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The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast

Dating

The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast

The Elisabeth Elliot Foundation

Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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0:00.0

There is nothing worth living for unless it is worth dying for.

0:10.6

My grandmother lived a life devoted to Jesus, and today her talks have been made available

0:16.0

in their original form.

0:18.1

So you too can be built up through the insights and mysteries God revealed to her throughout

0:23.7

her ministry.

0:25.4

Now without further ado, here is Elizabeth Elliott.

0:33.0

The man by the name of Lloyd Sachston in his book The Individual Marriage in the Family

0:37.4

tells us that modern dating differs from previous courtship practices in the following ways.

0:44.0

Number one, the introduction of the man to the woman by a member of the family is no longer

0:49.0

considered necessary.

0:52.1

Number two, there is no shaperone.

0:54.6

Number three, there is no commitment on the part of the male or female to continue the

0:58.4

relationship beyond the date itself.

1:03.5

Number four, the date is planned by the adolescents themselves and not by their elders.

1:10.6

And number five, physical intimacies, such as handholding, did you ever think of handholding

1:19.0

as being a physical intimacy?

1:21.3

Well, that's where it starts, isn't it?

1:24.3

Handholding, petting, kissing, and sexuality are expected rather than forbidden.

1:34.0

Well, it warms my heart to believe that practically everybody in this room understands the foolishness

1:43.2

of going out for dates without your parents knowing anything about the person that you're

1:49.6

going out with.

1:51.6

It's a good idea to have some sort of a shaperone, certainly there needs to be a commitment

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