Young, Draper on Focus

                                                                                                                        Vol. VI, No. 8, October 1993

A war is under way for the preservation of traditional family values and there is only one hope for victory – active involvement by the organized church. That was the message of Dr. James Dobson during a recent taping of his Focus on the Family radio show which featured interviews with SBC Sunday School Board President Jimmy Draper and Convention President Ed Young. The show, titled "Southern Baptists: Reasserting Traditional Values," is tentatively scheduled to air 3 November on some 2,000 radio stations.

One reason for society's worsening moral condition, Dobson said, is a pervasive relativism that excuses sin in the name of individual rights. Draper said he has seen the SBC take on a new focus in recent years, combining an emphasis on biblical truth and absolutes with a concentration on evangelism, missions, and moral issues like the sanctity of life. Dobson was appreciative of the SBC "True Love Waits" campaign which encourages teens and college students to sign a covenant to remain sexually pure until they marry. Young added, "And it's not just for virgins." Youth who have already engaged in sex can receive forgiveness and still make the commitment to purity, he said. [BP]