When is it time to break up on this edition of Truth and Love?

I'm Heath Lambert and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, where we seek to provide biblical solutions for the problems

that people face. One of the most common relationships in the entire human race is the dating

relationship. Whether you are a teenager, a young adult, or even an older person, many of us have been through the dating experience,

and many of you listening right now are dating someone. One of the unique challenges in a dating

relationship is discerning whether or not the relationship is working and leading towards engagement and marriage

or whether it is not working. If it's not working, we have to know whether or not you should

break up. To help us think this matter through, I've invited to join us on the podcast today,

two guests who are each the authors of two books,

Letters to a Romantic, and the first book, Letters to a Romantic is On Engagement,

and the second book is Letters to a Romantic on Dating.

And the authors of those two books are here with us on Truth and Love,

Sean Perron and Spencer Harmon, and we want to talk to them about this

issue of how do you know when it's time to break up? And so Spencer, Sean, we're glad you're on

the podcast, and for people who are listening right now and wondering whether they should break up,

or maybe someone listening who's trying to help somebody think through whether they should

break up, that's the question.

How do you know if it's time to break up with your boyfriend or your girlfriend?

So there are a variety of reasons why a couple might feel this tension about whether or not they should end their relationship. As I'm thinking about the different reasons that would cause this dilemma,

you have things that are of sin nature. So patterns of sin or a sin that emerges that was

secret beforehand or as you get to know the person, you're having questions about their holiness.

So that would be one category. Another category would be under the label of preferences and chemistry or harmony.

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