In this episode Ben and Lucas continue the conversation about boundaries, tackling the practicalities of how to set healthy boundaries with friends. Here's the key takeaway: Setting healthy boundaries involves knowing God and yourself, communicating your boundaries clearly, and then guarding them graciously. Simple, but not easy.

Boundaries are essential for healthy relationships. You were created in the image of God, created to be a unique person with an identity grounded in Jesus and free from unhealthy dependencies. In this episode we ask whether boundaries are actually biblical, define what boundaries are (and aren’t!) and give some specifical examples of relationships that lack healthy boundaries.

We’ve spent 30+ weeks talking about friendship. In this episode we go back to the beginning and ask the big question - does friendship even matter? Hint: it definitely does.

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Is there ever a legitimate reason to cut someone out of your life, especially if they’ve been a long-time friend? In this episode we examine what the Bible says about when it’s appropriate to step back from a relationship with a friend and provide two essential paradigms for ensuring that you’re doing it with the right motives.

Ever had to forgive someone for something significant? Hear a story of difficult forgiveness from Lucas, learn biblical foundations for forgiving others when they hurt you, and a simple (but not easy) process for following Jesus’ command to forgive in this episode of Hey Friend.

You’re a Christian. Should you drink alcohol with your friends? Throughout church history this question has been answered in a variety of ways, and in this episode we discuss the bigger “up-stream” questions that need to be answered about what God’s purpose for those who are followers of Jesus are, how the Bible functions, and more before being able to accurately, biblically answer how Christians should relate to alcohol and if you should have a drink with your friends this Friday night.