Here’s an article by Mark Driscoll, who pastors at Mars Hill Church Seattle which was voted by the “The Seattle P-I” as one of the best places in Seattle for singles to meet somebody.
Christians worship a single guy who died a virgin. Perhaps that should be listed among his many miracles.
For the first time in our nation’s history, there are more unmarried than married adults. And people are waiting longer than ever to marry—women in their mid- to late twenties on average and men closer to thirty. The closer you get to a major city, the more singles you will find—most of them dating, relating, and fornicating.
This trend includes Seattle. Recently, Mars Hill Church Seattle was listed by the Seattle P-I as one of the best places in Seattle for singles to meet somebody. So, if you’re looking to get hitched, Mars Hill is apparently a good place.
One of the reasons I believe we were named among such places as gyms, bars, and (naturally) dog parks—there are more dogs per capita in Seattle than kids—is because we tend to verbally beat boys who can shave (men who are adults chronologically but kids in terms of responsibility) like drill sergeants. The ones who don’t leave to blog about their hurt feelings tend to stay, grow up, man up, and eventually get married to a nice gal who would like to have babies but does not want to be married to one.
Over the years, we’ve seen thousands of singles come to Mars Hill, become Christians, find healing from past abuse, trust Jesus, start dating a godly guy or gal, get married, and have kids to the glory of God. I personally know hundreds of women who were sexual assault victims at the hands of some loser boyfriend/porn-head find help, healing, and hope in Jesus, get married to a guy who was previously a train wreck, and by God’s grace become new people with a fun, free, faithful marriage. Nothing beats the front row I enjoy for the Holy Spirit’s power in the lives of people whom Jesus loves.
And though we have many families at Mars Hill, over half of our church is single and in their twenties. Naturally, there are many questions about dating.
So, I thought I’d take this opportunity to speak to those of you who are single in both our church and in the church at large. Click here to read the rest.
So, you’re in a relationship. It’s a pretty exciting time of life, huh?
This is a very helpful article I found from the Webzine, Boundless. Read the excerpt then click to read the whole article.
The Bible describes three types of relationships with the opposite sex and gives guidelines for each one. The three are:
husband and I divorced I swore off men, and was doing very well on my own until I met Mr. Wrong. He was the first person to pay attention to me in all these years. It started out innocent as just friends, but quickly turned into one of the worst decisions I have made in a long time.
course he may have already been seeing her before he told me goodbye. To make matters worse, the girl he is seeing now is one of my best friends. Since she began seeing him she will not even speak to me, which leads me to believe he has been telling her about our relationship.
“A woman’s heart