Test Your Knowledge of the United States: Episode 857
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
A quiz to celebrate America’s birthday, plus Dr. Ken Wilgus on relating to your parents as an adult, and should you be passionate about your job?
Featured musical artist: Daniel Bashta
Roundtable: How Well Do You Know the U.S.A.?
How many Justices of the Supreme Court can you name? What was the last state admitted to the Union? What was the first U.S. capital city? In honor of Independence Day, we’re taking a quiz on these and other fun United States trivia questions. So grab a pen and paper, keep track of your answers, and test your knowledge of United States history and government.
Culture: We’re All Adults Here
Getting along with your mom and dad as an adult has its challenges. What do your parents want from you, and what if they’re having a hard time letting go? Conversely, are you taking ownership of your life and responsibilities? Do you care about them and their interests? Dr. Ken Wilgus has counseled families for decades. He joins us this week to provide guidelines for healthy conversations and behaviors between parents and adult children.
Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children: Trusting God with the Ones You Love
Inbox: Should I Feel “Called” to My Job?
You want fulfilling work, but does that mean you have to be passionate about your job? Lisa Anderson shares from her career experience.
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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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| 1:10.7 | Well, hey, folks, welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show, which for those of you who are in the United States of America, this is first airing on July 4th, our own Independence Day. |
| 1:24.3 | And some of you might be listening to this throughout the July 4th weekend. Some of you may be |
| 1:28.9 | after the fact. But either way, we're going to have fun with it. Later on for our inbox, |
| 1:33.5 | we have a question, is it necessary to be passionate about or feel called to your current job? |
| 1:39.0 | I'm going to go ahead and weigh in on that. And then for our culture segment, Dr. Ken Wilgus is a |
| 1:44.1 | professional psychologist. |
| 1:45.2 | He's actually going to be here to lend some insight professionally and personally on how to |
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