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The Boundless Show

Is Forgiveness Optional?: Episode 910

The Boundless Show

Focus on the Family

Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.7772 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Forgiveness according to Jesus, plus more tips on how to read a room, and if your boyfriend doesn’t budget, is that a red flag?    

Featured musical artist:  Aaron Shust

Roundtable: What Forgiveness Is and Isn’t

July 7th is National Forgiveness Day, so we’re having a hopeful and practical conversation on how to walk in forgiveness as a Christian. Usually it’s a process, not just a one-time decision, but is there a “right” way to view the act of forgiving? What does the Bible say about it? We talk about how we’ve forgiven those who’ve hurt us, the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, and why forgiveness matters in the first place.     

Forgive for Real: Six Steps to Forgiving    

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Culture: How to Read a Room (Part 2) 

Have you ever gotten an incorrect read on what’s going on in a meeting, friend group or social situation? Most of us have. Whether you’re an extrovert or introvert, emotional intelligence and discernment are relational muscles to develop. Our friend Dr. Mike Bechtle is an expert in career and professional development. His tips for how to read a room, assess a situation and win in social and business environments will save you years of trial and error. In part two of our interview, Mike outlines practical steps for how to communicate appropriately both verbally and in emails, texts, on social media and more.  

How to Read a Room: Navigate Any Situation, Lead with Confidence, and Create an Impact at Work   

Inbox: My Boyfriend Doesn’t Budget

Her boyfriend doesn’t have a budget, but is this a valid reason to end the relationship? A counselor weighs in. 

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Link to Counseling Services 

Transcript

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Bowenless show.

0:45.3

This is Lisa Anderson with you.

0:48.0

I hope you had a great Fourth of July weekend.

0:50.7

We are now here into the next week.

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And here's what's coming up on this week's show.

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For our inbox, we have a listener who says, my boyfriend doesn't budget. Is that a red flag?

1:01.3

Well, one of our counselor friends is going to answer that question. And then for our culture,

1:05.4

we asked Mike Bechall to come back to continue our conversation that we began last week on exercising discernment in our

1:13.4

relationships. And we talked a lot about emotional intelligence and how to play that out in the

1:18.1

workplace and more. So if you miss part one, you can pop over and listen to last week's episode as

1:22.9

well. Okay, here we are for our roundtable. We have got John, Aria, and Tim at the table. Hey, everyone. Hi, I. Hello. Good to have you. We are going to have a conversation on forgiveness because I don't know about you. I've never really had anyone I had to, you know, ask forgiveness of because I'm practically perfect in every way, me and Mary Poppins. But I did want to

1:45.4

pick some people, you know, who might have had this experience themselves. And I do have to give a

1:49.8

special shout out to Tim, Tim Sanford. He's on our counseling team here. Heads it up, in fact,

1:55.9

as far as the clinical aspect of the things we do. And you wrote a book titled Forgive for Real.

2:02.0

Yes, I did. That I was talking before we started taping. I have recommended this to friends

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and have gotten great feedback. It is a good, good book on a lot of the principles of forgiveness

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