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.

What if my friend says they’re transgender?

How to respond in love to a friend who thinks they may be trans

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In the 2021 census about 1% of 16-24 year olds stated that their gender identity was different to the sex they were registered with at birth (biological sex) and the NHS gender identity development service has seen a massive rise in the number of children being referred with gender dysphoria… Read more.

“Safe Sex”… is it really safe?

STI’s in young people continue to rise despite increased sex education promoting the “Safe Sex” message

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It’s likely that you will have been taught about “safe sex” in school and that you may have been given the impression that STIs are something that pretty much everyone gets at some point. In 2017 Public Health England launched a campaign to protect young people from Sexually Transmitted Infections… Read more.