Dating should be fun and produce spiritual and personal growth. Learn how using God's boundaries can improve relationships with the opposite gender and encourage healthy, fun social interaction. "Boundaries in Dating teaches what boundaries are and why they're vital to a healthy dating relationship. Group members learn how to pick appropriate dating partners, overcome personal issues, and handle dating problems. This Zondervan"Groupware is appropriate for teen or adult groups.
Joshua Harris's first book, written when he was only 21, turned the Christian singles scene upside down...and people are still talking. More than 800,000 copies later, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, with its inspiring call to sincere love, real purity, and purposeful singleness, remains the benchmark for books on Christian dating. Now, for the first time since its release, the national #1 bestseller has been expanded with new content and updated for new readers. Honest and practical, it challenges cultural assumptions about relationships and provides solid, biblical alternatives to society's norm.
In their most popular book, bestselling authors Eric and Leslie Ludy challenge singles to take a fresh approach to relationships in a culture where love has been replaced by cheap sensual passion. When God Writes Your Love Story shows that God's way to true love brings fulfillment and romance in its purest, richest, and most satisfying form. This new edition includes an extra chapter from Leslie Ludy about the surprises of life after marriage!
“I had dreamed of a perfect love story for my entire life. But somewhere in the midst of the endless cycle of temporary romances, my dreams had shattered.” How can I find a love worth waiting for?
Lay the foundation now - whether you’ve met your future spouse or not—for a l ... more
The book you're holding tells a very moving love story. It's honest. It's practical. But even as it addresses the real questions and concerns of single men and women it always lifts our gaze upward-above our immediate preoccupations, above our longings for human companionship to the Maker who created us for Himself." --from the foreword by Joshua Harris
In Passion and Purity, Elisabeth Elliot emphasizes the need to commit daily to Christ all matters of the heart and to wait upon Him. She teaches this often-painful yet rewarding discipline by candidly tracing her love story with Jim Elliot as evidence that she has been there.
Through letters, diary entries, and memories, she shares the temptations, difficulties, vic ... more
Fun but not flighty, this comprehensive, Bible-based guide gives candid, relatable insight on men, dating, singleness, purity, and true love. Most importantly, the authors point readers to the ultimate source of true love, Jesus Christ himself and to deepen that relationship above all others.
In a world that seeks to destroy all that is princesslike and feminine within her, that mocks her longing for tender romance and exalts the empty charms of a painted face or a perfect figure - can today's young woman dare to long for more? For every young woman who has asked herself that question, this book offers a breathtaking vision of hope. Refreshingly candid and practical, Authentic Beauty explores the boundless opportunities God has for a young woman who is willing to let Him shape every aspect of her life.
With humor, honesty, and biblical truths, the authors help point women to being the right woman and not just finding the right man. By studying the biblical character Ruth, women learn the characteristics that every woman of God should develop. Learn how to become a lady of purity, faith, contentment, patience, and more as you pursue a personal and intimate relationship with Jesus. You'll discover that only a relationship with your Heavenly Bridgegroom will satisfy
Straightforward biblical advice on challenging life issues. Tony Evans is known for his straight talk on tough issues. Whether discussing the basics of Christian theology or talking about the everyday challenges of walking as a Christian, Tony Evans grabs readers' attention. Now he offers four new installments in his Tony Evans Speaks Out On series. Dr. Evans tackles the difficult subject of singleness with sensitivity, encouraging singles to find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus.
Emotional Purity takes a look at the friendships and relationships between single men and women and the lack of emotional boundaries that can lead to heartache. Emotional purity means not giving away your heart without a commitment. Author Heather Arnel Paulsen uses the model of God’ s relationship with us to show that we cannot have an intimate relationship with God until we have committed our lives to him. Likewise, we should not have an emotionally intimate relationship with the opposite sex outside of marriage. It will only lead to excess baggage that we take with us into future relationships.
God wants us to be emotionally and physically pure. Using fictional and real-life examples along with sound biblical ... more
Jim Talley and Bobbie Reed outline simple yet effective methods of building quality relationships while curtailing premature intimacy in this plain-spoken and experience-tested manual. A study guide at the end of the book features discussion questions and creative assignments for each chapter.
