Why Should We Bring More Kids Into This Dark World?
The 9941 Podcast
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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
This week, Granger sits down with Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, for a heartfelt conversation about faith, family, and the work God is doing through everyday people. Granger shares how Focus on the Family shaped his own upbringing, even playing a voice message from his mom describing how the ministry prayed for their family through some of their hardest years. Jim responds with stories of his own, reflecting on how the ministry seeks to strengthen homes and reach people who feel unseen or overwhelmed.
As the conversation unfolds, the two talk about the importance of investing in young men and why this next generation is at the center of so many cultural battles. They discuss what real masculinity looks like, how the world often distorts it, and why raising strong, humble, Christ-centered men matters so deeply for families and churches.
Granger and Jim also take time to talk about marriage, purpose, and the value of bringing children into a world that feels increasingly unstable. Jim’s perspective is clear and encouraging — God places us exactly where and when He intends, and He equips parents to raise kids with courage and hope, even in difficult times.
It’s an honest and uplifting episode filled with wisdom, stories, and gratitude for the ministry that has touched so many families.
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| 0:00.0 | Mr. Jim Daly, thank you so much for being on, brother. |
| 0:03.9 | It's good to be with you, Granger. |
| 0:05.8 | What would you say is the main focus of your ministry? |
| 0:11.1 | Oh, man, good question. |
| 0:13.0 | You know, it's like of your five children, which one's the most important? |
| 0:17.3 | But we do, we concentrate on five things every day walking into focus. |
| 0:22.5 | Evangelism, discipleship, kind of at the base of everything we do, marriage, parenting, advocacy |
| 0:28.1 | for children, which is ultrasound machines, abortion pill reversal, working with the pregnancy |
| 0:35.2 | centers to, you know, have greater and greater impact for that abortion-minded |
| 0:40.3 | woman to hopefully choose life. And then finally, culture, how to engage the culture. And man, |
| 0:46.4 | this is a time we need to engage culture, that's for sure. You're not kidding. You know, I would have |
| 0:51.4 | accepted the answer of family. |
| 0:56.5 | That probably sums it up. |
| 0:58.9 | Anything family is in our wheelhouse. |
| 1:00.2 | I want to tell you something. |
| 1:14.3 | My family has been influenced, encouraged by Focus on the family since I was born. Focus on the family started in 1977. Is that right? |
| 1:15.5 | That's right. |
| 1:17.5 | I was born in 79. |
| 1:19.8 | Okay. Now you're bragging. |
| 1:28.5 | So my mother has, my mother literally raised me according to Focus on the Family, which is according to the Bible. |
| 1:29.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:34.8 | I messaged her this morning, and I said, I'm going to interview the CEO, Jim Daly, |
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