
Boundaries in Dating
How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Insights for romance to help you grow in freedom, honesty, and self-control as you pursue healthy dating limits that can lead to a happy marriage.
How do you set smart limits on your physical relationship? How much do you get involved financially? And how do you know if you've found your future spouse? Dating can be fun, but it's not always easy to navigate the questions and intricacies along the way.
In Boundaries in Dating, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, counselors and authors of the New York Times bestseller Boundaries, share their practical advice for adding healthy boundaries to your dating life.
Full of insightful, real-life examples, this book will give you the tools you need to:
- Recognize and choose quality over perfection in a dating partner.
- Prioritize friendship within your relationship.
- Preserve friendships by separating between platonic relationships and romantic interest.
- Move past denial to handle real relational problems in a realistic and hopeful way.
- Enjoy this season of life.
Boundaries in Dating unfolds a wise, biblical path to developing self-control, freedom, and intimacy. Let Drs. Cloud and Townsend help you get to know yourself, solve problems, and enjoy the journey of dating and finding your life partner.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Why Dating?
- Part One: You and Your Boundaries
- Chapter 1: Why Boundaries in Dating?
- Chapter 2: Require and Embody Truth
- Chapter 3: Take God on a Date
- Chapter 4: Dating Wonât Cure a Lonely Heart
- Chapter 5: Donât Repeat the Past
- Part Two: Whom Should I Date?
- Chapter 6: What You Can Live With and What You Canât Live With
- Chapter 7: Donât Fall in Love with Someone You Wouldnât Be Friends With
- Chapter 8: Donât Ruin a Friendship Out of Loneliness
- Chapter 9: Beware When Opposites Attract
- Part Three: Solving Dating Problems: When Youâre Part of the Problem
- Chapter 10: Adapt Now, Pay Later
- Chapter 11: Too Much, Too Fast
- Chapter 12: Donât Get Kidnapped
- Chapter 13: Kiss False Hope Good-bye
- Chapter 14: Boundaries on Blame
- Part Four: Solving Dating Problems: When Your Date Is the Problem
- Chapter 15: Say No to Disrespect
- Chapter 16: Nip It in the Bud
- Chapter 17: Set Appropriate Physical Limits
- Chapter 18: Set Up a Detention Hall
- Conclusion
- EMBARK ON A LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY OF PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH
- Understanding the Biblical Process of Growth to Help People Move into Christ-like Maturity
- Other books by Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
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