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In my capacity as a married priest, educator, couples therapist and researcher these last forty years, I have had the privilege to counsel thousands of couples. One conclusion I have drawn from all this work is that good marriages do not simply materialize out of thin air. Good marriages are highly dependent on the decisions people make prior to marriage, and during the dating process. If you are of marriageable age, I suspect you will find the information that follows useful in your efforts to date successfully, and ultimately lay a sound foundation from which to cultivate a Christ-centered, good marriage. It used to be that people married for all kinds of reasons, the least of which had much to do with being in love. Some primary reasons why people married in past generations were to form alliances to protect family interests. They also married to have children, thus ensuring that there were plenty of hands to work the family farm. Today, things have changed.

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Photo from Matt Westgate on Flickr. In the midst of everything that is going on in college, I know that many of you are probably also thinking about getting married or pursing romantic relationships. Not to mention the crazy way the world often treats relationships as means simply to fulfill our own selfish desires. A little advice:. Take your time to find the right person.

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This document provides an introduction to practical Christian living as it relates to dating. It discusses how God created humans as social beings and desires relationships leading to marriage. Dating is presented as a means for teenagers to learn how to relate socially and get to know someone of the opposite gender, though dating does not necessarily imply courtship, which refers to the final phase before marriage. The document encourages listening to parents' advice on dating and provides questions for reflection on topics like distinguishing between dating and courtship and learning about another person through dating.

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Presentation2 Teen Dating

Won't they assist in helping to choose future partners? Dating is acceptable during the engagement process, but outside of this process, dating may lead to sexual practices. Do not deceive yourselves by the culture around you, for it is a culture that has resulted in broken families, broken marriages, and many distraught children who have lost their parents through the malpractice of family life. The definition of 'pre-marital' differs. Pre-marital sex differs from pre-marital group friendships, in a pure Christian atmosphere.

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