My Boyfriend Is Spiritually Lethargic — Should I Still Marry Him?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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At what point should a Christian woman keep encouraging her spiritually lethargic boyfriend — and at what point should she call it off?

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0:00.0	We address a lot of dating questions on the podcast and those can be found in the podcast
0:08.5	archive, all of them.
0:10.3	Today, we add another to the list.
0:12.3	This question comes from a listener named Crystal, a not yet married woman with a question
0:16.2	about her current boyfriend and what it means to be unequally yoked.
0:20.7	Here's Crystal's email and dear Pastor John, thank you for your episodes.
0:24.9	I look forward to them every week.
0:26.8	I would like to ask about the topic of being unequally yoked.
0:29.5	I am in a serious relationship that is headed towards marriage with a man who became a Christian,
0:35.3	but he seems to take Christ a lot more casually than I do.
0:39.2	I have shared with him my desire to build a Christ-centered family and have frequently
0:43.0	tried to point him towards Christ.
0:45.7	He agrees, but from his actions, it doesn't appear that Christ is truly number one in his
0:50.2	heart.
0:51.2	I'm trying my best to encourage him to have greater reverence for God without coming off
0:55.0	as judgmental, but I always have this nagging worry.
0:58.6	Am I still obeying Christ by continuing this relationship when my boyfriend is less spiritually
1:03.8	vibrant?
1:05.5	Would that make us unequally yoked?
1:08.0	In my circles, it seems like there are few single Christian men who are spiritually
1:12.3	mature to choose from, and I suspect I'm not the only woman facing this dilemma.
1:17.4	No, I suspect you're not.
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