{"author":"James C. Dobson","author_id":"James+C.+Dobson","total_quotes":98,"quotes":[{"text":"One of the most breathtaking concepts in all of Scripture is the revelation that God knows each of us personally and that we are in His mind both day and night. There is simply no way to comprehend the full implications of His love by the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is all-powerful and all-knowing, majestic and holy, from everlasting to everlasting. Why would He care about us—about our needs, our welfare, our fears? We have been discussing situations in which God doesn’t make sense. His concern for us mere mortals is the most inexplicable of all.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["about","all","all-knowing","all-powerful","and","are","both","breathtaking","by","care","comprehend","concepts","concern","day","discussing","doesn-t","each-of-us","everlasting","fears","full","god","his","holy","implications","in","inexplicable","is","king-of-kings","knows","lord-of-lords","love","majesting","make","mere","mind","mortals","most","needs","night","no","of","our","personally","revelation","scripture","sense","simply","situations","the","there","to","us","way","we","welfare","which","why","would"],"id":606,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Whenever you begin to conclude, 'I can't win,' and 'What's the use?' you've set yourself up for failure. Your pessimism becomes a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["becomes","conclude","failure","pessimism","self-fulfilling-prophecy","set","you-ve","yourself"],"id":13380,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Even in that difficult hour when he knew death was imminent, he never indulged in self-pity. He knew intuitively that a person is only a victim if he accepts himself as one.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["accepts","death","difficult","he","himself","hour","imminent","indulged","intuitively","knew","never","one","only","person","self-pity","victim"],"id":15424,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"29. Most loneliness results from insulation rather than isolation. In other words, we are lonely because we insulate ourselves, not because others isolate us.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["are","because","from","in","insulate","insulation","isolate","isolation","loneliness","lonely","most","not","other","others","ourselves","rather","results","than","us","we","words"],"id":16592,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is likely. A girl who wants to preserve her virginity should not find herself in a house or dorm room alone with someone to whom she is attracted. Nor should she single-date with someone she has reason not to trust. A guy who wants to be moral should stay away from the girl he knows would go to bed with him. Remember the words of Solomon to his son, “Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house” (Proverbs 5:8). I know this advice sounds very narrow in a day when virginity is mocked and chastity is considered old-fashioned. But I don’t apologize for it. The Scriptures are eternal, and God’s standards of right and wrong do not change with the whims of culture. He will honor and help those who are trying to follow His commandments. In fact, the apostle Paul said, “He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear” (1Corinthians 10:13). Hold that promise and continue to use your head. You’ll be glad you did.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["1corinthians","act","advice","alone","and","apostle","are","attracted","avoid","away","be","bear","bed","beyond","can","change","chastity","circumstances","commandments","compromise","considered","continue","culture","day","did","do","door","eternal","failure","first","follow","girl","glad","go","god-s","guy","he","head","help","her","him","hold","honor","house","important","intended","is","keep","knows","let","likely","may","mocked","moral","narrow","near","never","not","old-fashioned","path","paul","place","preserve","principle","proberbs","promise","reason","relationship","remeber","result","right","scriptures","she","should","single-date","slower","solomon","someone","son","sounds","standards","stay","tempted","those","to","trust","trying","use","very","virginity","wants","what-you","whims","who","whom","will","with","words","would","wrong","you","you-ll","your"],"id":22652,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Dr. Morris soon recognized that the difference between successful and unsuccessful marriages can often be traced to how well couples are able to 'bond' during the courtship period. By bonding he referred to the process by which a man and woman become cemented together emotionally. It describes the chemistry that permits two previous strangers to become intensely valuable to one another. It helps them weather the storms of life and remain committed in sickness and health, for richer or poorer, for better or worse, forsaking all others until they are parted in death. It is a phenomenal experience that almost defies description.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["become","better","bond","cemented","chemistry","committed","couples","courtship","death","defies","description","dr-morris","emotionally","experience","forsaking","health","help","intensely","life","man","marriage","marriage-vows","one-another","or","parted","permits","phenomenal","poorer","process","remain","richer","sickness","storm","strangers","successful","together","two","unsuccessful","valuable","weather","woman","worse"],"id":24488,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"I wonder if He anticipates the day when He can make us understand what was occurring in our time of trial. I wonder if He broods over our sorrows.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["anticipates","broods","can","day","he","i","if","in","make","occurring","of","our","over","sorrows","the","time","trial","understand","us","was","what","when","wonder"],"id":27566,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Dr. Richard Selzer is a surgeon and a favorite author of mine. He writes the most beautiful and compassionate descriptions of his patients and the human dramas they confront. In his book Letters to a Young Doctor, he said that most young people seem to be protected for a time by an imaginary membrane that shields them from horror. They walk in it every day but are hardly aware of its presence. As the immune system protects the human body from the unseen threat of harmful bacteria, so this mythical membrane guards them from life-threatening situations. Not every young person has this protection, of course, because children do die of cancer, congenital heart problems, and other disorders. But most of them are shielded—and don’t realize it. Then, as years roll by, one day it happens. Without warning, the membrane tears, and horror seeps into a person’s life or into the life of a loved one. It is at this moment that an unexpected theological crisis presents itself.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["and","aware","bacteria","be","beautiful","body","book","by","cancer","children","compassionate","confront","congenital-heart-problems","crisis","descriptions","die","disorders","do","doctor-richard-selzer","don-t","dramas","every","every-day","from","guards","happens","hardly","harmful","his","horror","human","imaginary","immune-system","into","it","its","itself","letters-to-a-young-doctor","life","life-threatening","loved-one","membrane","moment","most","mythical","not","of","one-day","other","patients","people","person","person-s","presence","presents","protected","protection","protects","realize","roll","seem","seeps","shields","situations","surgeon","tears","the","them","theological","they","threat","time","to","unexpected","unseen","walk","warning","without","years","young"],"id":28622,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Dr. Morris believes, and I strongly agree, that couples are most likely to bond securely when they have not rushed the dating experience. Time is the critical ingredient.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["bond","couples","critical","dating","dr-morris","experience","have","ingredient","not","rushed","securely","they","time","when"],"id":37340,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"I feel strongly that Christians have a scriptural mandate to love and care for all the people of the world. Even those who are living in immoral circumstances are entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. There is no place for hatred, hurtful jokes, or other forms of rejecting towards those who are gay.","author":"James C. 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