Our modern world is pretty sweet in some ways. We have the knowledge of the whole world at our fingertips due to smartphones and the internet. We can communicate with people anywhere for free. In many aspects of life, we have unlimited options. In other ways, our modern world creates problems other people have never had to deal with. We …
Modern Romance Problems: Moving and Changing Sexual Mores
We all have dreams of what we think our life could be like. One of my modern romance dreams was to have a high school sweetheart or a childhood friend that I married. How wonderful to marry a person that you’ve known for most of your life! You would be forever surrounded by people who had known you since you …
Modern Romance Problems: There Are No Dating Rules
I’ve always been slightly envious of those who lived during the time of Jane Austen or even during the Victorian era. While I wouldn’t want to trade away things like indoor plumbing and air conditioning, I do envy those time periods because there were clear rules of behavior. There was a code of etiquette. Everyone was aware of how you …
Modern Romance: Early Exposure and Delayed Marriage
You know what makes sexual purity and romance harder for Christians in our modern world? We learn about sex earlier and it’s everywhere, but, on average, people are getting married later and later in life. That means we have more temptation to stand up to and we have to stand up to it for longer (or forever). How did this …
Modern Romance Problems
Can we just be real for a second? Modern romance is hard, especially if you are a Christian trying to live in a way that’s honoring to God. I think (and there are researchers and several books that agree with me) that dating and finding a marriage partner is more difficult now in some ways than it’s ever been. All …