What Might Be In the Way of Your Friendships: Drew Hunter
FamilyLife Today®
FamilyLife Network
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Friendship hasn't always been this hard. Author Drew Hunter looks at historical friendships, and some of the ways we get it wrong.
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| 0:00.4 | Just thinking about the marks of friendship |
| 0:02.2 | and what real friendship is, |
| 0:03.7 | just apply that directly to marriage. |
| 0:05.6 | And so think, have I been expressing affection? |
| 0:08.7 | Do I let Christina know that I love her? |
| 0:10.7 | And do I show that with my words, my actions, |
| 0:13.2 | how I care for her? |
| 0:14.2 | Does she know in her bones that I love her? |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm Shelby Abbott, and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. |
| 0:35.6 | You can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on the Family Life app. |
| 0:40.2 | This is Family Life, today. |
| 0:47.0 | So you remember Paul Early? |
| 0:55.3 | Yes. |
| 0:56.1 | A guy met, planned, pick up basketball, long story, |
| 0:59.6 | didn't really have a great home life, |
| 1:01.1 | so he came in and ended up living with a single guy. |
| 1:03.6 | And now he's married with kids, it's awesome. |
| 1:05.8 | Unbelievable story. |
| 1:06.8 | But he became a really close friend, |
| 1:09.3 | probably 30 years younger than me, 20 years younger than me. |
| 1:12.8 | Maybe 20. |
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