Cross-Cultural Dating: Episode 786
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Advice for dating someone from a different culture, plus finding godly and gifted pastors, and do mental health issues make marriage off-limits?
Featured musical artist: Danen Kane
Roundtable: Cultural Differences in Dating
What are some things you should know when dating someone from a different cultural background? To help answer this question and address some dos and don’ts for the process, our panelists are ready to speak the truth. With personal experience in making cross-cultural relationships work, they’ll share their own stories of meeting and falling in love, the most common barriers they had to overcome, and why an open mind and an appreciation for healthy differences makes marriage even richer.
Culture: What Makes a Good Pastor?
Josh Zeichik’s job is to support, equip and encourage pastors. In this role, he rubs shoulders with seasoned pastors, new pastors, visionary pastors, and pastors just trying to stay afloat in a world of increasingly challenging ministry. Josh tells us the signs of a healthy pastor, plus the red flags you’ll find flying around those who probably shouldn’t be leading a church. He’ll also share how to best get to know and support your pastor, and what you should expect from a shepherd leader.
Inbox: Do Mental Health Issues Mean I Shouldn’t Marry?
She’s very much aware that the Bible says, “Those who marry will face many troubles in this life.” So does that mean that with her mental health challenges she should steer clear of marriage and avoid throwing fuel on the fire? Counselor Tim Sanford weighs in.
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| 1:01.9 | Well, hey everyone and welcome to this week's episode of The Baumless Show. |
| 1:13.9 | This is Lisa Anderson with you, and hopefully you survived to Valentine's Day. |
| 1:19.2 | You know, we tried to help you out by putting together a great show for that. |
| 1:22.5 | But now we're heading into the end of February, and so we're going to circle back to dating with a really fun topic today. |
| 1:29.6 | But first of all, later on in the show, we have a girl who is battling some pretty serious |
| 1:35.2 | mental health issues. And she's wondering, is she going to be able to handle the struggles that |
| 1:40.3 | come with marriage? Should she even pursue marriage? And so our counselor, Tim Sanford, |
| 1:45.0 | is going to provide some insights. And then for our culture segment, our friend Josh Zichick has |
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