![]() ![]() For 27 years, Bob was the director of Plugged In at Focus on the Family. Dobson's, and maybe a familiar voice to you as well, Mr. Today's guest on the program is a good friend of Dr. I'm Roger Marsh, and Family Talk is the broadcast division of The Dr. Roger Marsh: Hello, and welcome to this Friday edition of Dr. In fact, thank you so much for being part of that support for James Dobson Family Institute. I'm James Dobson, and you're listening to Family Talk, a listener supported ministry. Representatives of the Gideons - who have now distributed more than 2 billion Scriptures translated into nearly 100 languages around the world - passed out 5,000 pocket New Testaments as students entered and exited the Vines Center.Dr. Be there, because that’s the one thing that matters, that you stay true to Christ and that you are found worthy to spend eternity with me and your mom and your other friends on that day.’”Īfter Dobson’s message, Darrell Pittman, a local leader of Gideons International, shared a testimony of how he gave his life to Jesus in a one-room cell after reading a copy of the Bible handed to him before he went to jail more than 20 years ago. I will be looking all over Heaven for you. I want you to … be there on that grand resurrection morning. Sooner or later, somebody is going to tell you that I am gone. “I told him, ‘What happened to Pete Maravich today was not an isolated tragedy,’” Dobson said. ![]() That night, after praying with Maravich’s family at the hospital, Dobson went home and had a heart-felt talk with his son, Ryan, who was 17 at the time. Maravich had been scheduled to do a radio interview with Dobson that day.ĭobson was shaken by the incident, but was relieved that Maravich had become a Christian years after retiring from the game of basketball. Moments after playing a friendly pick-up game with him early in 1988, Maravich died of a heart attack at the age of 40. There’s nothing else that will stand the test of time.”ĭobson recalled the only personal interaction he had with Pete Maravich, one of the greatest college and professional basketball players. “What will matter most in that moment is who you loved, who loved you, and what you did together in the service of the Lord. “Those (other) things won’t matter that much to you then, because that’s in the past,” Dobson said. He said that more than plaques on the wall, degrees earned, buildings that bear one’s name, books written, or money made, how much a person loved and was loved, and how much he or she advanced the Kingdom of God will be what counts for eternity. “When you’re there and you’re looking back, what will matter to you then?” “Project yourself to the end of your life, which will come one of these days,” he said. He challenged students to take what he calls the “end-of-life test” to assess their priorities. “Whatever your accomplishments are, whatever you think of as the most important thing you’ve done, sooner or later, it won’t matter.” “If you live long enough, life will trash your trophies,” he said. His message on Monday resonated with listeners today as much as it did 23 years ago, valuing family ties over career goals or monetary gain. Dobson said he was asked to deliver a message similar to his keynote address at Liberty’s Commencement in 1993, stressing to students what matters most in this life. Tim Clinton, president of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and professor of counseling and pastoral care in Liberty ’s Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies.Ĭlinton noted that “Family Talk ” is heard on more than 1,300 stations around the world, and that Dobson holds 18 honorary doctorate degrees, has more than 5 million followers on social media, and has published more than 30 books, including his latest, “Your Legacy: The Greatest Gift,” which he signed for students after Convocation.īut, according to Dobson, those achievements won’t get him into Heaven. Dobson Center for Child Development, Marriage, & Family Studies. James Dobson’s Family Talk radio show, partnered with Liberty late last year to launch the James C. James Dobson asked students gathered in the Vines Center for Liberty University’s Convocation on Monday morning.ĭobson, the world-renowned psychologist, founder of Focus on the Family, and current host of Dr. How can one leave a legacy of love after this lifetime is finished?
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