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    Dating and Courtship
    Dating and Courtship
    Dating and Courtship
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    Dating and Courtship

    By Ryan Sollars

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    I think most Christians recognize that the way our modern culture dates is not the way a Christian should seek a spouse. Many Christians try to date in a different way from the world; yet, one of the struggles we sometimes face is the lack of guidance on dating. I was raised in small congregations. When I first faced these questions, I didn’t have classes or books on dating or courtship. It was almost as if I was just had to figure it out. Is there better way than the world’s way of dating or trial and error dating? Yes. Finding a spouse can be a God honoring process. The season of dating/courtship doesn't have to be a time that we look back on with shame. Our relationships before marriage can be pure and pleasing to God. My hope in writing this short e-book is not to focus on bashing anyone’s ideas, but to complement and add a different perspective.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRyan Sollars
    Release dateNov 20, 2014
    ISBN9781311561930
    Dating and Courtship
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    Ryan Sollars

    I write on topics related to the Christian faith and the Bible.

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      Dating and Courtship - Ryan Sollars

      Dating and Courtship

      Ryan Sollars

      Published by Ryan Sollars

      Smashwords edition

      Copyright 2014

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      Introduction: Is there a better way?

      I think most Christians recognize that the way our modern culture dates is not the way a Christian should seek a spouse. Many Christians try to date in a different way from the world; yet, one of the struggles we sometimes face is the lack of guidance on dating. I was raised in small congregations. When I first faced these questions, I didn’t have classes or books on dating or courtship. It was almost as if I was just had to figure it out. Is there better way than the world’s way of dating or trial and error dating? Yes. Finding a spouse can be a God honoring process. The season of dating/courtship doesn't have to be a time that we look back on with shame. Our relationships before marriage can be pure and pleasing to God.

      Perhaps you have had more guidance than I had, but I think that for many young people the direction given was minimal. Thankfully for me, in time, as I sought assistance, I was blessed with help through a number of books: I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Joshua Harris), Boy Meets Girl (Joshua Harris), Passion and Purity (Elizabeth Elliot), Boundaries in Dating (Henry Cloud and John Townsend), When God Writes Your Love Story (Eric and Leslie Ludy), Best Friends for Life (Michael and Judy Phillips), and Get Real (Glenn Colley and Chuck Webster).

      My hope in writing this short e-book is not to focus on bashing anyone’s ideas, but to complement and add a different perspective. The books mentioned above had good ideas and concepts, but reading a book is often like eating a fish, there are bones you have to pick out to get to the meat. I am sure that is true for this short e-book too. I hope there are not too many bones and you are blessed to read it. It was a blessing for me to write it.

      Before we start, I want to define one term: Courtship. Courtship is

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