The goal in dating, plus how to process the 2024 U.S. election, and is there too much intimacy in studying the Bible with your date?

Featured musical artist:  Phil Wickham

Roundtable: The Purpose of Dating

Why should you date? Is it to casually have fun or to seek a marriage partner? What are the pitfalls of each, and is there a balance between the two? Our guests share their opinions on what dating should look like, what it means to get serious, and how to not get too worked up in the process. 

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Culture: Confidence and Compassion for Election Season

The landscape of the 2024 election season is changing daily. What doesn’t seem to change is the collective mudslinging, hand-wringing and doomsday-predicting among candidates, pundits and voters. How can Christians rise above the fray and trust God in all things? How do we make God-honoring choices from the ones laid before us? And how do we love others in the process? Summit Ministries’ Dr. Jeff Myers helps us frame our perspective and navigate election season with confidence and grace.   

Truth Changes Everything: How People of Faith Can Transform the World in Times of Crisis

Summit Ministries Website

Politics Without the Passion

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If you and your boyfriend or girlfriend want to grow spiritually, praying and reading Scripture together can be a great step. But is there a danger in becoming too spiritually intimate before marriage? Counselor Jerry Jones weighs in.

Link to Counseling Services 

Find us on YouTube 

The goal in dating, plus how to process the 2024 U.S. election, and is there too much intimacy in studying the Bible with your date?
Featured musical artist:  <a href="http://www.philwickham.com/?refcd=2117001">Phil Wickham</a>
Roundtable: The Purpose of Dating
Why should you date? Is it to casually have fun or to seek a marriage partner? What are the pitfalls of each, and is there a balance between the two? Our guests share their opinions on what dating should look like, what it means to get serious, and how to not get too worked up in the process. 
<a href="https://podcasts.focusonthefamily.com/show/the-boundless-show/?refcd=2117001">Leave Us a Voicemail</a>
Culture: Confidence and Compassion for Election Season
The landscape of the 2024 election season is changing daily. What doesn’t seem to change is the collective mudslinging, hand-wringing and doomsday-predicting among candidates, pundits and voters. How can Christians rise above the fray and trust God in all things? How do we make God-honoring choices from the ones laid before us? And how do we love others in the process? Summit Ministries’ Dr. Jeff Myers helps us frame our perspective and navigate election season with confidence and grace.   
<a href="https://secure.anedot.com/focus-on-the-family/don-boundless-2024-08-01?source_code=2117001">Truth Changes Everything: How People of Faith Can Transform the World in Times of Crisis</a>
<a href="https://www.summit.org/?refcd=2117001">Summit Ministries Website</a>
<a href="https://www.boundless.org/news/politics-without-the-passion/?refcd=2117001">Politics Without the Passion</a>
Inbox: 
If you and your boyfriend or girlfriend want to grow spiritually, praying and reading Scripture together can be a great step. But is there a danger in becoming too spiritually intimate before marriage? Counselor Jerry Jones weighs in.
<a href="https://www.focusonthefamily.com/get-help/counseling-services-and-referrals/?refcd=22117001">Link to Counseling Services </a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Boundlessorg/?refcd=2117001">Find us on YouTube </a>

Life is challenging for Christian singles. How do you balance work and personal life? How do you own your faith? How can you date with a purpose? And prepare for marriage? All while honoring God through it all? Hit up The Boundless Show, a Christian podcast for young adults, for some good, honest conversation. The young adult years are full of possibility and choices that shape who you become. Join host Lisa Anderson to discuss the highs and lows, lean on each other, and trust God in this important season of adulthood.

The Boundless Show

Why Date?: Episode 861

Make your roommate situation exceptional, plus a former abortion doctor’s testimony, and how to have deep relationships in a disconnected culture. 

Featured musical artist: David Dunn

Roundtable: Crafting Great Roommate Relationships

We’re all kind, reasonable and considerate until someone is in our space. This is especially magnified in a roommate situation, whether you’re rooming with one person or several. What do you need to know in choosing roommates, setting house rules, respecting boundaries and resolving conflict? Our guests break it all down based on their past and current experiences.  

