S16 Ep282: The Truth About Soul Ties with Theologian Joel

Heart of Dating

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Christianity, Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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0:00.0	The technical phrase, soul ties, is never found in the Bible.
0:03.0	We're trying to describe a relationship that is extremely deep, typically between a guy and a girl.
0:09.0	The language of one flesh in the Hebrew mindset was so much more than just physicality.
0:14.5	Once again, it's pointing to emotion and spirituality as well.
0:19.2	Know how you're wired.
0:20.5	And to the level how you're wired.
0:27.1	And to the level that you're wired, you want to be careful and wise that in discernment,
0:33.1	you don't step into types of activities and engagement that's going to start to open the door to a type of knitting and connectivity that is premature.
0:38.9	It doesn't take the other person's permission or compliance for you to knit and latch.
0:44.2	All I know is the best thing is to be wise about how you pace a dating relationship.
0:49.0	You never hear people saying, I just so regret spending the extra few months getting to know them. But you hear the
0:55.6	inverse. If you're using the phrase soul ties, which are weaponizing them against people or you're
1:01.1	weaponizing against yourself, you know, just erase it. have a soltie. Oh, you can't. actually real. Today we're going to break it down because this is a hot topic when you get in the
1:28.1	Christian dating world. You hear it all the time. Oh, you must have a soul tie. Oh, you can't do that because then you're going to get a soul tie. Well, we have an expert here who knows a lot about the Bible, more probably than JJ and I, maybe. His name is Joel Mudamali, and we have him here today and we're so excited. Joel, welcome to the show. Thanks, guys. So excited to be with y'all.
1:47.0	Let's go, man. Did I do your name? His name is Joel Matamali, and we have him here today, and we're so excited.
1:44.3	Joel, welcome to the show.
1:45.3	Thanks, guys.
1:46.0	So excited to be with y'all.
1:47.0	Let's go, man.
1:47.7	Did I do your name right?
1:48.6	You crushed my name.
1:49.4	Okay.
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