Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Nicole Wilkie, director and author who grew up in a large foster/adoptive family, blends personal experience with research on resilient kids. She explores how presence, validation, and supportive relationships help children heal. Short practical approaches include separating feelings from identity, graded challenges, and nurturing a future-focused hope.

Jonathan McKee, social researcher and author who studies media’s impact on families. He explores how screens crowd out real connection. He discusses pressure from posting and the tiny odds of influencer fame. Research links rising teen depression to screen use. Practical tips include media fasts and trimming distractions to refocus on relationships and faith.

Deborah Pegues, CPA, Bible teacher and author of 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue, shares practical, faith-based steps for controlling speech. She describes her 30-day tongue fast and the roots of pride, complaining, and self-centered talk. Short, actionable strategies cover listening better, avoiding half-truths and retaliation, and offering constructive correction to protect relationships.

Ben Sasse, former U.S. senator and university president facing stage-four cancer, offers candid reflections on faith and family. He talks about suffering as spiritual growth. He frames life as a pilgrimage with eternal hope. He urges fathers to prioritize worship, Sabbath, and presence. He discusses talking about death with kids and clinging to gospel hope.

Ben Sasse, former U.S. senator and university president, speaks as a husband and father facing stage-four cancer. He reflects on God's relational Trinity and why God allows suffering. He shares the story of his diagnosis and caring for his children. He also talks about idolatry, the role of government, social media's harms, and practical ways families cultivate faith.

Champ Thornton, author and children’s ministry specialist, helps families make the Bible lively for kids. He shares simple routines for memorable devotions. He explains reading Scripture as history, pattern, and personal mirror. He offers playful tools like dinner-table games and wisdom from Proverbs to spark faith conversations.

Joshua Becker reveals the secret to finding more freedom, time, money, and peace in your life – owning less! Hear the steps to unlocking more margin to be generous, pursue God, and build up your family by practicing minimalism.    Receive a copy of Uncluttered Faith and an audio download of "Simplify Your Life and Open Your Heart to Spiritual Growth" for your donation of any amount!   Get More Episode Resources    If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, please give us your feedback.

Ollie Lia shares his story of struggling with anxiety when he started high school, and how his mom, Amber, helped him work through it. Ollie and Amber offer practical steps for teens and parents of teens to work through mental health challenges and find peace in Christ.   Receive a copy of You are Seen and an audio download of "How to Help Your Teen Overcome Anxiety" for your donation of any amount!   Get More Episode Resources    If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, please give us your feedback.

Greg Koukl provides concrete ways to take a stand for our beliefs. He focuses especially on issues within the culture that cause most Christians to falter when faced with challenges from non-believers. He trains us to use questions to whittle away arguments and bring God’s truth to light.   Receive Street Smarts and an audio download of "How to Answer Challenges to Your Faith" for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly support helps families thrive.   Get More Episode Resources    If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, please give us your feedback.

Greg Koukl, apologist and founder of Stand to Reason who trains Christians in calm, reasoned dialogue. He explains why engaging culture matters. He contrasts long-term sowing with immediate harvesting. He teaches the Columbo questioning method to gently expose weak claims. He urges practice, patience, and trusting God while navigating cultural challenges.