900 Episodes In!: Episode 900
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Reviewing the last two years of “The Boundless Show,” plus Dr. Greg Smalley with new concerns about cohabitation, and when a family member goes MIA.
Featured musical artist: JJ Heller
Roundtable: What’s New Since Episode 800?
What have been some of your favorite moments from the past two years of “The Boundless Show”? We take a look back at what’s happened with the show since episode 800 and recall what we learned, what surprised us, the moments we loved most — and what made them so great.
Culture: The Cohabitation Conundrum (Part 1)
The Institute for Family Studies reports that almost 70 percent of Christian couples live together before getting married. According to psychologist Dr. Greg Smalley, both biblical and practical arguments against cohabitation seem to be “white noise.” Why so, and is there a better way to have this conversation? Greg, Focus on the Family’s Vice President of Marriage, joins us for a two-part discussion on cohabitation, including new insights and research to debunk the “it’s no big deal” arguments made by many young adults. In part one, Greg shares some of the most common (and maybe uncommon) reasons for living together, plus its impact on your future marriage.
Ready to Wed: 12 Ways to Start a Marriage You’ll Love
Inbox: They’ve Cut Off Family Communication
What can you do if a family member has cut off communication and shows no signs of wanting to be contacted? Counselor Glenn Lutjens weighs in.
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| 0:00.0 | Boundless Show. |
| 0:11.9 | Well, friends, welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show. |
| 0:14.9 | This is Lisa Anderson here with you. |
| 0:17.2 | And for those of you listening, we are in the first weekend of May first day of May if you're |
| 0:23.5 | listening to this on a Thursday and if you are listening to this on radio sometime during the weekend |
| 0:29.1 | you will know that we are celebrating our 900th episode if you can even believe it it's amazing |
| 0:36.5 | 900 not many podcasts can say that they |
| 0:39.0 | have reached 900. So when we reach a thousand, we're just going to do a tour of Europe. I'm just saying |
| 0:45.6 | right now, it's going to be amazing. So anyway, I'm speaking it into existence from my mouth to God's |
| 0:50.8 | ears. Okay. She's breezee receiving it. Okay. That said, we do have to do this show first, and I always |
| 0:58.0 | like to preview what's coming up on the show. Later on for our inbox, what can you do if someone has |
| 1:03.2 | completely cut off all communication with you and the rest of your family? So a pretty difficult |
| 1:08.5 | question that one of our counselors is going to answer. And then for our |
| 1:12.2 | culture segment, our own Dr. Greg Smalley is going to be with us for part one of a discussion on |
| 1:18.4 | cohabitation. So obviously something that, in fact, I think we're going to throw out the statistic |
| 1:24.2 | that like 70% of people end up living together before they get married. |
| 1:29.1 | And I don't think the Christian stats are much off of that. So a sobering conversation, |
| 1:34.6 | but he's going to have some pretty interesting insights for us. So all right, because it is our |
| 1:40.0 | 900th, we have to celebrate. We have to reminisce. And so who better to do that than some of our |
| 1:45.8 | boundless friends and team members? We have got John here. Hey, John. Hello, Lisa. Good to have you |
| 1:52.4 | producer. Producer for boundless for, I don't know, like 14 and a half years now. Actually just past five. |
| 1:59.5 | Okay, past five. Yes. Feels like 40. He's like, he's just, well, now he Actually, just past five. Okay, past five. Feels like 14. |
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