Are Your Standards Too High?: Episode 713
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Evaluating your dating standards, plus part two on a Christian's approach to dating, and finding a match when your options are limited.
Featured musical artist: Liz Vice
Roundtable: Are Your Dating Standards Too High?
There are essential qualities to look for in a future spouse: must be a solid Christian, growing as an individual, has a humble spirit. But what about the gray areas ... like personality? Likes and interests? Or church preference and worship style? Our guests talk about evaluating their dating standards to focus on the essentials. They also remind us that we're all a work in progress, and discuss how to work through important issues that may or may not be deal-breakers in dating.
Culture: How Should I Date? (Part 2)
You long to be married someday, but before you find a mate, you must be willing to go on some dates. Well, is there a right way to date? Eric Demeter is a single guy who knows the ups and downs of dating, and has sought the wisdom of both Scripture and godly mentors. In part two of our conversation, he'll discuss practical ways to find a spouse, explain how love is similar to baking a cheesecake, and share his take on finding The One.
Inbox: Slim Pickin's
She wants to find a Christian husband, but the number of single guys her age in her community is rather small. Plus, she's looking for some specific qualities in a guy. What can she do? Lisa Anderson weighs in.
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, it is that time of year when people contact you and ask you to bless them as we are in the Christmas season and heading into a new year with a monetary gift. |
| 0:12.2 | And you know what? |
| 0:12.8 | I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
| 0:19.8 | And we are in our year-end giving campaign here |
| 0:22.9 | at Focus on the Family and Boundless, and your gift this year is going to be doubled in order |
| 0:28.9 | to further the work of Boundless as we minister to young adults. |
| 0:33.2 | How do you give? |
| 0:34.0 | Go to Boundless.org slash donate. |
| 0:36.6 | You can give today, and your gift will be matched |
| 0:39.6 | by a generous donor who has offered to put up that financial resource in order to stretch |
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| 0:50.9 | year here at boundless as we continue to provide great content and conversation |
| 0:55.9 | for you and everyone you love. Thanks so much in advance. |
| 1:01.8 | Boundless Show. |
| 1:12.6 | Lisa Anderson here with you. |
| 1:14.4 | And as I always like to do, a little preview. |
| 1:16.8 | Later on for our inbox, we have a girl in her late 20s. |
| 1:19.9 | She's having some trouble finding eligible Christian guys that she wants to date. |
| 1:24.7 | And so what can she do? |
| 1:25.8 | It's kind of that age-old question that we've addressed a |
| 1:28.2 | couple times at Boundless, but we'll maybe take a fresh look here. And then for our culture segment, |
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