How to Have an Amazing First Date: Episode 778
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Ideas for a successful first date, plus popular misconceptions about dating, and the dangers of seeing every guy as a potential spouse.
Featured musical artist: Austin Stone Worship
Roundtable: First Date Strategies for Success
You’re going on a first date! Just the thought sparks more questions than answers. Will we have a good conversation? Will he be a gentleman? Is she who I think she is? To help make your first date experience better, we brought in a group of friends to share some dos and don'ts for making a good first impression, infusing fun into whatever you do, having a meaningful interaction, and determining whether a second date is a good idea.
Culture: Common Misconceptions About Dating and Marriage
Last spring, Boundless’ show engineer, Alex Seeley, got married. For he and his wife, Megan, it’s been a fun and eye-opening journey of learning to adjust to married life. Looking back on their dating days, Alex and Megan share common myths people believe about dating and marriage (they even admit a myth or two that tripped them up). We’ll discuss dating choices, being “too picky,” maturity in marriage, and more.
Roots Episode: Debunking Popular Myths About Dating and Marriage
Busting 10 Christian Dating Myths
Inbox: Not Every Man Is a Potential Mate
How can she stop viewing every cute guy as a potential spouse? It’s making her kind of crazy, and she wants more balance in the way she approaches the men she meets. Counselor Jenny Coffey 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 |
| 0:45.1 | gifts even further. So boundless.org slash donate, you have the opportunity to take us into the new |
| 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. Well, hey everyone. Welcome to this week's episode of The Belma Show, which is the last show in |
| 1:16.2 | 2022. So glad you are hanging with us. Many of you are probably on Christmas break or have taken |
| 1:22.8 | some time off. So enjoy it while you can before the new year. Of course, we will see you around then. |
| 1:28.9 | But later on in this show, for our inbox, we have a listener who's asking, how can she |
| 1:33.2 | stop thinking of every handsome dude as possible marriage material? |
| 1:38.0 | So this is a tricky question, and we're going to have one of our counselors chime in with |
| 1:41.4 | some ideas. |
| 1:42.5 | And then for our culture segment, our very own show |
| 1:45.4 | engineer, Alex Seeley, has been married since May, and he and his wife, Megan, are going to join |
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