Welcome everyone to Family Talk. It's a ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute, supported by listeners just like you.

I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us.

Well, welcome to Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh, and today we're bringing you a classic conversation

featuring a true giant of the faith, the late Dr. Ted Engstrom, who went home to be with the Lord

in 2006 at the age of 90. During his remarkable lifetime, Dr. Ted Engstrom poured his leadership

and vision into some of evangelicalism's most influential

institutions, from Zondervin Publishing to Youth for Christ to World Vision. He was a builder,

a mentor, and above all, a man who never lost sight of the gospel at the center of all of it.

Hear his conversation with Dr. James Dobson coming up right now on today's edition

of Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk.

What a privilege it is to be able to talk to you today.

Well, the privilege is mine, Jim.

Thank you very, very much for this opportunity.

Let's start by going back to 1939. How did you meet Dorothy and how did you fall in love with her?

Well, Dorothy and I were classmates at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. I came to Taylor in

1935, not as a Christian. I didn't know the Lord at the time,

but I was attracted to other Christian young people. My parents were godly people. I came from a

fine Christian home. On April 1st in 1935, we had a youth conference on the campus, and following the conference,

there was a chapel service in which the gospel was preached.

A friend of mine, Park Anderson, a former student who was the speaker, and he gave an invitation.

And I was the only person who responded, by the way, to the invitation to come forward in the auditorium that

morning. And I met with my physics teacher, Ms. Olive M. Draper. And that morning, at 1030,

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