Current Events Archives

The Way Forward on DACA

In his popular Morning Briefing yesterday, Southern Seminary president and former Focus on the Family board member, Dr. Al Mohler, wisely summed up the current challenge facing Congress regarding DACA – the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy – this way:

“Our current immigration laws are a complex of confusion; they do not reflect either what this country intends to enforce, by means of its police and its law enforcement agencies, nor does it reflect a coherent sense of national priorities.”

How can any reasonable person disagree?

Topics: Current Events Tags: family, news September 7, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Watch My CBN Interview on the Coach Joe Kennedy Religious Liberty Case

I want to share with you an interview I did with CBN on the topic of Joe Kennedy, the football coach who lost his job because of his custom of praying on the 50-yard line after every game. As you can tell from the interview – and my Fox News op-ed last week – I feel strongly about this story. (Click on the image to watch the interview.)

I hope you’ll click over to watch the interview – and come back and let me know what you think about Coach Joe Kennedy in the comments section below.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, religious liberty August 30, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How to Help Families in Houston

We’ve all seen the images of a baby and his mother being carried through flood water; elderly people in a nursing home awaiting rescue while they sat in waist-deep water; tents set up on the roofs of houses while families wait for someone – anyone – to help them.

Our hearts go out to the families and individuals caught up in the devastation of the Houston flood. We know yours does, as well. At a time like this, we want to do something to provide tangible help and support.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, pro-life, relationships August 30, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

We Need More Men Like Coach Joe Kennedy

Have you heard the latest ruling from the 9th Circuit? Three judges ruled against Joe Kennedy, a Washington State high school football coach and former Marine, for praying at the 50-yard line after each game.

The details around this story make the ruling all the more frustrating. It’s a case that might be headed to the Supreme Court.

I’m following this story because of the religious liberty issues – but there’s another, more personal reason why I’m so interested in this case.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, religious liberty August 25, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Two Senators: One Black, One White, Helping to Heal the Racial Divide

I hope you’ll tune-in to today’s special Focus on the Family broadcast featuring an important conversation with Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and James Lankford (R-OK).

The program you’ll hear is about the confluence of race and faith – and why Christians should be in the best position to help resolve and redeem our nation’s racial tensions.

Tim Scott is only the seventh African-American ever elected to the United States Senate and the first from the state of South Carolina.

Topics: Current Events Tags: broadcast, news, relationships August 23, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Iceland Aborts Nearly 100 Percent of Babies with Down Syndrome

According to CBS News, the country of Iceland is eradicating Down syndrome – through abortion.

Of course, Iceland isn’t eradicating the condition at all but, instead eliminating babies with the condition.

For years now, we’ve known about the growing genocide of these children both here in the United States as well as all across the globe. In the U.S., it’s estimated that nearly 70 percent of children who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome are aborted.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, pro-life August 16, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Talking to Your Kids about Racism and Violence

The recent images from Charlottesville, VA—marches by torchlight, Nazi salutes, armed militia, angry mobs engaged in violent confrontation—are scary for adults to encounter, let alone children. These are not scenes from a movie but very real events unfolding right before our eyes.

The chaos in Charlottesville was fueled by a particularly insidious and evil form of racism known as white supremacy. It was the same in Charleston, South Carolina when a white supremacist murdered nine people during a church service in 2015, and in Overland Park, Kansas when a KKK sympathizer murdered three people near a Jewish community center in 2014.

Topics: Current Events Tags: kids, news, parenting August 16, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

VIDEO: A Big-Hearted Seamstress Saves the (Wedding) Day

Brides around the country are scrambling to find new wedding dresses after Alfred Angelo, a bridal gown chain, filed for bankruptcy and closed its stores without warning – leaving many of its bridal gown and bridesmaid orders unfulfilled.

It’s a nightmare for women who, in some cases, paid for gowns they won’t receive.

But some Alfred Angelo brides in Oklahoma City found out their wedding day dreams will be saved by a big-hearted seamstress who contracted with the local store.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, relationships August 11, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

What Every Father Must Teach His Son

It was one of those terrible headlines you didn’t want to click on:

“Teens filmed, mocked man as he drowned, police say”

Jamel Dunn, 32, drowned on July 9th off the coast of Cocoa, Florida, while several teenaged boys looked on. Mr. Dunn was disabled, and at no point did the teenagers even try calling for help. Authorities who subsequently interviewed the boys reported that it seemed they didn’t have any regret over their behavior.

It’s hard to fathom how hard the hearts of these boys must be to watch a man die and do nothing to help him.

Topics: Current Events Tags: kids, news, parenting August 9, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Good News: The U.S. Will Have a Religious Freedom Ambassador Again

Over the past few years, I’ve written again and again about the plight of the persecuted Church around the world. Our brothers and sisters in the faith are facing increasing violence and oppression internationally, especially in the Middle East, where many have been killed at the hands of ISIS. Beyond Christians, the genocide perpetuated by ISIS has also ravaged the Yezidi and Shia Muslim communities.

This is why the State Department’s position of United States Ambassador-at-Large International Religious Freedom position is so important.

Topics: Current Events Tags: news, religious liberty August 1, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura