The Perils of “Living in Sin”: Episode 901
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
How to navigate Mother’s Day, plus Dr. Greg Smalley continues the cohabitation conversation, and when your date has concerns about your family.
Featured musical artist: Austin Stone Worship
Roundtable: What Does Your Mother’s Day Look Like?
What does Mother’s Day mean for you? For some, it’s joy-filled, but for others it’s extremely difficult — even painful. Our guests have different histories with the holiday as well as different levels of relationship with their mothers. They’ll share tips for navigating Mother’s Day, how to love our moms with Christ’s love, and how to make the day hopeful, no matter your circumstances.
Culture: The Cohabitation Conundrum (Part 2)
The Institute for Family Studies reports that almost 70 percent of Christian couples live together before getting married. According to psychologist Dr. Greg Smalley, both biblical and practical arguments against cohabitation seem to be “white noise.” Why so, and is there a better way to have this conversation? Greg, Focus on the Family’s Vice President of Marriage, joins us for a two-part discussion on cohabitation, including new insights and research to debunk the “it’s no big deal” arguments made by many young adults. In part two, Greg shares the practical, emotional and spiritual benefits of delaying your move-in until after marriage.
Ready to Wed: 12 Ways to Start a Marriage You’ll Love
Inbox: Your Significant Other Is Concerned About Your Family
Her boyfriend recently expressed concerns about her family and how they interact. How serious is this, and in what way should she address the problem? Counselor Geremy Keeton weighs in.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Boundless Show. Well, hey, friends, welcome to this week's episode of the Boundless Show. |
| 0:15.9 | We are squarely into May now, which is always great. Make sure that you go get some berries on sale because they |
| 0:23.5 | should be on sale now. So that's just a tip for me. Another tip, a little bit of what is coming up |
| 0:29.4 | later on in the show for our inbox. We have one of our listeners who sent us a voicemail. You'll get to |
| 0:35.7 | hear that. She is dating a young Christian man, |
| 0:39.2 | but he has brought up some concerns about her family of origin. So how are they going to work |
| 0:44.9 | through this? Could it be a deal breaker? We're going to ask one of our counselors. So be ready for that. |
| 0:49.7 | And then for our culture segment, our own Dr. Greg Smalley is back this week for more of our |
| 0:55.2 | conversation on cohabitation, why it is not a good idea, spoiler alert, but actually going a lot |
| 1:02.6 | deeper than maybe what you have heard in your own conversations, in churches and whatnot. |
| 1:06.8 | So really kind of digging into what is the deal with this and why does the Bible insinuate |
| 1:14.9 | differently? Why are we talking about this differently in the church and beyond? So you won't want to |
| 1:19.4 | miss it. You can also catch the first part of this last week. So go back and listen to that. |
| 1:25.2 | Okay, here we are for our roundtable. We are heading into Mother's Day. |
| 1:31.6 | It is always a great time or a hard time for people. So you might be a woman who's listening, |
| 1:39.0 | who is like, I wish I were a mom because I have prayed for marriage and kids like my whole life and that hasn't |
| 1:45.4 | happened for me and this is really rough. |
| 1:47.6 | I've even had friends in the past who have chosen not to go to church on Mother's Day because |
| 1:52.2 | it's so hard. |
| 1:53.5 | It can be a really hard time. |
| 1:54.8 | It can also be a hard time for you if you have lost your mom or if you are estranged from your |
| 1:59.5 | mom. |
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