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1. Your Vital Role in Your Teen's Love Life

The DMV won't give a 16-year-old a driver's license until they spend a bunch of time as a 15-year-old in the car being coached by you. So why don't we help our kids learn the skills they need to "date ...

Created on 05 July 2017

2. Protect Your Teen From These Unequally Yoked Relationships

...  that leads to fruitfulness (John 15:10), living a Sermon on the Mount lifestyle (Matt. 5–7) and a biblical view of relationships. Two Views of Courtship The biblical view of dating or courtship is ver ...

Created on 11 May 2017

3. Following God's Perfect Blueprint for Finding Mrs. Right

... e. That's great if you're ready to take on the liability. The other issue is the time factor. If the prints already had a good design, then you lose no time. You take what you've been given and go. Dat ...

Created on 22 March 2017

4. A Single Woman's Secrets to Mind-Boggling Joy and Contentment

... ! Buy what you want.) Does anything in my list help you think through your situation and contentment? Do you know singles you could share it with? Youth not dating who think they must? There's one more  ...

Created on 03 March 2017

5. 5 Crucial Questions Every Christian Should Ask Before Saying 'I Do'

... ts Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend wrote in Boundaries in Dating, "Love waits and respects, but lust must have what it wants now." How Do You Handle Conflict Together? When you're not feeling so h ...

Created on 20 February 2017

6. Listening to God's Still, Small Voice in Your Love Life

Have you ever thought about what a whisper will sound like from your future husband? Can you picture the two of you snuggled on a couch? Or at a park? Or walking along a sidewalk? He leans close. You feel ...

Created on 14 February 2017

7. This Worldly Spirit Seeks to Distract You From the True Meaning of Love

February is traditionally the month where love seems to be the topic of discussion. With Valentine's day coming on the 14th, many are thinking about whom they love, whom they used to love and whom they ...

Created on 06 February 2017

8. 5 Ideas for Some Amazing Dates With Your Wife

Dating your wife is an important part of keeping the fire going and staying connected. The times my wife and I struggled on dates occurred when we showed up without having spent much time together, let ...

Created on 06 February 2017

9. What You Can Do to Help Mend Your Daughter's Broken Heart

Recently, my eldest daughter had her heart broken. My phone rang on an ordinary afternoon and there she was, sobbing. "We broke up." At the time, she was 350 miles away from me at college. This was her ...

Created on 01 February 2017

10. 3 Prayer Strategies to Make Your Marriage Rock-Solid

...  seemed to have unending conversations while dating, oftentimes reach a place where they must be intentional in choosing to communicate. Life has transitioned, schedules are busy and we just don't tal ...

Created on 27 January 2017

11. 4 Things to Remember When on a Date With Your Daughter

...  must confess, I had no idea how to go about dating my daughter until my mentor, a father of five boys and three girls, gave me some advice that not only transformed my relationship with my now 14-year-old stepda ...

Created on 18 January 2017

12. Vital Questions to Help You Spiritually Discern if He's Mr. Right

... A few simple principles can help us navigate the steps of dating, courtship and marriage victoriously. The Way of Love In terms of decisions we make before the Lord, we will never make a bigger decision ...

Created on 12 December 2016

13. 3 Crucial Questions to Ask Your Teen Who Wants to Date

My daughter decided not to kiss dating goodbye—and I was OK with that. In 1997, Joshua Harris released I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Hundreds of thousands of Evangelicals read this book. It eventually sold ...

Created on 24 October 2016

14. Early Warning Signs He Isn't God's Man for You

...  over the weeks as we became friends, attraction was in action, and by the end of the semester, we were dating. Now the serious vetting could begin. For me (Mike), the question loomed: Is she the one? M ...

Created on 22 September 2016

15. 3 Ways You May Be Tearing Your House Down

I married later in life. Fact is, I wasn't sure if I'd ever get married. The one thing I always wanted to be was a wife and mommy. When all my school yard buddies wanted to be firemen, nurses, police officers ...

Created on 30 August 2016

16. What the Bible Says About Dating and Courtship

Courtship and dating are some of the least discussed topics in the church. Yet dating has caused the most havoc, destroyed countless lives, resulted in unwanted pregnancies and abortions and even split ...

Created on 29 July 2016

17. The Biggest Temptations for Single Christians

The words singleness and purity can paint different pictures for people. Some might vividly see spiritual life virtuously triumphing over carnal desires. Others might see constant spiritual struggle involving ...

Created on 23 June 2016

18. 5 Things to Tell Your Daughter About Boys

...  once you're of dating age. If he calls first, call him back. If he texts you, text him back. But don't be desperate or make the common mistake of building your life around a boy. Besides hurting your ...

Created on 10 June 2016

19. Dating: Fact Versus Fiction

In the Christian dating world, there are a lot of unanswered questions floating through the minds of young suitors. Here are the three most important things to remember throughout your relationship. 1. ...

Created on 24 May 2016

20. 5 Ways to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage

We don't have a perfect marriage. We are not coming at this thing from some arrival point. We are humbled by the magnitude and often difficulty of marriage. Nevertheless, we have found some things that ...

Created on 23 May 2016