Leave Us a Voicemail

Culture: From Abortion Doctor to Pro-Life Champion

Dr. Catherine Wheeler didn’t see much wrong with abortion as a choice, performing them in her practice as an OB/GYN. But facts, circumstances and a new-found faith changed her mind. This week she tells her amazing story alongside a compelling argument for why abortion simply can’t be an answer for women who want ultimate health and wholeness. She’ll also break down the politics of abortion in a climate that is increasingly confusing and polarized.       

Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence

Considering Abortion?

Inbox: Real Relationships After College

Forming deep relationships with real people post-college can be a challenge. Lisa Anderson weighs in with feasible options for building community. 

Find us on YouTube 

Make your roommate situation exceptional, plus a former abortion doctor’s testimony, and how to have deep relationships in a disconnected culture. 
Featured musical artist: <a href="http://www.daviddunnmusic.com/?refcd=2164704">David Dunn</a>
Roundtable: Crafting Great Roommate Relationships
We’re all kind, reasonable and considerate until someone is in our space. This is especially magnified in a roommate situation, whether you’re rooming with one person or several. What do you need to know in choosing roommates, setting house rules, respecting boundaries and resolving conflict? Our guests break it all down based on their past and current experiences.  
<a href="https://podcasts.focusonthefamily.com/show/the-boundless-show/?refcd=2164704">Leave Us a Voicemail</a>
Culture: From Abortion Doctor to Pro-Life Champion
Dr. Catherine Wheeler didn’t see much wrong with abortion as a choice, performing them in her practice as an OB/GYN. But facts, circumstances and a new-found faith changed her mind. This week she tells her amazing story alongside a compelling argument for why abortion simply can’t be an answer for women who want ultimate health and wholeness. She’ll also break down the politics of abortion in a climate that is increasingly confusing and polarized.       
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-boundless-2024-10-24?refcd=2164704">Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence</a>
<a href="https://www.focusonthefamily.com/get-help/considering-abortion/?refcd=2164704">Considering Abortion?</a>
Inbox: Real Relationships After College
Forming deep relationships with real people post-college can be a challenge. Lisa Anderson weighs in with feasible options for building community. 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Boundlessorg/?refcd=2164704">Find us on YouTube </a>

Roommate Resolutions: Episode 873

Trusting God with your election anxiety, plus Gary Thomas helps you find your worship “personality,” and how to ask for a raise at work.  

Featured musical artist: Nathan Tasker

Roundtable: Managing Election Anxiety

Candidate switches, assassination attempts, war escalations, policy battles and the inevitable name-calling and slander. Who’s ready for this election to be over? Our guests share their feelings around November 5th and how they are navigating conversations leading up to the big day. Is it fracturing their relationships? Are they just staying silent? And what about the outcome? How do we move forward in trusting God if our candidate doesn’t win? With anxiety levels at an all-time high, this timely conversation (including mental health advice from psychiatrist Karl Benzio) will help quell your fears and turn your heart to the One who holds the outcome.  

Leave Us a Voicemail

Sacred Pathways: Nine Ways to Connect with God 

Culture: Find Your Spiritual Temperament

The Bible tells us that God is everywhere. But the way you connect with Him might be very different from the way your best friend does. How can you discover the beauty of worshiping the Lord in a way that is especially meaningful to you? It may be through discovering your unique spiritual temperament. Pastor and author Gary Thomas shares the nine ways we can connect with God in study, worship and experience. He’ll also talk about how these pathways dovetail with standard spiritual disciplines to foster our maturity and sanctification.    

Sacred Pathways: Nine Ways to Connect with God 

Inbox: How to Ask for a Raise

If you think you deserve a raise at work, how do you approach the topic with confidence and professionalism? Career expert Marshonda Dixon weighs in. 

