Christian Singles Advice Archives — Page 5 of 21

5 Dating Questions To Ask

Today’s blog post 5 dating questions to ask is by guest writer, Lauren Groff.

Lauren provides some great insights about what you should be asking when dating someone. Asking questions and finding out who they are and what their relationships with others are like will help you determine if that relationship is worth pursuing.

5 Dating Questions To Ask

As a Christian, dating often comes with additional challenges. You’re looking for compatibility on a deeper level, a mixture of attraction and spiritual connection. Finding a partner with the right moral values takes work. There’s a delicate line to walk in Christian dating – nobody wants to be quizzed about their fundamental beliefs on a first date, but you don’t want to waste your time with the wrong person!

How does God describe what sex is?

Dear Jim: How does God describe what sex is?

Singles have wrestled with this question, in one form or another, since the beginning of time, I suspect. In another article, I have shared ‘why does God say not to have sex outside of marriage? (You can find this earlier article here: Sex Outside Marriage.

I often receive emails asking just how far can one go before it becomes sex outside of marriage?

Let’s begin with what Christ shared when He was on earth. Matthew 5:27-28 states the following:

‘You have heard that it was said, Thou shall not commit adultery: but I say unto you, that every one that looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.’

Ten Reasons You Should Allow God Control Your Love Life

Today’s blog features a guest post by Katherine Abraham.

Sure, we all long to love and be loved.

However, the journey in finding ‘The One’ isn’t always a walk in the park. Some may find love early, while some will have to wait before it arrives.

They say love is fleeting and elusive. This statement may be true if we keep on chasing after love rather than gracefully allowing God to hand over love to us.

Keeping Your Faith Strong and Moving Forward

All human beings need love. People won’t be satisfied with their life if there’s no one who can support them and show them respect and love. That’s the reason, if we’re faithful, that God can send us someone who’ll complete us. However, as many people know, things in love and relationships do not always go in the right direction. After many months or even years of love, a breakup can suddenly occur. Moving forward is hard!

Tinder is a bad place to be if you’re a single Christian

Today’s blog features a guest post by Garrett Conover.

Tinder has long been a staple of online dating. Unfortunately, it has also become a breeding ground for instant gratification and thus given online dating a bad reputation. Tinder has also made judging someone purely on their appearance a perfectly normal and acceptable thing to do.

Masturbation: What does God say about it?

Today’s topic is brought to you by Dr. Jim. He explains how single Christians should deal with their natural urges like masturbation and how to seek what God really wants from us.

Dear Jim: What does God say about masturbation?

Here is a topic that is seldom discussed in Christian circles but certainly one very applicable to the single life. I do not find a “black and white” answer in the Bible, but there are some elements that we can draw out of it. Let me share some personal perspectives first.

Christian Dating: Top 8 Dating Mistakes To Avoid

Today’s blog post is by guest writer, Katherine Rundell.

Dating can be difficult, particularly for Christian singles who often feel the pressure to find the right mate. However, the only way to avoid repeating dating mistakes is to learn from them and begin to make better choices. Ultimately, this will lead to a healthier and happier relationship in the future. Here are 8 dating mistakes you need to avoid.

Top 8 Dating Mistakes To Avoid

1. Letting The Wrong People Come Into Your Life

One of the most common dating mistakes many Christians make is to let the wrong person enter their lives. Think carefully about what you don’t want in a partner and make sure that you don’t settle for less. Remember that the right person is worth waiting for and will lead to a healthy and respectful relationship.

Debating Atheism: 8 Ways To Talk About Your Faith

This week’s post is from guest writer Ronald Cain who writes about “Debating Atheism”. Using 8 points he details great approaches to make your points while keeping your Christian faith the main subject of debate.

Debating Atheism: Do and Don’ts.

With Atheism already a strong and growing influence worldwide, it can be easy for a Christian’s faith to waver and/or be offended by the prospect of an Atheist rebuking them for their beliefs. It can be tempting for the Christian to go on a tirade about why denying God’s existence is sin, thus adding ammunition to the Atheist’s point of God being “hateful and bigoted.”

Anger: how should you deal with that emotion?

How should Christians deal with anger? Dr. Jim offers advice on how to release yourself from this destructive emotion. He gives a personal account about how he dealt with similar feelings.

Dear Jim: How do I deal with the anger I am feeling?

Anger is not a sin! It is what we do with this emotion that may cause us to sin, but the emotion itself is not a sin. Christ was angry – but His anger was directed toward sin. It is okay to be angry against sin, but we often find ourselves angry for other reasons. Ephesians 4:26 instruct us to be angry, but to not sin or let the sun go down on our anger. We need to do something about it for it makes a super bad bedfellow!

Common-Law Relationships? Advice for Christian singles.

Common-law relationships seem to be common for couples nowadays. What should Christian singles know about a relationship that isn’t God’s plans for His children? Dr. Jim gives his simple but Biblically-supported view of this, and sex outside of marriage.

Is God with us when we are in a common-law relationship?

Dear Jim: I have a unique situation in that God is with us as we live together outside of marriage (common law relationship). I would like to know what to say to other Christians who ask for my advice in wanting to do the same thing? I know why it is wrong from a moral and biblical realm. But, I know that God accepts us, and where we are at.