Men and Friendship: Episode 802
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
What guys need in a friend, plus Alisha Plummer on singles in church, and are most Christian men on dating sites OK with premarital sex?
Featured musical artist: Aaron Strumpel
Roundtable: What Men Need From Friendships
Friendships are essential for emotional and relational health; without them, our lives can easily become self-centered and empty. But what exactly do men and women need from their friends, and what should we be willing to give? This week, a group of guys discuss friendship from a male perspective. They share what makes a friendship meaningful, how to go deeper in friendship, and how to call each other out when necessary.
Culture: Including Singles at Church
With most churches programmed for couples and families, it’s easy for single adults to feel left out. But Scripture affirms singles as a vital part of the family as well as the body of Christ. Alisha Plummer is a Christian single with constructive ideas for how the church can better integrate its unmarried members. If you’re feeling alone at church, this will be an encouraging discussion.
Confessions of a Christian Spinster: Finding Purpose in a Perplexed and Paired-Up Church
Inbox: Men and Premarital Sex
Our listener says many of the guys she’s met on dating apps say their faith is important — yet they don’t have a problem justifying premarital sex. She’s pretty upset about it. Is this a male problem, or is there something bigger here? Counselor Glenn Lutjens 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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| 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 Boundless Show. This is Lisa Anderson here with you as, hey, I'm with you every week. So what's the deal? Remember how last week I told you that we were already in episode 801? Well, this week, it's 802. So imagine that. Fantastic. |
| 1:32.0 | And as I often like to do, I'm going to tell you a little bit of what's coming up on the show. |
| 1:40.6 | So later on for our inbox, we have a listener who's pretty upset by the number of guys online who are okay with having sex before marriage. And so she's asking, where are all the good guys? |
| 1:46.2 | And guys, before you write me and be all like, Lisa, this isn't just guys. Okay, listen up. She's the one that wrote. Okay, so our friend, |
| 1:51.5 | counselor Glenn Lushens, is going to wait in on that. And then for our culture segment, do you |
| 1:56.6 | sometimes go to church and feel overlooked, particularly because you're a young adult and you are |
| 2:02.0 | unmarried. So Alicia Plummer is here in the studio. She's going to address ways the church can help |
| 2:07.8 | accommodate single Christians. She actually wrote Confessions of a Christian Spinster, which is just a |
| 2:14.1 | fun title to a book. So we are going to talk to her about that. |
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