Is Marriage Worth Pursuing?: Episode 807
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Maintaining hope for your future marriage, plus ways to share the gospel online, and how do you break a cursing habit?
Featured musical artist: Nathan Tasker
Roundtable: Why Marriage Is Worth It
With all the negative messages about marriage these days, it’s easy to wonder: Can marriage really work? Isn’t it easier to remain single? While singleness is itself a great calling, for those who are meant to marry some extra encouragement may be necessary. Our guests this week provide inspiration to stay the course and believe in marriage as a good thing. As Lisa says, “God’s still in the business of making great matches.” If marriage is in your future, there is hope.
Culture: Sharing the Gospel Online
Australian evangelist Ryan Hemelaar is taking advantage of life in an increasingly digital age to share the gospel with people around the world — all from the comfort of his home. As the founder of NeedGod.net, he shares exciting stories of what God is doing in online conversations, and why technology is an increasingly effective way to spread the good news of Jesus Christ.
Honest Evangelism: How to talk about Jesus even when it’s tough
Inbox: How Can I Stop Cursing?
Using profanity is a persistent struggle for many. Our listener admittedly has a cursing problem and wants strategies for how to stop. Counselor Jerry Jones 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. |
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| 1:01.7 | Well, welcome, welcome, everyone, to week's episode of The Boundless Show. |
| 1:14.2 | This is Lisa Anderson, and I get to introduce another great slate of friends here to you this |
| 1:21.0 | week in our various segments. |
| 1:23.3 | And so let me tell you what's coming up later on for our inbox. |
| 1:26.5 | We have a listener who's wondering, |
| 1:27.8 | how do I stop my habit of cursing? And I mean, this is a great question because you can fill in the |
| 1:35.4 | blank of whatever your sin proclivity of choices. So quite frankly, we're going to talk specifically |
| 1:41.5 | about cursing, but there's much that applies. |
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