Dating Decisions… commit or quit?

How do I know if it’s time to get engaged or time to break up?

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AUDIO: If you’ve been dating someone for a while, at some point you’ll reach a place where either you both feel that you want to get married and so you get engaged, or by contrast, one or both of you realise that the relationship isn’t going to end in marriage… Read more.

Dating Decisions… kissing

Kissing can provoke strong emotions so is it wise to kiss when dating?

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Amongst Christians there are different views on kissing when ‘dating’ or ‘going out’ with someone of the opposite sex. Before we look at this, it is good to think more generally about kissing. From everyday life we can see that there are various types of kissing.  A kiss of any… Read more.

Dating Decisions… only date someone who is also a Christian

Why, if you’re Christian, you should only date someone who is a Christian too

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If you’re young and single, you might be tempted to think, “I know as a Christian I should only marry someone who’s a Christian, but dating’s different right? Surely, dating’s ok because I’m just getting to know them better, I’m not actually marrying them or anything”. As we learned in… Read more.
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How do I end a relationship that I don’t think is working?

In spite of good intentions you may find yourself in a relationship that you can’t see resulting in a good marriage.

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Perhaps you’ve read our articles about finding the right marriage partner or five questions to ask yourself before going out with someone, but now find yourself in a relationship that you can’t see resulting in a good marriage. In contrast to marriage, going out and even engagement are times for… Read more.
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Why save sex for marriage? – a testimonial

I remember when I was a teenager, that so many of my class mates seemed to be having sex, it was almost like I was the weird one for wanting to wait until I was married.

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A few years further down the line at university, there were guys I liked, and some of my non-Christian friends would ask, “Have you slept with him?”. “Of course not”, I would answer, to which they would inevitably ask “But how will you know if he is worth going out… Read more.