Christian Dating Red Flags: What to Look for in a Relationship | Dating Advice for Christians with Jonny Ardavanis
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Jonny Ardavanis
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🗓️ 20 May 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Wondering what red flags to watch for when dating? In this episode, we discuss personal, familial, relational, and spiritual warning signs to consider in Christian relationships.
Learn about setting healthy boundaries, how to evaluate potential partners, and get practical advice on questions like "How long should I date?" and "What if there's no one at my church?" We dive into important topics like handling someone's past, financial readiness for marriage, and whether Christian dating apps are a good option.
This conversation covers essential dating wisdom including:
- Key personal red flags like social awareness and financial stewardship
- How to navigate family dynamics in relationships
- Spiritual maturity indicators to look for in a partner
- Practical answers to common Christian dating questions
Whether you're looking for your first relationship or trying to make better dating choices, this episode provides biblical perspective on finding a godly partner who demonstrates the character traits that lead to a healthy marriage.
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| 0:00.0 | How should I ask someone on a date? |
| 0:02.0 | Just ask. |
| 0:03.6 | What if I'm a girl? |
| 0:04.8 | One of the questions is, does a guy have to make the first girl? |
| 0:06.8 | Yeah, I've been asked that by many girls in our young adult ministry at Stone Ridge. |
| 0:09.4 | Are we endorsing Ruth and Boas? |
| 0:11.4 | She doesn't want a man that she truly can dominate. |
| 0:13.7 | She wants a bold, courageous, strong protector of a man. And I would say, like, that's part of when you just think about dating |
| 0:21.2 | and the type of people that you want. |
| 0:22.8 | Like, those are some characteristics that I would think |
| 0:25.0 | any girl is gonna want in the man |
| 0:27.5 | that she's gonna eventually marry. |
| 0:29.0 | If there's no one solid and single at my church, |
| 0:31.8 | what about a Christian dating app? |
| 0:33.3 | Oof. We get a lot of those. |
| 0:35.8 | What do you think? |
| 0:47.3 | All right, Brandon, I want to talk about some relationship, relational red flags. Let's define red flags in a dating relationship. People have said, like, hey, how do I know if i should marry this person part of the way we would |
| 0:55.4 | want to answer that question is well we've talked about what to look for in a spouse previously how |
| 1:00.0 | today what you should be looking for in a spouse i want to provide maybe some red flags where you go |
| 1:05.1 | hey i'd pump the brakes at this point and kind of pull up for error reevaluate but let's define |
| 1:10.6 | what we're saying. |
| 1:11.8 | When we talk about a red flag, we're not saying like, hey, you have to create an unrealistic |
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