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Courtship Challenge #2: Interaction

Courtship Challenge #2: Interaction

How can you know what you are looking for in a future spouse if you do not regularly interact with members of the opposite sex?
In arranged marriage communities there is little to no interaction. The young people take advantage of their “season of singleness” and wait on their parents to make the match for them. [...]

Courtship & Predestination

Courtship & Predestination

Does God predestine my future wife or do I need to find her? I don’t struggle with predestination when it comes to salvation because I know to share the Gospel either way. But courtship is different. I need to know if I should be looking or waiting.
Finding a Spouse
“He who finds a wife finds a [...]

Courtship Definitions

Courtship Definitions

Before we continue on this discussion I feel that I need to define some terms. The cross culture dialogue about relationships is a lot like a Lincoln Douglas Value Debate. Each “side” doesn’t understand the other side because we use the same words but attach different definitions to those words. I would like to offer [...]

7 Reasons Men Wait to Get Married

7 Reasons Men Wait to Get Married

Statistics say that the average guy doesn’t get married until 28. The highest age since the census bureau started measuring the statistic. Here are 7 reasons why.
Reason #1 We Prolong Adolescence
I don’t believe in adolescence. I think it is an excuse for adults to sin while claiming they are still children. Our society has turned [...]