{"id":42167,"date":"2024-11-21T01:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=42167"},"modified":"2025-02-07T15:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T22:06:37","slug":"practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Compassion for the Poor: Episode 877"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living on purpose while you\u2019re single, plus ways to help the homeless and poor around you, and what\u2019s a Christian\u2019s obligation to evangelize?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featured musical artist: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinstone.org\/initiative\/austin-stone-worship\/?refcd=2178601\"><b>Austin Stone Worship<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Roundtable: Purpose in Singleness\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may want to get married, but is there a way to maximize your singleness while you wait? Our guests, all single, share their best strategies for finding community, chasing after growth, meeting people, and serving others in a season of singleness. If you feel your life lacks purpose or has stalled out, you\u2019ll be inspired by their thoughts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.focusonthefamily.com\/show\/the-boundless-show\/?refcd=2178601\"><b>Leave Us a Voicemail<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Culture: Wise Ways to Help the Homeless<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You stop at an intersection and a homeless person is there, holding a sign asking for help. How do you respond? We know the Bible tells us to love and care for the poor among us, but how can we do this with compassion <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> effectiveness? Travis Williams leads the multi-outreach Springs Rescue Mission, a place of hope for addicts, the mentally ill, homeless and others. Every day he sees these challenges first-hand, and he offers ideas to help Christians move the needle of care in our own communities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/e1JK4DuGWvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Watch This Segment on YouTube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/faith\/the-needy-outside-my-window\/?refcd=2178601\"><b>The Needy Outside My Window\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springsrescuemission.org\/?refcd=2178601\"><b>Visit Springs Rescue Mission\u2019s Website\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Inbox: Do I Need to Preach on Street Corners?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is aggressive, public evangelism the call of every believer \u2014 even to the point of preaching on street corners? Pastor Mark Bates weighs in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Boundlessorg\/?refcd=2178601\"><b>Find us on YouTube <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living on purpose while you\u2019re single, plus ways to help the homeless and poor around you, and what\u2019s a Christian\u2019s obligation to evangelize?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42167","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Practical Compassion for the Poor: Episode 877 - Boundless<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Living on purpose while you\u2019re single, plus ways to help the homeless and poor around you, and what\u2019s a Christian\u2019s obligation to evangelize?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Practical Compassion for the Poor: Episode 877\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Living on purpose while you\u2019re single, plus ways to help the homeless and poor around you, and what\u2019s a Christian\u2019s obligation to evangelize?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Boundless\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/boundless.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-07T22:06:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877\/\",\"name\":\"Practical Compassion for the Poor: Episode 877 - Boundless\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-21T08:07:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-07T22:06:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"Living on purpose while you\u2019re single, plus ways to help the homeless and poor around you, and what\u2019s a Christian\u2019s obligation to evangelize?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/practical-compassion-for-the-poor-episode-877\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Podcast Episodes\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/podcast\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Practical Compassion for the Poor: Episode 877\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boundless.org\/\",\"name\":\"Boundless\",\"description\":\"Find your place. 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