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How the “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” Model Left Women So Emotionally Vulnerable

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 27, 2021 | Preparing for Marriage

Just because you’re not going to date doesn’t mean you don’t get your heart broken. My article yesterday on how Elisabeth Elliot’s courtship with Jim sounds quite toxic and unfair to Elisabeth blew up on Facebook and social media. Most were in...

Let’s Talk “It’s Better to Marry Than to Burn”

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 12, 2020 | Preparing for Marriage

What does 1 Corinthians 7:9–“it is better to marry than to burn with passion”–mean? I was blown away by the comments last Friday when we were talking about the gatekeeping phenomenon that many women feel, when we think that the boy is the...

Our Soul Ties Series: How Do You Heal a Broken Heart?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 20, 2019 | Grief, Preparing for Marriage

Can you get over a broken heart? Can you heal from the hurt of past relationships? This month on Wednesdays we’re talking about the idea of “soul ties”. I started by talking about what that phrase means, and then last week I asked the question,...

Intimacy Before Marriage: It’s More Than Just Sex!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 30, 2018 | Preparing for Marriage

I’ve written at length on the blog about why we should wait until marriage for sex, and why God made sex just for marriage.But sometimes I fear that in all of our talk about saving sex for marriage we forget that the biggest sexual temptation isn’t always...

10 Reasons to NOT Kiss Dating Goodbye

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 6, 2018 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

I didn’t grow up in the “I Kissed Dating GoodBye” culture, but my kids did. I made Rebecca read the book when she was 14 (sorry, Becca!). I told the girls no dating until they were at least 16, and I strongly discouraged it until later. Over the...

What If You’re Not in Love with Your Boyfriend?

by Rebecca Lindenbach | May 22, 2017 | Preparing for Marriage

What do you do if you’re not in love with your boyfriend–but you really want to be? Connor and I met in September, were dating in January, and were engaged exactly 11 months and 20 days later. Six months later, on July 18 2015, we were married. We had a...