How can I help my son get ready for the physical, emotional and psychological changes that adolescence brings?
Family Q&A
How should we deal with a teenager who has been viewing sexually explicit material?
Can I donate a car to Focus on the Family?
Do you have eating facilities on campus?
How can I donate to Focus by way of a non-cash gift?
I’ve heard that it’s important for a father to spend a good deal of time with his son who has ADHD. Is this true?
Is there a family-oriented policy organization or a Family Policy Council in my state? If there isn’t, I would like to have information about starting one. Can you give me that information?
What is Focus on Marriage? When was the simulcast?
What is your organization’s statement of faith?
Who is going to have access and be able to see our Thriving Kids Roadmap questionnaire test results?
Can you help me understand the Supreme Court’s decision in the same-sex marriage case, Obergefell v. Hodges? What did the justices really say, and what are the implications of their decision going forward?
How can I know that I’m saved when I don’t feel saved?
What’s the relationship between “facts” and “truth”? Is there any difference between them? If so, how would you describe it?
How can I help the senior citizens I’m working with to get really enthused about their Christian commitment? They’re all dear, sweet people, and many of them are lifelong saints who have been walking with the Lord for decades. But that’s exactly where the problem lies. There’s nothing I can tell them that they haven’t …
What is “original sin?”
How do we reconcile the idea of “free will” with the doctrine of “indwelling sin”? I’ve always been told that God did not create evil, that human beings sin through their own free choice, and that for this reason we are all accountable before Him. But recently I heard a Bible teacher say that we …
How can Christians say that the God of the Bible never changes? I have often heard preachers and Bible teachers make this claim. I suppose this is a comforting thought, but I’m having trouble reconciling it with my own understanding of Scripture. The more I read the Bible (the Old Testament, anyway) the more confused …
When different people read and understand the Bible in a thousand different ways, how do we know who’s right? Christian ministries like yours are always quoting Scripture and talking about the authority of the Word of God. To me, this raises a huge question: how can I know whose interpretation is correct?
How should a teenager respond when his mom and dad seem to have the attitude that he’s always trying to get away with something? I’ve had it with my parents! I’m not a bad kid, but they don’t respect me at all. I can’t do anything or go anywhere without being subjected to a major …
How can I help a friend at high school who told me that she’s started cutting herself. I don’t know why she’s doing it or how to help. What should I do?