Or what if we have different views on the end times? Can I date someone who 'quenches the Spirit' and thinks I worship with 'strange fire'?
”As I've thought about the issue while talking with friends, considering my own marriage, and searching through the Scriptures, I've concluded there isn't any quick, easy answer.
This document does not give the beginning of a Sothic cycle, but a calendar date for the rising of Sirius, which can be retrocalculated as 1872 BC if the sighting of Sirius was made in the Memphis-Lahun region.
If, however, the sighting was made at the lower latitude of Elephantine, as Rolf Krauss has recently advocated, the date would be reduced to 1830 BC." The only other Sothic date comes from the Ebers Papyrus for year 9 of Amenhotep I.
Most are still stuck on, “Wait, I'm supposed to date Christians?
” That said, once you've established the importance of marrying someone who will be your partner in the faith and has the mutual goal of encouraging you in your relationship with Christ, you may start to wonder, “Well, does it really matter what of Christian they are?
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Don’t get me wrong, I love my boys with all my heart (all 6 of them), but there is something very special about my daughters that delights me like nothing else.
Is it sinful for a couple to drive to a deserted area at night just to “hang out”? Is it wise for a young man to talk to a young woman’s parents about dating/courting their daughter? It depends on whether the parents are Christians, how old the woman is, and a host of other conditions.
Does a young man need to have financial stability before he can get married?
Ah yes, the classic, “Let me show you a verse” move. w=240" data-large-file="https://derekzrishmawy.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/church_dating.jpg? Sometimes they make sense, others not so much, and a few make me laugh.
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Their smile, their sweet innocence (relatively speaking), their desire to please me in most things that they do.