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Archive for September, 2009

Adventists + Dating // Why go there?

Adventists + Dating // Why go there?

high school…check
undergrad…check
post-grad…check
marriage…uncheck
kids…double uncheck
As she scans the masses, it doesn’t take long before Church Girl notices for every one of him there’s three of her.  If only she had come to this point sooner rather than later… While she’s finally wrapped up the pursuit of  her academic career and is asking “what’s next?”, the elders, [...]

Adventists + Dating // General maturity in dating

Adventists + Dating // General maturity in dating

Dating in today’s world involves the process of two individuals (a man and a woman) getting to know each other for various different reasons.  Some of the reasons are genuine while most of them, sadly, are not. The only reason I say that is because dating has turned out to be the opportunity for people [...]

Adventists + Dating // You’re dating who??

Adventists + Dating // You’re dating who??

“You’re dating who??”
I remember the first time I heard that. It was a couple years ago when I was dating this guy named…well, let’s just call him Joe. It’s not that Joe was a bad guy. It was just that from the outside we seemed vastly different. To sum it up, if Joe and I [...]

Adventists + Dating Series

Adventists + Dating Series

“I’m interested in starting a relationship with an SDA girl,” he said. The care and concern  visibly radiated from the words on the page. “I’m a non-denominational Christian and I’m curious about the ins and outs of dating from the Adventist perspective.”
Many of us today face a similar question, albeit in slightly different forms depending [...]

Lesson 9: Believing in the Son of God

Lesson 9: Believing in the Son of God

so this post comes late, which means i’m filling in…thing is, i only made it through the first 30 minutes of sabbath school this past sabbath so that’s going to be the focus of this very short delayed lesson review.
We’ll pick things up again with the memory text, “Who is it that overcomes the [...]