Entertainment Discernment: Episode 708
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Wisdom in entertainment choices, plus the seeds of the transgender movement, and being vulnerable in a dating relationship.
Featured musical artist: Abandon
Roundtable: Making Healthy Entertainment Choices
Movies, music, books, binge-worthy TV, and everything on demand — the world is simply flooded with entertainment. With so much access to content, it’s never been more important to use discernment in the types of entertainment we consume. But where do you personally draw the line, and how do you decide? Our panel of guests discuss what they enjoy watching and listening to, and what is a no-go. Whether it’s sexual content, language, violence or certain themes, they give principles for wise decision-making when taking in what’s out there today.
Culture: History of Transgenderism
It’s an old saying: “To understand the present, you have to look at the past.” The same is true for the shift in sexual ethics we’re seeing today. Dr. Carl Trueman has done extensive research on this topic, and traces transgenderism and other gender fluidity and choice issues back to prominent philosophers and cultural watersheds. He also suggests an appropriate response to this complicated topic.
Inbox: Feeling Confident … Except in Dating
She’s forthright in friendships and her career. But when it comes to dating, she struggles with vulnerability and confidence. She doesn’t want this pattern to continue in her new relationship. What can she do? Counselor Elaine Humphries weighs in.
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| 1:01.8 | Boundless Show, Lisa Anderson, here with you and a little bit of what is coming up later. |
| 1:17.0 | For our inbox, we have a girl who feels like she can't be vulnerable in close relationships, and she's wondering, is that going to hurt her chances at dating in the future? |
| 1:25.3 | So one of our counselors will weigh in on that. And then for our culture |
| 1:29.1 | segment, Dr. Carl Truman has done some pretty fascinating research on the history of the gender |
| 1:34.7 | confusion that we're seeing in the culture today. And so he's going to walk through a lot of that |
| 1:39.4 | for us in a very insightful conversation that you don't want to miss. Well, here we are for our roundtable, |
| 1:45.0 | and we thought it would be fun to have a conversation around making wise entertainment choices. |
| 1:51.0 | So are you one of those folks that's just kind of like, whatever, if it's on, I'll watch it or |
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