She gives her instructions, gets her all dolled-up, and sends her off to seek her mate. Ruth is told by her mother-in-law, Naomi, to seek Boaz as her husband. The closest thing to dating in the Bible is found in the book of Ruth, chapter three. I'm not saying that all singles' groups are like this - or even most - I am just stating what the usual underlying reason is for their existence - to bring about the meeting and ultimate marriage of the single population of the Church. "Are you married yet?" Out of the muck and mire of this "predestined-for-marriage" consciousness, comes a unique American phenomenon - it's called "the singles' group" - where anxious (sometimes even lusty) singles can "fellowship" in such spirit-led functions as "car-wash fund-raising drives" and "spaghetti-dinner and disco-parties!" Under the pretense of "meeting the single person's special needs," I have often seen singles' fellowships serve as nothing more than what a singles' bar does in the world. They are besieged with such questions as, "Oh, you're still single?" or. Single Christians Today the "single Christian" is looked upon as some sort of an oddball. I want to talk you out of the idea that, "Someday, you are probably going to get married!" I would like to talk to those of you who are single. My desire is to tackle some future marital problems before they even happen. My purpose here is to point out some principles of the Word of God that are being neglected by the Church today. There have been more scholarly and complete articles, even whole books, written on these subjects. Rightīy Keith Green Introduction This is not meant to be a whole treatise on the subjects of dating and marriage. To order printed copies to share In Search Of Mr.
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