These Pastors Were Addicts: Episode 829
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
A 2023 goals report card, plus firsthand help for addiction recovery (part two), and can you study the Bible without it getting repetitive?
Featured musical artist: Phil Wickham
Roundtable: What Happened to Our 2023 Resolutions?
Do you remember what your goals were at the beginning of the year? Our team looked back at our aspirations for 2023 and how (if?) we actually saw them through. We share the highs and lows of this year, how we hoped to grow, what we wanted to accomplish, and what we might change heading into 2024,
Culture: An Inside Look at Addiction (Part 2)
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 two of our conversation, they share the dos and don’ts of helping someone trapped in addiction.
Healing the Scars of Addiction: Reclaiming Your Life and Moving Into a Healthy Future
Inbox: Does Your Bible Reading Seem Repetitive?
Is there a way to read the Bible or devotional books without them feeling repetitive? Pastor Mark Bates weighs in.
Transcript
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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. |
| 0:12.2 | And you know what? |
| 0:12.8 | I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
| 0:19.8 | And we are in our year-end giving campaign here |
| 0:22.9 | at Focus on the Family and Boundless, and your gift this year is going to be doubled in order |
| 0:28.9 | to further the work of Boundless as we minister to young adults. |
| 0:33.2 | How do you give? |
| 0:34.0 | Go to Boundless.org slash donate. |
| 0:36.6 | You can give today, and your gift will be matched |
| 0:39.6 | by a generous donor who has offered to put up that financial resource in order to stretch |
| 0:45.1 | gifts even further. So boundless.org slash donate, you have the opportunity to take us into the new |
| 0:50.9 | year here at boundless as we continue to provide great content and conversation |
| 0:55.9 | for you and everyone you love. Thanks so much in advance. |
| 1:00.1 | Boundless Show. |
| 1:10.7 | Well, hey, everyone. Welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show, Lisa Anderson, here. And we are, we are like finishing out the year, y'all. So we have got just like a couple shows here on tap for you. And so let me give you a little heads up about what's coming up later on. For our inbox, |
| 1:29.1 | we have a listener who is wondering, how can you study the Bible without it getting repetitive? |
| 1:34.5 | So what does that look like? And our friend Pastor Mark Bates is going to weigh in. And then for |
| 1:39.2 | our culture segment, Pastor Ken Harmon and Dr. Trent Langhofer are back for part two on helping someone who |
| 1:45.7 | has struggled with an addiction. And quite frankly, that person might be you. And so today they're |
| 1:50.7 | going to address some of the do's and don'ts for having this conversation, what it looks like to be a |
| 1:55.9 | friend to someone in this situation. And so I think you're going to find it really helpful. |
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