Jonathan Pokluda

Yeah, I think it is about the same thing. So courting was when you would really pursue a woman through her father. And so you would talk to her dad, you would spend time together in the living room. So a lot of times I think we play some word games as Christians, like courting, dating, you know, we just put some parameters around it.

Yeah, I think it is about the same thing. So courting was when you would really pursue a woman through her father. And so you would talk to her dad, you would spend time together in the living room. So a lot of times I think we play some word games as Christians, like courting, dating, you know, we just put some parameters around it.

Yeah, I think it is about the same thing. So courting was when you would really pursue a woman through her father. And so you would talk to her dad, you would spend time together in the living room. So a lot of times I think we play some word games as Christians, like courting, dating, you know, we just put some parameters around it.

But really with the invention of the automobile, like the car, because when you couldn't drive, it was just like if you wanted to see, you know, pursue a woman, you'd have to go to her house, you'd have to talk to her parents, and then you'd really spend time together there. It wasn't really in the backseat of the movies.

But really with the invention of the automobile, like the car, because when you couldn't drive, it was just like if you wanted to see, you know, pursue a woman, you'd have to go to her house, you'd have to talk to her parents, and then you'd really spend time together there. It wasn't really in the backseat of the movies.

But really with the invention of the automobile, like the car, because when you couldn't drive, it was just like if you wanted to see, you know, pursue a woman, you'd have to go to her house, you'd have to talk to her parents, and then you'd really spend time together there. It wasn't really in the backseat of the movies.

I mean, a lot of times you're sitting on the front porch where everyone could look in on that relationship. There was an authenticity and a transparency to it. But that's all gone away because now we're, And then with the birth of technology, even, a lot of dating happens through FaceTime and Tinder and whatnot.

I mean, a lot of times you're sitting on the front porch where everyone could look in on that relationship. There was an authenticity and a transparency to it. But that's all gone away because now we're, And then with the birth of technology, even, a lot of dating happens through FaceTime and Tinder and whatnot.

I mean, a lot of times you're sitting on the front porch where everyone could look in on that relationship. There was an authenticity and a transparency to it. But that's all gone away because now we're, And then with the birth of technology, even, a lot of dating happens through FaceTime and Tinder and whatnot.

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You can't determine obedience by the outcome. So I, I don't always like as Christians to go to use others as examples. I just, I think about the biblical texts and how does the scripture inform our behavior here? And so Monica and I dated for three years. Uh, we got married. Um, it was great for a year. It was really hard year two.

You can't determine obedience by the outcome. So I, I don't always like as Christians to go to use others as examples. I just, I think about the biblical texts and how does the scripture inform our behavior here? And so Monica and I dated for three years. Uh, we got married. Um, it was great for a year. It was really hard year two.

You can't determine obedience by the outcome. So I, I don't always like as Christians to go to use others as examples. I just, I think about the biblical texts and how does the scripture inform our behavior here? And so Monica and I dated for three years. Uh, we got married. Um, it was great for a year. It was really hard year two.

We almost got divorced and then community came in our lives and we have an amazing marriage. We're over, over 20 years now, three kids. And I would say we dated too long. I don't think that our biology was made and designed to spend time with someone that we really, really like and we're physically attracted to. I mean, we're basically just restraining our bodies in ways that we weren't meant to.

We almost got divorced and then community came in our lives and we have an amazing marriage. We're over, over 20 years now, three kids. And I would say we dated too long. I don't think that our biology was made and designed to spend time with someone that we really, really like and we're physically attracted to. I mean, we're basically just restraining our bodies in ways that we weren't meant to.