Today's question, Paul, comes from a parent who is concerned about their adult child being in,

I guess, what you would call, an interdenominational dating relationship.

Joe asks, for the past two years, my 20-year-old daughter who attends a Pentecostal church,

has been dating a 25-year-old young man from the same church. They both love Jesus

and put them at the center of everything they do, especially in their relationship. However, my

daughter's boyfriend has been doing some research into different church denominations and is now

thinking about attending a Calvinist evangelical church. Can their relationships still work? And what would

you recommend to help their relationship move forward together? So Paul, I guess more broadly,

how important is it to have the same theological views as your spouse or someone you might

want to marry? Should you date or marry someone from a different denomination or with theological views?

What's the most important spiritual bond to have with your future spouse?

And then personally, how compatible or theologically or denominationally compatible are you and Luella?

Let me play this out. It's often the case that a young man or a young woman will meet somebody at a work event

or a sporting event or online or through friends who they discover as a Christian.

They don't know this, but it's from a different spiritual tradition than their own.

At first, you just enjoy the fellowship with one another,

and you enjoy the way you are able to let down your guard a little bit because you share

a life-shape and commitment to Jesus. But as the relationship grows more serious, the other person

invites you to their church. That first Sunday, things are a bit uncomfortable for you.

These seem to be fine and sincere Christians.

But your experience is like attending somebody else's family reunion.

It's familiar, but it's really unfamiliar.

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