James Dobson

In a tie-in to his film release and DVD study series, Dr. James Dobson presents principles for building a lasting legacy of faith for families everywhere. We live in a culture that seeks to destroy the embryonic faith of our children and usher them into politically correct ideology, godless systems of belief, and gross immorality that would have shocked previous generations. Today's Christian parents truly live in perilous times. But the good news is that you can be victorious in this battle for the hearts, minds, and souls of your precious children. Whatever stage you are in as a parent or grandparent, you can leave a spiritual legacy that will equip your children and grandchildren with an unshakable heritage of faith. How can you teach your children what matters most? By being intentional about their spiritual training. Your Legacy will help you make that the central priority of your family.

Vivimos en una cultura que trata de destruir la fe embrionaria de nuestros hijos y guiarlos a una ideolog a pol ticamente correcta, a sistemas de creencias ateas, y a tanta inmoralidad que habr a conmocionado a las generaciones anteriores. A esto es que se enfrentan los padres cristianos de hoy en d a, y muchos de ellos est n aterrorizados de ello. Vivimos en tiempos realmente peligrosos. Pero la buena noticia es que hay una manera en la cual usted puede salir victorioso de esta batalla por los corazones, mentes y almas de nuestros preciosos hijos. Sea cual sea la etapa en la que se encuentre como padre o abuelo, usted puede dejar un legado espiritual que equipar a sus hijos y nietos con un patrimonio de fe inquebrantable. SU LEGADO le ofrece las respuestas present ndole: La historia personal del Dr. Dobson de su propio legado espiritual; Las estrategias para la formaci n espiritual de los ni os; La ayuda para padres de hijos pr digos; La esperanza de alcanzar a los padres que no han sido salvos; Los principios para desarrollar una relaci n de amor con sus hijos; Los testimonios de padres que lo han hecho bien; Las historias que puede contarles a sus hijos y dejarles su legado; Los pasos que puede tomar para llevar a su hijo a Cristo 'C mo le puede ense ar a sus hijos lo que m s importa? Es siendo intencional sobre su formaci n espiritual. SU LEGADO le ayudar a hacer que esa sea la prioridad central de su familia.

The nightmares have returned. Something, or someone, wants to drag Julia Davidson back into a dreadful conflict she assumed was a distant memory. Was this, like before, the echo of another person's dream? Is she responsible to rescue faces she doesn't recognize but can't forget? Do the murky images suggest she has a part to play in whatever ominous events lie ahead? Things are finally looking up for Matthew Adams. As the top earner at MedCom Associates he has started to crawl out of the financial hole created during his "dark days." And now, out of the blue, a mysterious woman invites him to join a confidential research initiative. She says it will ease the mounting economic crisis. But at what cost to Matthew's fragile sanity, and his tortured soul? Pastor Alex Ware faces a serious problem. The honeymoon period at Christ Community Church has ended. The finance committee says they can't afford another year of dwindling income and dismal growth. The board wants action, now! Aging parishioners would gladly allocate a portion of their estate to help. But only if Alex stops condemning the transition industry and starts affirming what the Youth Initiative calls "our heroic volunteers." In Fatherless and Childless, Dr. James Dobson and Kurt Bruner depicted a time in which present-day trends come to sinister fruition. This eagerly awaited conclusion vividly imagines what happens when God's image on earth is exchanged for the horrors of a GODLESS world.

In the literary tradition of such dystopian novels as 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Children of Men, A Clockwork Orange, The Handmaids Tale, Left Behind and The Hunger Games comes a futuristic fiction series which uncovers how present trends that will impact families in the not-too-distant future. In the first in the series, Fatherless, the 2040 census confirms an economic crisis caused by an aging population, intensifying underlying tensions between opposing cultural agendas. Julia Davidson, an award-winning journalist who is estranged from her "Breeder" friends, seeks to regain her former journalistic glory by reporting on this growing crisis. But doing so makes her an unwitting pawn in a larger plot. An outspoken critic of the values her friends embrace, Julia finds herself inexplicably attracted to the mysterious beauty they embody. Julia is also troubled by recurring nightmares that seem to have something to do with her absent father. She finds herself drawn to the quiet strength of a single man she meets while attending her friend's church.To resolve the growing conflicts in her life, Julia faces choices that weigh personal and professional survival against an uncertain, dangerous future.

