Pet Lovers (And the Rest of Us): Episode 703
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The pros and cons of owning a pet, plus establishing better habits in your life, and is it wrong to attend a gay wedding?
Featured musical artist: Nathan Tasker
Roundtable: Should I Get a Pet?
If you’ve ever wondered whether to add a furry (or not furry) friend to your home, you definitely want to tune in to this conversation. While having a pet can be a lot of fun, it’s also a tremendous amount of work — and often money. Our panel describes the ups and downs they’ve experienced with their pets. They also put a pet’s place in one’s life in perspective, and of course try to convince Lisa that pet ownership is in her future.
Culture: Good Habits for a Healthy Life
In a world filled with worry and discouragement, it’s easy to give in, kick up our feet, and just watch television. But lazy habits only feed bad results. As a pastor, Steve Poe is passionate about helping people replace bad habits with good ones. In this candid conversation, he’ll share some of the worst habits that plague Christians today, and provide biblical insights and practical strategies for replacing them with life-giving ones instead.
Inbox: Should I Attend a Gay Wedding?
She’s been invited to her coworker’s wedding — however, her coworker happens to be gay. They’ve worked together a long time and are friends, so should she attend the wedding, or must she as a Christian decline the invitation? Lisa Anderson weighs in.
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| 1:02.0 | Boundless Show. |
| 1:13.3 | This is Lisa Anderson here with you. |
| 1:15.5 | And as I usually like to do, a little preview of what's coming up. |
| 1:18.6 | For our inbox, we have a listener who's been invited to her coworker's wedding, but her coworker is gay. |
| 1:24.0 | And so she's wondering, should I attend? |
| 1:26.4 | What does this look like biblically? I want to support |
| 1:29.1 | my friend, but what should I do? So I'm going to weigh in with some thoughts there. And then for our |
| 1:33.7 | culture segment, Pastor Steve Poe joins us to talk about how to build healthy habits as a Christian. |
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