More than 200 bills that would restrict vaccinations have been introduced in state legislatures so far this year. State groups aligned with Focus on the Family say these bills protect religious liberty, conscience rights, informed consent and full bodily autonomy….
Help wanted: Focus on the Family seeks Jim Daly’s successor
Focus on the Family is seeking a “next-gen” president/CEO to replace the nearly 65-year-old Jim Daly, who for two decades has put a friendlier face on the influential conservative ministry founded by James Dobson, who died last August. The search…
Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor
Both a Democratic Socialist and a Republican ministry leader who worked with James Dobson will be on Colorado’s ballot this November. But primary voters rejected candidates affiliated with Ryan Dobson and health-and-wealth preacher Andrew Wommack in last week’s state primaries….
Most-read opinion piece called out evangelicals’ hypocrisy
Baptist News Global’s most-read opinion pieces this year were connected in various ways to President Donald Trump and authoritarianism. Readers also showed interest in articles about Calvinist preacher John MacArthur and Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk, both of whom died in…
Dobson remembered as hero, pioneer and loving father
Children and former associates of James Dobson honored the “pro-family” leader at an Oct. 4 memorial service in Denver that highlighted his roles as a father and man of deep faith rather than his political activism. Dobson’s ministry has released…
Theologian moms call out myths of ‘biblical’ parenting ‘experts’
The book is called The Myth of Good Christian Parenting, but its theologian-mom authors expose not one but a dozen myths promoted by a “biblical” parenting expert boom that has left some moms and dads feeling betrayed and some children…
James Dobson and Charlie Kirk and whether to rejoice in death
Over the past several weeks, my mind has called back to the words of 1 Corinthians 13:6 over and again as high-profile death announcements flash across my feeds: “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth.” I…
James Dobson’s America
Whatever a real American family was supposed to look and act like, I couldn’t have told you. I was raised on 1980s comedy television. Each evening, I watched the whole slate of sitcoms, most of which were about families, and…
James Dobson, high priest of ‘family values,’ dead at 89
James Dobson, the Focus on the Family founder who turned “family values” into a household phrase and political rallying cry, died Thursday morning at age 89. The James Dobson Family Institute announced his death in an early morning email that…
‘We don’t hate, but they do,’ conservative Christian activists claim
When conservative Christian activist groups are called hateful or placed on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate map, they claim innocence and reverse the charge: “The real haters are those people who say we’re hateful.” “You are not hateful or…
Gloomy James Dobson urges ‘patriot pastors’ to lead believers into battle
James Dobson has much to celebrate. Roe v. Wade is history. President Donald Trump is reversing transgender gains, targeting elite universities and defunding Planned Parenthood and public broadcasting. Dobson’s disciples lead the Senate and House, and conservatives have a majority…
Elon Musk dismantles evangelical ‘family values’
“Family values” have returned to eugenics, the practice of selective breeding of humans to improve their genetic composition. The new champion of eugenics, now known as the pro-natalist or genetic-determinist movement, is Elon Musk. “Family values,” a political weapon of…