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What Does the Bible Say About Therapy?

Like many topics in today’s world, the Bible doesn’t specifically mention therapy, yet it does offer profound wisdom about the struggles we face. Christians often have a wide range of views when it comes to therapy and mental health. Even if you’ve never personally questioned whether therapy aligns with your faith, you may have wondered …

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What Does the Bible Say About Drinking Alcohol?

Alcohol is a topic that comes up often in Scripture and remains a relevant conversation toady. For many, it can feel like the Bible sends mixed messages, talking about drinking joyfully in some passages, while mentioning restraining from drunkenness in others. So, how do we make sense of this? The key lies not in the …

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How to Build a Healthy Marriage With Authentic Communication

An affair, pornography addiction and trying to please everyone without caring for self. How could Karen and Bill sort out all of their issues and build a healthy marriage with authentic communication?

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Overcoming Shame: Unexpected Pregnancy and the Church

The pregnancy test was positive. I cried. Pregnancy wasn’t in my plans, because I recently quit my job for full-time entrepreneurship. After telling the father of my twins I was pregnant, he immediately suggested an abortion and offered to pay. I didn’t want to abort. For weeks, he pressured me. Despite uncertainties about motherhood’s impact …

Family Focus Newsletter | June 2025

From heartbroken to hope because of you! After all the lies and arguments, Kevin and Olivia could barely look at each other when they checked in at the Hope Restored marriage intensive. “We arrived broken,” they admitted. Can’t you feel the pain in those words? It is only through your kindness that couples like Kevin …

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  Helping Families Thrive™ © 2022 Focus on the Family, 8605 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 809201-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459)   Thank you for responding “Playing sports or exercising together.” Your feedback is appreciated!

25May: FOFOTF One Question Stay True…

  Helping Families Thrive™ © 2022 Focus on the Family, 8605 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 809201-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459)   Thank you for responding “Stay true to your values & beliefs.” Your feedback is appreciated!

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Why Easter is a Bigger Deal Than Most People Realize

In today’s society, a lot of families think Easter is more about rabbits and chocolate, rather than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Bob Lepine explores various traditions of Easter and points out the true meaning of this holiday — Jesus died and rose again so we can live forever with him in Heaven!

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Healing Our Hurting Marriage

An honest look at a pastor’s marriage that was very nearly destroyed by his addiction to work, and her suppressed feelings of loneliness and anger. Paul and Melody Westbrook explain how their marriage fell apart, and how several days of counseling at Hope Restored helped rebuild it. They explain the “marriage intensive” counseling process, and …

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Navigating Faith Deconstruction with Your Loved Ones

Deconstruction remains one of the most controversial and divisive issues facing the church today. The result has been heartbreaking for families. Apologists Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett help Christians understand what’s happening and how to respond with clarity, confidence, and compassion.

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From Pain to Purpose: How Foster Care Shaped Robert’s Calling

Robert Day entered foster care while still in his mother’s womb. His mother, a single, pregnant teen, was placed into care after an alcohol-fueled road rage incident involving her mother and her mother’s boyfriend left a man dead. Robert’s mother was in the car at the time and was taken by social services and placed …

Family Focus Newsletter | April 2025

Your investment is helping Isaiah rise from “The Pit”! Isaiah trudged up the rickety wooden steps to the small apartment where he lived with his two younger sisters, mom and dad. He grabbed at a long strip of paint, one of many flaking off the outside wall.As he unlocked the door, he glanced across the …

Family Focus Newsletter | Jan/Feb 2025

Thank you for giving mothers and babies a chance! Vivian* didn’t think she could possibly have a baby. She wasn’t married and couldn’t afford a child. Abortion was the clear choice, she decided.Her boyfriend secretly wanted to have the baby but wasn’t sure his opinion mattered.They found a local pregnancy medical clinic for counseling and …

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Conversations on Racial Unity

My transformative journey to a biblical view of race and justice I grew up in South Central Los Angeles in a black neighborhood. I was only 13 years old in 1992 when a jury acquitted four LAPD officers charged with using excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King. The outrage in my …

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Coping With Christmas After Losing a Child

Dreading the holidays after losing a child is normal.