The Nightmare After Christmas: Episode 882
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Intentional relationships with non-Christians, plus what happened after Jesus’ birth, and when friends deconstruct their faith.
Featured musical artist: James Peden
Roundtable: Out of the Christian Bubble
Many of us have at least one friend, family member or coworker who’s not a Christian. But if we’re honest, we tend to spend most of our time with other believers; between family, church, ministry opportunities and small group, it’s easy to stay in a faith-filled comfort zone. What are intentional ways to mix it up, branch out, and get out of the Christian “bubble”? Our guests discuss ways they’ve learned to step out of their routines, build community, and be a light for Christ.
Culture: First Christmas, Then Herod
If you were part of our Advent text experience, you heard regularly from John Greco. This week he reflects on lessons he’s learned from his extensive study of Advent, and why it’s good for Christians to think of the Christmas story in the bigger context of history. To that end, he’ll read a short excerpt from his book “Rediscovering Christmas” titled “The Nightmare After Christmas.”
Rediscovering Christmas: A Twelve-Day Journey to the Manger
Inbox: When Friends Leave the Faith
How do you respond when a friend announces, “I’m done being a Christian”? One of our counselors weighs in.
Article: When a Pastor Like Josh Harris Abandons Christianity
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| 1:10.7 | Well, friends, welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show. This is Lisa Anderson here with you, |
| 1:16.6 | and I'm going to give you a little preview of what is coming up, including the new year. |
| 1:22.9 | We are in the last show of December. Oh, my goodness. Crazy. But also in the show, we have things |
| 1:30.2 | coming up, too. So for our inbox, a listener feels like a lot of her friends used to identify |
| 1:35.9 | as Christian, but then they have left the faith. And so we know a lot of people are |
| 1:40.8 | deconstructing without maybe reconstructing. So how do you respond when that |
| 1:46.0 | happens? Well, one of our counselor friends will answer that. And then for our culture segment, |
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