JOSHUA HARRIS -- All about his lovelife views, his books...

[shimiyu]

Anybody read any of his books...?

I have my own views on these, just wanted to know what's your stand concerning his Christian take on love life.
Ask questions as often as you can in your posts.

To get the ball rolling...

Based on his views, would you honestly wait and make yourself unavailable until you're ready to get married...?

[m1000]

mayta daghan ni basa ani... para daghan mo istorya

pero ako nabasahan lang kay boy meets girl ra.... (ang about sa purity og i kiss dating goodbye gi discuss rato)

may surgeon na ko na ilhan ingon ani sad iyang idea about waiting...

abi niya mo wait sa iya ang guy... saun nganita na man nuon og lain although sila duha christian...

naa gyu'y uban dili lang mo pariha og idea mao na dili tanan sa libro applicable... heheh

na himo na nuon siyang tigulang dalaga, nag agi pag mayoma kay wala kasolay og anak saun. na hysterectomy pa gyud...

ang ako lang daghan man mga "HOW TO" na mga libro gud, pero dili man tanan gyud ingon ang ilang ma experience...

ang imo lang ana, sa tanan nimong buhaton, imo lang gyud huna hunaon kung maka glorify na sa Ginoo.

[shimiyu]

kaluoy sad's babaye hehe.. i think noh, all of these searching and dating thingies should be done in balance..
because lahi man gyud ang paths sa mga tawo. just make sure that you're doing what you can to glorify God.

kasabot man gud ko sa main thrust ni Joshua Harris. understandably, divided gihapon ang Christians ani.

pagka-abot na'g mga 30's, samot na'g 40's, magpa-ngitaay na gyud na bai, walay nay mo-pugong ana hahaha


do you agree bai with his idea to withhold your first kiss until sa wedding kiss ninyo? unsa may take nimo ana?

[m1000]

kaluoy sad's babaye hehe.. i think noh, all of these searching and dating thingies should be done in balance..
because lahi man gyud ang paths sa mga tawo. just make sure that you're doing what you can to glorify God.

kasabot man gud ko sa main thrust ni Joshua Harris. understandably, divided gihapon ang Christians ani.

pagka-abot na'g mga 30's, samot na'g 40's, magpa-ngitaay na gyud na bai, walay nay mo-pugong ana hahaha


do you agree bai with his idea to withhold your first kiss until sa wedding kiss ninyo? unsa may take nimo ana?

aluoy sad's babaye hehe.. i think noh, all of these searching and dating thingies should be done in balance..
because lahi man gyud ang paths sa mga tawo. just make sure that you're doing what you can to glorify God.

-correct!

pagka-abot na'g mga 30's, samot na'g 40's, magpa-ngitaay na gyud na bai, walay nay mo-pugong ana hahaha

mao gyud hahaha...


do you agree bai with his idea to withhold your first kiss until sa wedding kiss ninyo? unsa may take nimo ana?[/font]

heheh ambot lang... ay kiss ra bitaw... murag wala may lingaw og malisya ang inyong relasyon kung walay kiss...
may american pastor sa fellowship namo ni sulti siya unsa sad iyang love story sa iyang misis... mag kiss man sila kato uyab pa sila, PDA pa gali, ang ila mas greater ang temptation kung sila lang duha, so,dili sila mag kiss na private ambot sad sa ila ... well, at least honest siya...( gihimo pa gyud og excuse nyahahah)
sa conviction ra sad tao...

unsa'y tan'aw nimo anang blessed singleness bai? blessed ba nah?

[shimiyu]

[i] heheh ambot lang... ay kiss ra bitaw... murag wala may lingaw og malisya ang inyong relasyon kung walay kiss...
may american pastor sa fellowship namo ni sulti siya unsa sad iyang love story sa iyang misis... mag kiss man sila kato uyab pa sila, PDA pa gali, ang ila mas greater ang temptation kung sila lang duha, so,dili sila mag kiss na private ambot sad sa ila ... well, at least honest siya...( gihimo pa gyud og excuse nyahahah)
sa conviction ra sad tao...

unsa'y tan'aw nimo anang blessed singleness bai? blessed ba nah?

mao sad bai.. lahi man gu'g level of conviction sa kada tawo.

heheh blessed singleness... naa man koy auntie nga hantod karon single gihapon, pero ambot la'g blessed ba 'to. hahaha.. anyway, yep, like the Good Book points out that both paths (either marriage or singleness) are blessings and are both within God's will. both have pros and cons, like in marriage.. "two heads are better than one", or in singleness you are unattached or unburdened to do ministry / career. uban man gung tawo mag-libog kung unsa kuno'y "God's will" para nila kung mag-minyo ba o dili, when in fact, imoha man gyud nang final decision (Matt. 19:10-12).

the only things you have to surrender to God concerning that are the WHO and WHEN questions... KINSA ug KANUS-A.

so, unsa man bai, are you called to be blessedly single? ahehe.. unsa may plano nimo ana?

[m1000]

so, unsa man bai, are you called to be blessedly single? ahehe.. unsa may plano nimo ana?

no, please ayaw lang Lord hahahah

[Velvett]

here's another pov: Boundaries in Dating by __ (i forgot the author's name basta Christian na psychologist)

hmmm ako i wont hold off kissing during the dating stage hehe


*kisses* - for R...mingaw na gani ko niya

[shimiyu]

@velvett
hahahaha ka-swet :mrgreen: (why don't you call him ms.beau..?)
hmmm mura'g ka-familiar lang ko ana libro..

@m1000
hala pag-ampo gyu'g ahat bai nga di ka ma-single wahahahaha
pero m1000, ikaw biya'y decide ana. hahaha

for me, decided ko nga mag-minyo ko wui hehe.
on the kissing part, self-control lang gyud. i know my limits, i have my boundaries.

[Kazekage]

I've read two of his books. I've read I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Without a Hint. I like him because he tries to put God in the center of his life including his love life and he is unlike many of us who only remember God when we are in trouble or in need of something. Although some of his ideas are hard to do in the real world, I still would do some of those if I have the strength to do them.

[shimiyu]

oh i completely forgot about that book "Without a Hint".
totally agree with what he presented there.
as in i feel inadequate gyud wahahaha.
God's glory is always the thrust of behind his radical beliefs (w/c of course, we should ideally emulate).
it's just that we fall short many times..

Josh Harris made a list w/ his girlfriend about boundaries they should recognize with regards to physical affections.
guys, if you remember them, would you try and apply them in your relationship too?