Su peque o y obstinado hijo le est distrayendo? C mo criar a un ni o de voluntad firme es el recurso que necesita: un bestseller cl sico completamente revisado, actualizado y ampliado para una nueva generaci n de padres y profesores. Los ni os de car cter fuerte, por muy dif ciles que sean de criar, pueden llegar a ser hombres y mujeres de car cter determinado si se les gu a con amor, comprensi n y la disciplina adecuada. Descubra lo que el Dr. James Dobson, la autoridad m s fiable de hoy en d a en materia de crianza de los hijos, tiene que decir acerca de lo que hace que los ni os de voluntad firme sean como son; c mo formar la voluntad mientras se protege el esp ritu; c mo evitar el error m s com n en la crianza de los hijos; y mucho m s. Si est luchando por criar y ense ar a ni os que est n convencidos de que deber an poder vivir seg n sus propias reglas, C mo criar a un ni o de voluntad firme es una lectura obligada Is a willful little darling driving you to distraction? The Strong-Willed Child is the resource you need―a classic bestseller completely rewritten, updated, and expanded for a new generation of parents and teachers. Challenging as they are to raise, strong-willed children can grow up to be men and women of strong character―if lovingly guided with understanding and the right kind of discipline. Find out what Dr. James Dobson, today's most trusted authority on parenting, has to say about what makes strong-willed children the way they are; shaping the will while protecting the spirit; avoiding the most common parenting mistake; and much more. If you are struggling to raise and teach children who are convinced they should be able to live by their own rules, the new Strong-Willed Child is a must-read

The challenge of sustaining an intimate, faith-based marriage in today's “hurry-up” society has never been greater. Now Night Light, the couples' devotional from Focus on the Family ministry founder Dr. James Dobson and his wife, Shirley, brings spouses together each evening, helping them stay connected with each other and their Lord. Stories that strike an emotional chord, Scripture readings, provocative questions, prayers, and personal commentary from the Dobsons encourage men and women in their homes and spiritual lives. More than just another devotional, Night Light is a practical, uplifting guide for every couple who longs to experience the joyous, intimate, “three-person” marriage covenant God intended.

Su peque o y obstinado hijo le est distrayendo? C mo criar a un ni o de voluntad firme es el recurso que necesita: un bestseller cl sico completamente revisado, actualizado y ampliado para una nueva generaci n de padres y profesores. Los ni os de car cter fuerte, por muy dif ciles que sean de criar, pueden llegar a ser hombres y mujeres de car cter determinado si se les gu a con amor, comprensi n y la disciplina adecuada. Descubra lo que el Dr. James Dobson, la autoridad m s fiable de hoy en d a en materia de crianza de los hijos, tiene que decir acerca de lo que hace que los ni os de voluntad firme sean como son; c mo formar la voluntad mientras se protege el esp ritu; c mo evitar el error m s com n en la crianza de los hijos; y mucho m s. Si est luchando por criar y ense ar a ni os que est n convencidos de que deber an poder vivir seg n sus propias reglas, C mo criar a un ni o de voluntad firme es una lectura obligada Is a willful little darling driving you to distraction? The Strong-Willed Child is the resource you need―a classic bestseller completely rewritten, updated, and expanded for a new generation of parents and teachers. Challenging as they are to raise, strong-willed children can grow up to be men and women of strong character―if lovingly guided with understanding and the right kind of discipline. Find out what Dr. James Dobson, today's most trusted authority on parenting, has to say about what makes strong-willed children the way they are; shaping the will while protecting the spirit; avoiding the most common parenting mistake; and much more. If you are struggling to raise and teach children who are convinced they should be able to live by their own rules, The New Strong-Willed Child is a must-read

Some of today's pastors are relatively untroubled but need help in releasing the pressure inherent in ministry to others. Others are close to running on empty, both spiritually and emotionally. All of them would like someone to confide in who can provide realistic help based on firsthand experience. This is precisely what Pastors at Greater Risk is all about! First published in 1993, this edition is completely rewritten, with updated stats, interviews with contemporary pastoral leaders, and a special emphasis on today's hot-button issues, such as job turnover, pornography, spiritual burnout, congregational turnover, and more. The result: A book that is rich in wisdom and understanding and one that provides pastor-to-pastor help at a time when it is needed more than ever!

