Category Dating

Managing Your Thought Life - manage thought life

Managing Your Thought Life

QUESTION I want to know, is it normal to fantasize sexually about my future wife? If not, what steps do I need to take to stop?   TEAM’S ANSWER   It is perfectly “normal” to have sexual thoughts come on your…

Risk > List - dating

Risk > List

END LISTING When people ask me what I look for in a woman, I find myself stumbling over my words. What they really want to hear is my list, but whenever I forget to mention physical qualities I’m labeled “holy…

She is 16 - children & parenting

She is 16

She is 16 years old. This is her first real relationship.  She’s dated some boys before, but this one has lasted through five months, two dances, Christmas and spring break, and it was a big deal to her. He also…

Waiting for Mr. Right - singleness

Waiting for Mr. Right

All the single ladies, put your hands up!   Oh hay, I see you wavin’ your hands over there like you just don’t care (even though I know you totally do). Don’t you worry baby girl, even when you feel totally invisible to…

Trust Is Key - relationships

Trust Is Key

A while back I dated a girl who was extremely insecure and for some reason I took on the responsibility of “fixing” her. I made it my goal to make sure she knew how incredibly beautiful and lovely she was.…

7 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Over Your Ex - healing & restoration

7 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Over Your Ex

Dumped We’ve all been there. It starts off with a, “Hey! We really need to talk.” Then a few minutes pass and you’re confronted with this awkward pseudo-question, “But I hope we can still be friends…?” Ugh! This isn’t another post…

What is Your Time - dating

What is Your Time?

Do you know how important timing is in God’s plan? All throughout the Bible we see examples of God’s instructions being specific in action and timing. Our lives are designed in the same way and part of succeeding is knowing…

The Bag - dating

The Bag

Pressure and Protection   I sat in my buddy’s living room watching FUSE. At this point, I was a still a virgin but I had become very aware of the opposite sex. My buddy, Tim, went into his older brother’s room to…

19 Lies Churched Kids Believe About Dating - dating

19 Lies Churched Kids Believe About Dating

LIES vs TRUTH There are mindsets that many people in the church are walking around with that labels dating as “unhealthy”. We want to expose the common lies that come out of this mindset, and replace it with truth and scripture.…

Passivity, Lust and Why I Like Country Music (Part 2) - dating

Passivity, Lust and Why I Like Country Music (Part 2)

We’ve been taught to flee sexual immorality (see: 1 Cor 6:18), and rightly so! We’ve learned to guard our hearts, to make covenants our eyes and to cut off anything that causes us to sin. But, we haven’t learned to…