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🗓️ 16 December 2025
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On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson continues his conversation with Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to Family Talk. It's a ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute, supported by listeners just like you. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us. |
| 0:19.1 | Well, welcome to Family Talk, the listener-supported broadcast division of the Dr. James |
| 0:24.0 | Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:25.9 | I'm Roger Marsh. |
| 0:27.1 | You know, it's no secret that every human being on the face of planet Earth and every |
| 0:31.3 | human being who's ever walked the face of planet Earth has at one point or another struggled |
| 0:35.8 | with power. |
| 0:37.2 | Maybe it was in the workplace. |
| 0:38.5 | You're competing for that promotion, or trying to control a difficult situation, or perhaps |
| 0:43.6 | you've experienced it in your home in those tense moments when you and your spouse just can't |
| 0:48.6 | see eye to eye and someone has to back down. The truth is, power dynamics shape every relationship we have, |
| 0:55.6 | from the boardroom to the living room. And today on Dr. James Dobson's family talk, we are |
| 1:00.8 | continuing a fascinating conversation that Dr. James Dobson had with his good friend Chuck |
| 1:05.4 | Colson about this issue of power, specifically the use and abuse of it. The program you're about to hear is the |
| 1:13.5 | second part of a three-part conversation that Dr. had with Chuck Colson back in 1984, and we've |
| 1:19.1 | included it in this year's Best of Broadcast Collection as we are remembering the spectacular |
| 1:23.7 | legacy of Dr. James Clayton Dobson, Jr. Now, if you would like to get a copy of our |
| 1:29.0 | 2025 Best of Broadcast collection that features everything from the first family talk broadcast, |
| 1:34.3 | all the way to the last words Dr. Dobson spoke in studio. I'll have information on how you can |
| 1:39.5 | receive a copy at the end of today's program. When you think about truth and when you think about power, |
| 1:45.5 | you can't help but think about Chuck Colson. After all, Chuck served as a senior aide to President |
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