You're listening to Family Talk, the radio broadcasting division of the James Dobson Family Institute.

I am that James Dobson, and I'm so pleased that you've joined us today.

Well, welcome to Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh. Power. We all want it,

don't we? I mean, if we're honest, the ability to control our circumstances, to influence others,

and to make things happen, it really seems appealing, at least to our natural selves.

But what does power do to us when we finally attain it? And what happens when it's then

suddenly stripped away? On today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk, we're going to

revisit a conversation that Dr. Dobson recorded with his good friend Chuck Colson all the way

back in the 1980s. As you may remember, Chuck Colson served as special counsel to President Richard Nixon,

literally working just a few feet away from the most powerful office on earth. He had access to

state secrets, military jets at his disposal, and aids waiting on his every word. But then came

Watergate, and in an instant, Chuck went from the corridors of the White House

to a prison cell. That shattering experience could have destroyed him, but instead it became

the doorway to discovering real power, the kind that comes not from position or prestige,

but from a relationship with Jesus Christ. Out of that prison experience came prison fellowship ministries,

a ministry that has now touched countless lives for nearly five decades.

And on today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk,

you're going to hear part one of a remarkable three-part conversation

between Dr. James Dobson and his good friend Chuck Colson

was recorded over 40 years ago.

They'll discuss the seductive nature of power, the dangers facing those in public ministry,

and why the pursuit of power itself can corrupt us all.

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