Sermons About Courtship
Courtship
Dating is observation. Courtship is involvement. Dating is a date. Courtship is moving toward something. Dating is marketing. Courtship is negotiating the deal. Song of Solomon gives us some great advice on how to do it right.
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Ruth 3.1-18
Ruth and Boaz live in the perverted and confused time of the Judges, a period of history where Israel was in rebellion against God on a regular basis. How can two people love each other and pursue marriage in a way that is pure and honorable? How do they protect themselves and each other in a day when the path of least resistance is hooking up, sleeping together, shacking up and seeing if it works out? Listen to how Ruth and Boaz navigate these treacherous waters!
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The Dating Game (SDSU)
If there is one specific area that many Christians have blindly and willingly accepted secular practices, it would be in the area of dating. Pastors have dropped the teaching of biblical courtship and the church has instead adopted recreational dating which has had a horrendous influence on churches, families and society in whole.
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Light My Fire
What does it mean for a husband to love his wife like Jesus loved the church? How would this affect communication between husband and wife, and about our spouse outside of our marriages? What would it mean for courtship? What does it mean for a wife to submit to her husband? Doesn't this sound like abuse? In the end, we will remember the love Christ showed towards us.
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Temptation: Start Me Up
Boundaries free us emotionally because certain things are off the table. Boundaries also protect God's intent for love. We will use the metaphor of following God's blueprint in SIDEBAR: What does this mean for the perpetually dating couple?
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