Christian Dating ft. Jonathan Pokluda (EP 94)
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What exciting event is happening on May 18th?
I have a huge announcement before you guys continue to watch this episode of the podcast. Guys, May 18th, we are doing our second live podcast show in my home state, Atlanta, Georgia. We're going to be at the Cobb Energy Center May 18th for worship and a powerful word. Guys, I am so excited to be back in the same city that God took me from death to life if you guys want to come out to the hometown live podcast show may 18th go to ticket master and search up bryce crawford and get your tickets today guys i'm looking forward to seeing you guys on may 18th go to ticket master search bryce crawford get your tickets to the live podcast show may 18th love you guys now enjoy the episode what's going on guys welcome back to another episode of the bryce crawford podcast i'm bryson today i'm with an awesome guest uh
Who is Jonathan Pokluda and why is he featured in this episode?
Pastor, Father, I would call you mentor of mine, Jonathan Picluda. How are you doing?
Dude, pumped to be here, man. Thanks for having me over.
Yeah, thanks for coming. Thanks for making the flight down. Dude, love it.
Absolutely. Thanks for introducing me to Moses.
Yeah, he's the best.
He likes licking your ears. Yeah, man. I just got attacked by a miniature golden doodle.
He loves you. That's rare. He loves people, but he really loves you.
Maybe I have syrup in my ears or something. He was going to town.
He likes that. Yeah, man. Well, I'm excited about today's episode. I've never done an episode on the topic of dating and what it means to be a Christian and finding a significant other, spouse, things like that. And so I'm super pumped to just pick your brand. I'm going to try to ask as many questions across the spectrum of dating as possible. Yeah.
What does it mean to be equally yoked in a Christian relationship?
Whatever the general public would say about it, Christianity, what Christianity says about it, how to go about it. I think I think one of the first questions on my heart is so many people always wonder what it means to be equally yoked.
Yeah.
What what what does it mean to be equally yoked in a relationship that's romantic?
yeah so second corinthians 6 14 is where that comes from says do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers and so sometimes people are like do we have to be the same level of spiritual maturity um do we have to both be calvinist or do we have to both be reformed or we have to both be arminian or do we have to both be baptist or methodist or catholic what what is that is that what that means and in the context of the scripture is really that a believer would um marry a believer the context or even do business with the believer i can tell you uh one time pre-ministry i had went in uh into business with somebody who was not a christian they were a good person they were a moral person but they were not a christian and it was going well until it wasn't and all of a sudden he stopped answering my phone calls and ran off with a bunch of money and i never heard from him again and i i thought about that scripture and then bryce i would just say
Some of the most difficult situations I'm in pastorally, so I'm a pastor, so much of what I do is pastoral care, or you would say biblical counseling. And some of the most difficult situations I'm in are someone in a marriage where they were a Christian, but they married someone who wasn't a Christian, and they either didn't see that as important or they hoped that they would change post-marriage. You do not want to marry potential, meaning you don't want to marry someone hoping that they become someone else. That's a recipe for disaster. You want to marry them understanding their flaws, understanding their fallen nature, understanding their wiring and their personality, and say, hey, they would be a great match for me. We complement each other well, and we're gonna do ministry together for the rest of our life. We're going to have children and raise those children to know God. We're gonna disciple our community, disciple in our home. And so we would make great partners.
So really what a Christian marriage is, It's a strengthening of ministry. You're like looking for a ministry partner. And so if you marry a non-believer, so much of the ministry that you're doing is going to be to them. And it's a really hard life. And the scripture speaks specifically to this in 1 Peter 3.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What exciting event is happening on May 18th?
0:00–0:48
2
Who is Jonathan Pokluda and why is he featured in this episode?
0:48–1:44
3
What does it mean to be equally yoked in a Christian relationship?
1:44–9:36
4
Is physical attraction important in Christian dating?
9:36–19:36
5
How does pornography impact modern dating?
19:36–37:26
6
How can you discern genuine character in a partner?
37:26–58:24
7
What should men and women look for in a godly partner?
58:24–1:02:04
8
Why is there no dating advice in the Bible?
1:02:04–1:09:58