Should I attend the same-sex wedding of a family member? This is a dilemma I never dreamed I’d face, and I’m agonizing over the decision. I don’t want to destroy a relationship or forfeit my opportunity to have a continuing positive influence in this person’s life. At the same time, I can’t help feeling that …
Family Q&A
Exactly how do people become gay? If homosexuality is wrong, why does it exist as part of God’s creation? What’s your perspective on a child who expresses clear homosexual tendencies before he or she is even old enough to know what sex is all about? And while I’m on the subject, why does your ministry …
How can I help my son get ready for the physical, emotional and psychological changes that adolescence brings?
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 to be a Christian to work for Focus?
How can I get a job at Focus?
How many people work at Focus?
I’ve been hearing about the adoption of “frozen embryos.” What can Focus tell me about this process?
I’ve been hearing about the adoption of “frozen embryos.” What can you tell me about this process?
What is Focus on the Family’s budget?
When is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church?
Why do I receive so many renewal notices for magazine subscriptions?
What is Focus on Life Day?
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?