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Teenage Child Viewing Online Pornography

How should we deal with a teenager who has been viewing sexually explicit material?

Can I donate a car to Focus on the Family?

Can I donate a car to Focus on the Family?

Do you have to be a Christian to work for Focus?

Do you have to be a Christian to work for Focus?

How can I get a job at Focus?

How can I get a job at Focus?

How many people work 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?

What is Focus on the Family’s budget?

When is the day of prayer for the persecuted church?

When is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church?

Why do I receive so many renewal notices for magazine subscriptions?

Why do I receive so many renewal notices for magazine subscriptions?

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Christian Has Deep Doubts About Their Salvation

How can I know that I’m saved when I don’t feel saved?

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Facts vs. Truth

What’s the relationship between “facts” and “truth”? Is there any difference between them? If so, how would you describe it?

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Helping Seniors Get Excited About Their Faith

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 …

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“Original Sin” and Our Need for Salvation

What is “original sin?”

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Reconciling Enslavement to Sin With Freedom of the Will

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 …

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The Dynamic Yet Unchanging Nature of God

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 …

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Varying Interpretations of the Bible

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?

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Adolescent Thinks His Parents Don’t Respect Him

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 …

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Teen Has Friend Involved in Cutting

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?

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What the Bible Says About “Swearing” and “Dirty Words”

What’s so bad about profanity?