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A Look at 5 Books on Christian Dating for TeensKids grow up so fast, especially in this day and age with the internet and mobile camera phones. With the recent trends of young girls and boys “sexting” each other inappropriate pictures over public networks, the need for good sound advice is crucial.For Christians the challenge is two-fold, teaching your kids about dating while also teaching your children about God’s way. Especially with all the competition from music, TV, movies, videogames, and the
 other kids with camera phones that combine all those into one device that fits neatly in their pocket, it’s almost in an impossible task. The recipe to manage hormones with technology wasn’t exactly in the Bible, and our own ministers at church are sometimes out dated with the newest trends. Plus we have to face facts; Christian teens date and engage in sexual activity just as much as non-Christian teens. But what can we do before that point of crossing?Well, we need to arm ourselves with knowledge, and the books below go into great detail when it comes to preparing your kids for dating, the Christian way. I have also included a list of numbers for your teens to call if they want to talk to someone who knows the Christian way and can help them in their daily challenges. Please share these numbers with your teens so they can ask the questions they may be afraid to ask you.Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship by Joshua Harris – This is the follow up to Joshua’s first successful book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye”, and explores dating the Christian way and dating with a purpose. The key to having good relationships is dating with a purpose; just engaging in the motions of love for emotional or sexual rewards is a path to failure. Dating that right person for you and moving towards the purpose of one day being married is so much more rewarding, even when it doesn’t work out.