How does christian dating work

A Christian Guide to Dating Apps

Dating as a Christian in this world can be challenging, I get it. The questions ruminate in your mind as your thumb pauses before the swipe. You go through a mental checklist with each profile you view and decision fatigue sets in quickly. The stories of people meeting their spouses at work, church, the supermarket and through mutual friends are becoming rarer. I joke. Kind of. Still, greater clarity in the process would be helpful. But how do you get that clarity? How do you know what Christian dating should look like? Sure, you can flick through the love stories of the Bible and get an idea of the biblical principles you can apply in your own life.

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In matters of dating or courtship, I generally recommend that people either get married or break up within a year or so of beginning a dating relationship. I also believe that this recommendation applies with equal force to single men and women in college. In fact, they are usually really enthusiastic about doing so. We might even say that getting to know one another better and more deeply is up to a certain limited point, of course the very purpose of a dating relationship. As your general comfort level around each other rises, that momentum grows even more. Now picture, for example, college life.

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So I thought I would add my two cents as someone who owes her marriage to her phone. I chose an app called Hinge because you can put more personal questions on your profile, the very first thing people see. Even your love life is for the glory of God. I think this one is really tough for optimists.

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What Should Christian Dating Look Like?

Dating is a prevalent part of our culture and a modern-day prerequisite for engagement, so we must learn how to approach it as Christians. Again, as Paul said to the Thessalonians, we should not act like those who do not know God. For the Christian, if the only thing that changes when you get married is that you start having sex, something is wrong. Should we really be giving ourselves away emotionally and romantically to someone who is not our spouse?

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