Title: Dating
Series: Sex and Dating Series | 2
Series: Genesis 2:18-25
Author: Jason Dees
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground
the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of
the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call
them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was
its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of
the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was
not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep
to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and
closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had
taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the
man. 23 Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold
fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and
his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
This is the Word of the Lord
When I grew up there was a lot of talk on Christian dating. It was an era
that was dubbed the “Purity Culture.” And there were a lot of converging
movements… The first was the True Love Waits movement, which was an
effort to get students and young adults committed to abstinence, to wait
until they were married to have sex… But the content spent a lot less time
on knowing and honoring God and more to do with not getting an STD and
being able to give your best to your wife or Husband… If you waited, you
would have the ultimate sex…
The other big part of that movement was the book I Kissed Dating Goodbye
which sold more 1.2 million copies making it a mega best seller. Just to give
you a little context the average New York Times best seller, sells between
...
Series: Sex and Dating Series | 2
Series: Genesis 2:18-25
Author: Jason Dees
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground
the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of
the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call
them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was
its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of
the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was
not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep
to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and
closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had
taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the
man. 23 Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold
fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and
his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
This is the Word of the Lord
When I grew up there was a lot of talk on Christian dating. It was an era
that was dubbed the “Purity Culture.” And there were a lot of converging
movements… The first was the True Love Waits movement, which was an
effort to get students and young adults committed to abstinence, to wait
until they were married to have sex… But the content spent a lot less time
on knowing and honoring God and more to do with not getting an STD and
being able to give your best to your wife or Husband… If you waited, you
would have the ultimate sex…
The other big part of that movement was the book I Kissed Dating Goodbye
which sold more 1.2 million copies making it a mega best seller. Just to give
you a little context the average New York Times best seller, sells between
...
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