Podcast
Dating Q&A
The Salt Company - Ames
Speaker: Hannah Beth, with Simeon Bell
October 9, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
Dating & SinglenessIdentity in ChristCommunityConflict ResolutionProverbs 23:4Colossians 3:12–15Song of Solomon 8:4
Summary
Three hosts discuss practical questions about Christian dating, covering rejection and identity, theological compatibility, conflict resolution, physical boundaries, and sexual sin. They emphasize that dating requires both wisdom and community counsel, identity in Christ over feelings, and that biblical principles inform but don't dictate individual dating decisions.
Highlights
It's awkward if you make it awkward. It gets awkward if you make it awkward. Meaning it typically is awkward and you think people are saying things because that's how we feel internally.
If our identity is in Christ and we understand that we are accepted in him, then the rejection from other people won't destroy us.
Dating really is a risky business. You're really taking a risk to see if this is someone that's gonna be your spouse, and so that means if it's not, then at some level there's either a breakup or there's gonna be a rejection.