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The Boundless Show

Should Everyone Experience a Breakup?: Episode 777

The Boundless Show

Focus on the Family

Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.7772 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Expressing your faith on social media and in person, plus more from Tim Challies on processing grief, and should a breakup be part of your story?


Featured musical artist:  Abandon


Roundtable: Living Your Faith Online and IRL


As Christians, our identity is in Christ, so there’s no way we can separate our faith from who we are and what we do. As such, our faith is reflected in everything, including our interactions with others. As we consider how we show up in relationships — whether real or virtual — what should that look like? How do we set the tone, language, actions and reactions to everything we communicate? Our panelists talk through ways they’re learning to be open about their faith, whether face-to-face or via a post, meme or Reel. Listen in as they share how to glorify God and share the love of Christ through our communication and conversations.


Culture: Grief When You Least Expect It (Part 2) 


On November 3, 2020, Tim Challies got the call every parent dreads — his 20-year-old son, Nick, had died unexpectedly while away at college. As the grief and shock hit and then continued in waves, Tim found incredible comfort in grieving through the seasons of the following year by writing out his thoughts and emotions. In part two of our conversation, Tim discusses the spring and summer seasons after Nick’s passing — including what should have been Nick’s wedding day — and shares hard-won peace in keeping an eternal perspective on the days we are given.


Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God 


Inbox: Is a Breakup Necessary for Relationship Success?


We all know someone who’s gone through a breakup; in fact, most people experience one before they ever meet their mate. But our listener is wondering: Is a breakup a necessary part of the dating process? She’s reluctant to date because of the pain she’s seen breakups cause her friends. Lisa Anderson weighs in.

Transcript

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I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless.

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for you and everyone you love. Thanks so much in advance.

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Well, hey, everyone.

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Welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show.

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Lisa Anderson here with you, wishing you a very Merry Christmas as we head into Christmas and the Christmas weekend.

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I don't know how many of you have already heard the furor around our church is going to be open on Sunday to go

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attend for Christmas and are people going to be there? And let me just say, put in my two cents,

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go to church on Christmas people. Hello, this holiday is about Jesus. So what better time to be in church.

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So I know some of you guys don't want to

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listen to my advice sometime, but I think that's a great piece of advice. So just do it. Plan it right now.

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