Living the Good Life, Part 2
Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk
Dr. James Dobson
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The search for meaning is the biggest need that’s facing our culture today.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Family Talk, the radio broadcasting division of the James Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:06.3 | I am that James Dobson, and I'm so pleased that you've joined us today. |
| 0:18.0 | Well, welcome once again to Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Roger Marsh. |
| 0:25.3 | Question, where do you find meaning in life? |
| 0:28.1 | It's a question that we all have to wrestle with, and the late Chuck Colson had a profound answer. |
| 0:32.9 | The good life isn't found in gratifying ourselves, but in serving others. |
| 0:37.0 | On today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk, Dr. Dobson, continues his conversation |
| 0:42.4 | with his dear friend, Chuck Colson, about that very idea, and these are principles that are |
| 0:46.8 | drawn from Chuck's landmark book called The Good Life. |
| 0:50.1 | Here now, once again, is our host, Dr. James Dobson, and his guest, Chuck Colson, on today's |
| 0:55.2 | edition of Family Talk. |
| 1:01.1 | We have a lot of ground to cover, so I'm going to introduce Chuck Colson very quickly, |
| 1:07.5 | because most people know who he is anyway. |
| 1:09.8 | Chuck is a former presidential aid to |
| 1:13.2 | Richard Nixon and founder of the International Ministry Prison Fellowship. He's the author of |
| 1:20.0 | 23 books, a very popular speaker. He holds a BA degree from Brown University and a law degree from George Washington |
| 1:31.1 | University and is a constitutional scholar, constitutional lawyer. Chuck has been married to Patty, |
| 1:38.8 | a great lady for 41 years. He's the father of three children and has five grandchildren, and it's so good to have |
| 1:47.4 | him back to discuss his new book. The title of it is The Good Life, Seeking Purpose and |
| 1:53.3 | Meaning and Truth in your life. Chuck, this is an outstanding book. I hope it has the same kind of success that you've had with so many other books, |
| 2:04.2 | born again and loving God and many of your earlier books, which really dealt with the passion that's within you for Jesus Christ. |
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