Successful Small Groups: Episode 828
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Pastors’ tips for finding a great small group, plus firsthand help for addiction recovery, and should a guy give a girl a gift on the first date?
Featured musical artist: Je’kob
Roundtable: How to Choose a Small Group
We talk a lot about how one of the best ways to connect to other believers and truly grow is by “making the big church small.” Getting involved in a small group can do just that. But how do you find a small group that’s a good fit? And what makes a small group successful? Two pastors with tons of experience in Christian community and discipleship share what makes a good small group, how groups can go deeper, different types of groups to try, and when to walk away and try something else.
Culture: An Inside Look at Addiction (Part 1)
Addiction is no small thing, and one of the most painful experiences is falling prey to it, or seeing a friend or family member do so. Addicts either don’t think they have a problem, or assume it’s something to “fix” if they can muster up the willpower — but it goes so much deeper than that. Dr. Ken Harmon and Dr. Trent Langhofer, both former addicts, are now pastors and recovery experts whom God is using to help others. In part one of our conversation, they share their stories and give common misconceptions about addiction and recovery.
Healing the Scars of Addiction: Reclaiming Your Life and Moving Into a Healthy Future
Inbox: Should Guys Give a Gift on a First Date?
Is bringing a gift on your first date appropriate? Lisa Anderson 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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| 1:16.0 | Well, hey, everyone. Welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show. This is Lisa Anderson with you, |
| 1:21.3 | and we are smack in the middle of December, so privileged to be celebrating Advent with you. |
| 1:27.0 | Did you even get our Advent devotional? If you haven't, boundless.org slash advent. It is not too late. |
| 1:45.7 | You will just have to do like three days of it at a time. But that's okay. What do you have going on heading into the new year? So it's all good. Let me give you a little bit of what is coming up on the show later on for our inbox. We have a listener who's asking, is it wise for a guy to give a girl a gift on a first date? Okay, I'm going to weigh in on that because you will find out in my response that that did happen to me and I'll let you know |
| 1:51.2 | what transpired. Okay. And then for our culture segment, we have Pastor Ken Harmon and Dr. Trent |
| 1:57.2 | Langhofer here who have both been on the show before, and they are back to share |
| 2:01.6 | about how you can help a friend who is struggling with addiction. And so I know many of you |
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