One of the big questions hovering around the topic of courtship and dating is the role of friendship. How intimate of a friendship with someone of the opposite sex is OK? How do I move from friendship to dating? Won’t the friendship be ruined if one of us expresses romantic interest and the other doesn’t respond favorably? (more…)
The first step in the process of moving toward marriage through the initiation of or participation in a godly relationship is to evaluate yourself spiritually. Remember, one of our guiding principles here is that we are trying to be (or prepare to be) a godly spouse even as we try to find a godly spouse. (more…)
Should women ask men out for coffee or call them up? Should they be the first to bring up marriage or post pictures of the two of them on Facebook? In the article ‘Should women pursue?‘, I argued at length why I think it’s better for women to let men lead and pursue, but what behaviour can be classified as pursuing and leading? (more…)
Many women’s magazines teach that if a woman wants a man she should go get him. But in the Bible we see a different pattern. I cannot find one single example of women taking men as husbands in scripture. Nor can I find a single example of men being given as husbands to women. (more…)