, and addresses public policy and cultural issues.
www.careerbuilder.com /Jobs/Company/C8C7J26HV855FVL6HX9/Focus-On-The-Family/?Page=News&cbRecursionCnt=1   (659 words)

  
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Dobson's Focus On The Family has endorsed and heavily promoted Hugh Ross' 1989 and 1991 book- "The Fingerprint of God" which is a polemic of progressive creationism, theistic evolution and thereby is a denial of orthodox Christianity's literal, factual, historical interpretation of the first 11 Chapters of the Book of Genesis.
Focus also has a team - I don't remember whether it was three or five people who travel the United States and of course, are put up in hotels or motels as they visit with large donors.
Focus On The Family's organization of doctors, of attorneys and the many family policy councils around the United States are supplied with materials to encourage them to lobby for Focus's opinions and desires.
www.despatch.cth.com.au /Transcripts/Dobson2.htm   (9827 words)

  
 Why Focus On The Family is of the Devil: A Christian perspective - By Elroy
Focus On The Family first admonishes our believer to keep listening, because their programs will help heal the damage in his soul.
Rather than idolizing Christ and his ideals of grace and forgiveness, Focus On The Family makes an idol of their personal ideologies and holds it up for all to follow.
They are deluded by their own image as defenders of family values and shielded from criticism by the "righteousness" of their cause.
www.elroy.net /ehr/focus.html   (1910 words)

  
 Focus on the Family & Theosophical Society Connections
On February 3, 2001, H. London, cousin of Dr. James Dobson and an executive of Focus on the Family, was Master of Ceremony for the PLNU Alumni Association “farewell to the [Pasadena] campus” event.
He detailed that Focus on the Family, while the staff did not necessarily understand the larger picture, needed to know, had a plan.
Focus on the Family went so far as to plead with the representatives of the Liberal Catholic Church to join them for what would be a “memorable event”, and if they couldn’t, please send representatives in their place - two designated representatives - this is the exact quote.
watch.pair.com /fotf.html   (2920 words)

  
  Focus on the Family Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Focus on the Family Chairman James C. Dobson, Ph.D., issued the following statement today about the death of Dr. Ted W. Engstrom, the former president of World Vision who served on Focus on the Family's board of directors for more than a quarter-century.
This is an enormous loss for the cause of evangelical Christianity and for the thousands of men and women whose lives were made better by Ted's love, compassion and faith.
Colorado Springs, Colo. —— Focus on the Family Judicial Analyst Bruce Hausknecht today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court accepting for review the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals case that struck down the 2003 federal partial-birth abortion ban: "This is welcome news.
www.newsbull.com /m.asp?id=1095   (390 words)

  
 Pure Pedantry : Focus on the Family Opposes HPV vaccine
Focus on the Family, a conservative social organization located in Colorado Springs, CO, has decided to oppose the mandatory vaccination of young girls for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a virus linked to the formation of cervical cancer.
In other words, Focus supports the right of parents to deliberately allow their daughters to be exposed to cervical cancer.
Focus on the Family's official statement is here.
scienceblogs.com /purepedantry/2006/06/focus_on_the_family_opposes_hp_1.php   (2176 words)

  
 The Deceit of Dr. James Dobson and Focus on the Family
For millions of supporters of Focus on the Family, including the large constituencies of Evangelical, Catholic and Charismatic believers the notion that there are catastrophic problems within a ministry they have been led to believe is helping to strengthen the family unit and spread the Gospel is often hard for them to grasp.
Focus on the Family allows a fraudulent tape to remain in circulation and has never issued a direct warning about it in any of their magazines or over the radio.
Focus on the Family was not the only organization to be fooled by this Tom Papania fellow.
www.christianissues.com /focus.html   (6647 words)

  
 Focus on the family - The Boston Globe
Focus on the family - The Boston Globe
It's the story of his family's efforts to include him in his school, family, and community, and that of other families with a range of experiences with inclusion, both positive and negative.
Yet the documentary reflects the joy of family life with Samuel, who, with assistance from his father, is involved in such activities as T-ball and basketball, and who roughhouses with his brother just like any other sibling.
www.boston.com /lifestyle/family/articles/2007/12/03/focus_on_the_family   (1279 words)

  
 Focus on the Family Conference on Homosexuality Comes to Seattle...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Focus on the Family Conference on Homosexuality Comes to Seattle...
Heche is the mother of Anne Heche, the former lesbian partner of Ellen DeGeneres; she also lost her husband to a long battle with AIDS after he secretly lived a homosexual life during their marriage.
James C. Dobson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, radio broadcaster and founder of Focus on the Family.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=48242   (427 words)

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