Successful Setups: Episode 836
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Help your married friends set you up, plus how to read the news with discernment, and thoughts on dating couples doing devotions together.
Featured musical artist: JJ Heller
Roundtable: Your Role in Being Set Up
It’s flattering when friends and family try to set you up. It can lead to a happy and successful dating relationship — or even marriage. At other times, it can lead to awkwardness and strained friendships. Our guests share their perspectives on the dos and don’ts of successful setups. With funny stories and practical takeaways, this conversation will give you tools to make your dating journey smoother and more fun.
Culture: How to Navigate the News
Today’s news is littered with bias. Everyone has an agenda, and it’s hard to separate the facts from opinion, interpretation, and flat-out manipulation. How can we determine what’s actual news and ensure we’re getting all sides of a story? Paul Batura and Gary Schneeberger are both communications pros and news junkies, having worked in radio, newspapers, public relations and beyond. They’ll share their best tips for practicing discernment when taking in headlines and commentary from around the world.
A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today’s World
Inbox: Doing Devotions as a Couple
You and your boyfriend or girlfriend want to encourage growth in each other’s relationship with God, but should that involve praying and studying Scripture together? Counselor Glenn Lutjens weighs in.
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| 1:10.8 | All right, folks, welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show. |
| 1:14.7 | Lisa Anderson here with you. |
| 1:16.5 | We are squarely in February at this point. |
| 1:19.4 | So I hope you all are excited that, for those of you in the northernish hemisphere, like, I don't |
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