Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
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Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
I have a problem with that: I think Humpty Dumpty was pushed!
Of all the people I know, in an effort to find some semblance of reality about what really happened, I am the only one who has talked to both sides – Dr. James Dobson and Jim Daly, the new president of Focus on the Family who also represents the board.
I think that Focus does have a new focus; an image change designed to make them accepted and well-liked rather than standing for righteousness in an unrighteous society.
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Dr. James Dobson is one of the most loving, committed Christian men I have ever met. I love him with all my heart, am committed to him and would take a bullet for him.
He is too gracious to ask the question, but someone has to, so I will: Why is he off the air at Focus on the Family when he and his son are starting their own radio program elsewhere so he can remain on the air?
The infusion of biblical truth into the culture over the years by Focus on the Family has been a miraculous movement of God, and all at the hands of Dr. James and Shirley Dobson.
What is this new Focus on the Family? There is a tendency after many years of success for new blood and new minds to come in with a new plan. (I've always thought: If it ain't broke, don't fix it!) Just because something sounds new and elegant does not guarantee it will be better.
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A great example of the products currently coming out of the new Focus on the Family is the Tim Tebow ad during the Super Bowl. It said nothing. What a great opportunity that was to promote the pro-life position by revealing what abortion really is. But I guess they didn't want to offend the world and wanted to make sure everyone loved them.
The current emphasis at Focus is on being loved and understood. I have read the entire Bible from Genesis 1:1 through Revelation 22:21 – and while it says, "The truth shall set you free," nowhere does it say, "Sensitivity shall set you free." What set the Focus board free to take Dr. Dobson off the air?
I am not very happy with the new, progressive, "loving" leadership at Focus on the Family. However, it is God's ministry, and He will do with it what He pleases.
While I don't work for Focus, I definitely have an opinion. God used Dr. James Dobson as its founder to change the world's view of the family. Taking him off the air effective this month was not Dr. Dobson's decision but a board decision. Why was that decision made? What prayerful consideration did the board engage in that ended with their choice to remove Dr. Dobson from the air? Evidently, he didn't want to stop his voice from being heard over the airways after turning over leadership to the new team. The new radio program he is launching tells me that.
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It was, after all, the James Dobson radio program, not the Focus on the Family radio program. This board will regret its decision not to honor the founder of the ministry that God ordained. I have already had many tell me where their support will go. If the board members have any guts at all, they will get this man back on the Focus radio program.
I love Dr. Dobson, and what I am saying he will never say. It may get him upset, but the board's decision must be discussed and challenged. I think the board has been misled and made a very unwise decision. One thing is for sure, in his humility, Dr. Dobson only wants to continue to speak the truth on the radio. Apparently, that truth has limited appeal to the new leadership at Focus.
What was in the mind of the current Focus president when this decision was made? He certainly was part of the process.
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To be perfectly honest, what Focus should have done is give someone like me the leadership over the ministry. Someone with guts is needed to lead Focus into the next generation, someone who has the intestinal fortitude not to care what the world thinks but only wants to infuse the culture with God's righteousness. However, I have a ministry, so I would have turned it down. Call me what you want – a guy with a big ego. I have no ego, just allegiance to God. When He calls me I will do what He wants, right or wrong.
We are called to be the salt of the earth, a beacon, and we are warned not to hide our light under a bushel. Focus on the Family's light is not only under a bushel, it's under a cloud.
The leadership had better wake up. They have made a serious mistake and they need to correct it.
