Hospitality for All: Episode 878
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Your home is a great place to gather, plus living each day with heaven in mind, and how to make your faith your own.
Featured musical artist: Love and the Outcome
Roundtable: Invite People to Your Home
Do you enjoy hosting parties and get-togethers, or does the thought of people at your place intimidate you? With the holidays upon us, now’s a great time to have people over. But hospitality isn’t just for special occasions. Whether big or small, planned or impromptu, creating space and structure for people to eat, connect, feel loved and heard is something the early church modeled well. But what can it look like for us — for you — today? Our guests have creative ideas for sharing their space and fostering connection with all sorts of people; listen in as they share the challenges and benefits of gospel hospitality.
Culture: Why Eternity Matters Today
Does the reality of heaven influence the way you live right now? Do you even think about heaven and its impact on your daily choices? Pastor Mark Bates explains how where we’ll spend eternity should influence our relationships, careers, priorities, and the everyday decisions before us. If you’re wondering why heaven matters, this discussion will encourage you.
Inbox: Your Parents’ Faith, or Yours?
You may have grown up in church — even walked an aisle or prayed a prayer. At some point, though, you have to take ownership of your faith and make it not just something you’ve “inherited,” but something you’ve internalized. How do you do this? Pastor Mark Bates 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? |
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| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
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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. |
| 1:00.1 | Boundless Show. |
| 1:10.7 | Well, friends, welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show, Lisa Anderson, here with you. |
| 1:16.2 | And happy Thanksgiving weekend to those of you. |
| 1:19.7 | If you are hanging maybe with family, maybe with friends, maybe you are watching football, playing football, doing all the things. |
| 1:29.4 | I hope you're having a great day and a great weekend. |
| 1:32.5 | And so here's a little bit of what is coming up on the show later today. |
| 1:37.5 | We have got for our inbox, if you grew up in church, how do you take that next step and really make your faith your own? So there comes a point |
| 1:46.2 | where you have to decide, is this what I really believe? Why do I believe what I believe and how am I |
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