Hello, everyone. You're listening to Family Talk, a radio broadcasting ministry of the James

Dobson Family Institute. I'm Dr. James Dobson, and thank you for joining us for this program.

Well, welcome to another edition of Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.

I'm Roger Marsh, and we have a special program lined up for today, once again joined by our friend Lee Strobel.

Lee Strobel, of course, a household name here on Family Talk, someone with whom Dr. Dobson long admired all throughout the years.

And Lee has authored more than 40 books and other curricula, including the best-selling book, The Case for Christ,

which was also made into a spectacular award-winning movie. Lee started his career as a journalist

at the Chicago Tribune for 14 years. And after probing the evidence for Jesus Christ for nearly two full years,

Lee came to faith in Christ in 1981, and he currently serves as founding director of the Lee Strobel

Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University.

Now, having that university mindset, of course, because of this new center. In 2023, Lee wrote the best-selling

book asking the question, is God real? And that's to answer the most common spiritual question

that's posed in internet searches and really help readers consider the evidence for God in the

21st century. Then in late 2025, he released a new version of that book, which will be the topic

of our conversation today. The book is called Is God Real for teens, exploring faith in a world of wonder. And that's going to be our topic for the next half hour. Lee Strobel, welcome back to Dr. James Dobson's family talk. It's always great to have you on the broadcast, but this topic in particular is going to help a lot of parents and grandparents. So thanks for being with us today. Well, thank you, Roger. So great to be with you. Love what you folks do. You're such a great force for good in our culture, and I applaud you for that. Well, thank you, and we appreciate you being part of our ongoing efforts as we carry on the legacy of Dr. James Dobson here into 2026 and beyond.

And when we look at the culture that we're in right now, I mean, this is unfortunately a culture

that Dr. Dobson told us we might be facing, you know, maybe 30, 40 years ago writing books like

children at risk and understanding the need for us to understand the culture.

I came across an article just the other day about the lack of

religiosity, if you will, or spirituality in our country. And in America, it seems like,

unfortunately, we're leading the league and people who are just basically saying, I don't have

any sort of religious faith anymore. I mean, basically, I believe in myself. I think George Barnas

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