So the circumstances were that I had just given my life to Christ after having been a runaway,

drug abuser, sexually abused, in and out of mental institutions with a single mom and kind of a distant father.

Anne's life was a mess. She didn't know the first thing about how to be a good wife or mother.

So focused on the family was like mana to me. Every day, I needed wisdom. I needed guidance.

I needed the lessons and the teaching that came every day from 11 to 1130 into my kitchen.

And I know today that my life has changed because of

Focus on the Family. I'm Jim Daly. Working together, we can give families hope and equip more

parents like Anne. And thanks to a special match right now, any gift you send will be doubled. Call 800

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slash gift. Jesus actually came and died on a cross to pay the price for your bad behavior,

for all the sins you've committed, so that the Christian response to guilt is forgiveness through the cross.

The Christian response to shame is a new identity in Christ, where there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus.

That's former Cold Case homicide detective Jay Warner Wallace with some really interesting

observations about the truth that we can glean from humanity by

looking at crimes. He'll inspire us with the truth of Christ and God's love on today's

episode of Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. I'm John Fuller. John, it was really interesting

last time. We talked about the big questions of life, like suffering. I mean, who would think

that a criminal detective

would be thinking about those bigger things? But it's the attributes that he saw in these

criminals that really got him to thinking about what is being said here. I think if you missed

last time, certainly go and you can do that through the app, download, or go to the website,

and you can get a copy of it.

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