In Final Rounds, James Dodson told the poignant story of the golf trip of a lifetime with his terminally ill father. Now, armed with a fly-fishing rod and reel, he embarks with his seven-year-old daughter on an equally memorable journey across America in search of clear-running streams, swift elusive fish, and the eternal truths that only nature can provide. It has been said that life is what happens while you're waiting to go fishing. Only weeks after his eleven-year marriage abruptly ended in an amicable divorce, James Dodson decided to go on a fly-fishing pilgrimage west. His goal: to heal his wounded spirit and explain as best he could the vagaries of life and love to his beautiful, precocious seven-year-old daughter, Maggie. With his beat-up truck, Old Blue, and his aging retriever, Amos, Dodson and Maggie travel without plans or reservations, following where the spirit--and the lure of America's mighty rivers--leads them, on their way to one of America's grandest treasures: Yellowstone National Park. On the way, Dodson discovers a great deal about fishing, about America, and about the special relationship that exists only between a father and daughter. They travel from the Adirondacks, once a fly-angler's haven, to the mist-shrouded Niagara Falls. From the Michigan lakes where Ernest Hemingway roamed as a boy to small-town county fairs. From the majesty of Mount Rushmore to the mysticism of Harney's Peak, where Black Elk had his legendary visions, to finally the fly-fisherman's paradise of the San Juan River. Together father and daughter are bound by a tie as resilient and unpredictable as a fly-fisherman's line. For as the emotional waters in which they fish become ever more turbulent, Maggie's unspoken feelings of grief, anger, and blame begin to surface--a depth of hurt that forces Dodson to face his own unacknowledged pain and, worse, leaves him feeling helpless to make everything all right in his daughter's life again. Yet if fly-fishing has taught James Dodson anything, it is the rewards of patience, of following the wisdom of the course of the stream, the unexpected revelations reflected in still pools, and, of course, an abiding belief in plain dumb luck. With a little of each, these faithful travelers will find their way home again. Literate, honest, and deeply observant, Faithful Travelers is a beautiful meditation on the bond between parent and child and the nature of love and loss. In Faithful Travelers, James Dodson proves that sometimes life isn't what happens while you're waiting to go fishing: sometimes it happens while you're there.

Cuando lo que Dios hace no tiene sentido es un libro inmensamente pr ctico para aquellos que est n luchando con pruebas y aflicciones que no pueden entender. Por qu la enfermedad, el desastre natural, el divorcio, el rechazo, la muerte o alguna otra pena se cuela en nuestras vidas cuando estamos tratando de servir al Se or? No parece justo. Este libro aborda sin tapujos la pregunta m s inquietante de la vida: " Por qu ?". Bas ndose en su larga experiencia como psic logo cristiano y consejero familiar, el Dr. Dobson trae esperanza a aquellos que casi se han rendido. Cuando lo que Dios hace no tiene sentido tambi n ayuda a los creyentes a evitar la "barrera de la traici n" la sensaci n de que Dios los abandona en medio de las tormentas de la vida. When God Doesn't Make Sense is an immensely practical book for those who are struggling with trials and heartaches they can't understand. Why does disease, natural disaster, divorce, rejection, death, or some other sorrow seep into our lives when we are trying to serve the Lord? It just doesn't seem fair This book deals unflinchingly with life's most troubling question―"Why?" Drawing on his long experience as a Christian psychologist and family counselor, Dr. Dobson brings hope to those who have almost given up. When God Doesn't Make Sense also helps believers avoid the "betrayal barrier"―the sense that God is abandoning them amid the storms of life.