Find us on YouTube 

Trusting God with your election anxiety, plus Gary Thomas helps you find your worship “personality,” and how to ask for a raise at work.  
Featured musical artist: <a href="http://www.nathantasker.com/?refcd=2158601">Nathan Tasker</a>
Roundtable: Managing Election Anxiety
Candidate switches, assassination attempts, war escalations, policy battles and the inevitable name-calling and slander. Who’s ready for this election to be over? Our guests share their feelings around November 5th and how they are navigating conversations leading up to the big day. Is it fracturing their relationships? Are they just staying silent? And what about the outcome? How do we move forward in trusting God if our candidate doesn’t win? With anxiety levels at an all-time high, this timely conversation (including mental health advice from psychiatrist Karl Benzio) will help quell your fears and turn your heart to the One who holds the outcome.  
<a href="https://podcasts.focusonthefamily.com/show/the-boundless-show/?refcd=2158601">Leave Us a Voicemail</a>
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-boundless-2024-10-17?refcd=2158601">Sacred Pathways: Nine Ways to Connect with God </a>
Culture: Find Your Spiritual Temperament
The Bible tells us that God is everywhere. But the way you connect with Him might be very different from the way your best friend does. How can you discover the beauty of worshiping the Lord in a way that is especially meaningful to you? It may be through discovering your unique spiritual temperament. Pastor and author Gary Thomas shares the nine ways we can connect with God in study, worship and experience. He’ll also talk about how these pathways dovetail with standard spiritual disciplines to foster our maturity and sanctification.    
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-boundless-2024-10-17?refcd=2158601">Sacred Pathways: Nine Ways to Connect with God </a>
Inbox: How to Ask for a Raise
If you think you deserve a raise at work, how do you approach the topic with confidence and professionalism? Career expert Marshonda Dixon weighs in. 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Boundlessorg/?refcd=2158601">Find us on YouTube </a>

Election Angst: Episode 872

Good habits as a newlywed, plus a former White House staffer explains the 1960s’ influence on America, and navigating singleness beyond your 20s. 

Featured musical artist: Aaron Shust

Roundtable: Good Marriage Habits

Getting married is a big transition. Life rhythms are interrupted, and some of them change altogether. What you could do as a single — and when — is sometimes no longer an option. With that in mind, what are good habits to establish in the early weeks and months of marriage? Our guests recount their seasons as newlyweds and give ideas for establishing and maintaining rhythms with God, friends and others after you walk the aisle.  

Leave Us a Voicemail

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts

Culture: What the ‘60s Teach Us About Today 

The 1960s were a time of extreme political and social change in America. In many ways the changes weren’t good, and today’s citizens are reaping the consequences. How can we learn from the past and have hope for a better future? A proud history and culture nerd, Tim Goeglein has worked in the White House and beyond. He joins us for a thought-provoking conversation on how with God’s help, we can right our nation’s wrongs — one faith-filled citizen at a time.      

Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream 

Link to Daily Citizen

Inbox: Singleness Beyond Your 20s

She’s neither married nor a parent. On top of wanting those things, she needs encouragement for how to do singleness well, especially now that she’s in her late 20s. Lisa Anderson weighs in. 

Find us on YouTube 

Good habits as a newlywed, plus a former White House staffer explains the 1960s’ influence on America, and navigating singleness beyond your 20s. 
Featured musical artist: <a href="https://www.aaronshust.com/?refcd=2159703">Aaron Shust</a>
Roundtable: Good Marriage Habits
Getting married is a big transition. Life rhythms are interrupted, and some of them change altogether. What you could do as a single — and when — is sometimes no longer an option. With that in mind, what are good habits to establish in the early weeks and months of marriage? Our guests recount their seasons as newlyweds and give ideas for establishing and maintaining rhythms with God, friends and others after you walk the aisle.  
<a href="https://podcasts.focusonthefamily.com/show/the-boundless-show/?refcd=2159703">Leave Us a Voicemail</a>
<a href="https://store.focusonthefamily.com/the-5-love-languages-paperback/?refcd=2159703">The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts</a>
Culture: What the ‘60s Teach Us About Today 
The 1960s were a time of extreme political and social change in America. In many ways the changes weren’t good, and today’s citizens are reaping the consequences. How can we learn from the past and have hope for a better future? A proud history and culture nerd, Tim Goeglein has worked in the White House and beyond. He joins us for a thought-provoking conversation on how with God’s help, we can right our nation’s wrongs — one faith-filled citizen at a time.      
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-boundless-2024-10-10?refcd=2159703">Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream </a>
<a href="https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/?refcd=2159703">Link to Daily Citizen</a>
Inbox: Singleness Beyond Your 20s
She’s neither married nor a parent. On top of wanting those things, she needs encouragement for how to do singleness well, especially now that she’s in her late 20s. Lisa Anderson weighs in. 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Boundlessorg/?refcd=2159703">Find us on YouTube </a>

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