All right, here we go, church. I hope you're ready to study the Bible. If you've got

yours, Song of Solomon chapter 2 is where we're going to be. We're in the third week of this

series, and we today, in case you are a little slow on the uptake, are talking about dating,

and what the Bible says about dating, and who and when and why and all the things. And the one thing,

though, when you teach the Bible about dating is the Bible does not talk

specifically about dating the way we think about dating.

There's no place in the Bible where Moses goes up to Sappora and was like, hey, would

you like to split a blooming onion at Outback?

That's not in here.

But dating is not a status like we treat dating. Dating is a process,

a process of discernment. And it's really like a means to an end. And the end is should we get married.

And so we are going to talk about dating for singles and talking about dating to married folk,

okay? Because married people, you're not supposed to stop dating.

You were supposed to continuously put yourself in the kind of environments

where your relationship can grow and bloom.

And so what I hope to do is for you singles, whether you're like, you know, young, single

or maybe you're single again or whatever, if you're kind of on the dating scene and you're not married,

pretty much what I want to do is deconstruct everything this world tells you about dating

because it is all a lie and it's all pretty selfish.

And it will teach you some horrible habits.

Because what our world teaches is basically that the way you date is all about you. And it's hook up, shack up, break

up, repeat. Hook up, check up, break up, repeat. And I want to deconstruct that and then reconstruct

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