Sponsor ID: The following program is sponsored by Focus on the Family and is supported by the prayers and financial gifts of wonderful friends like you. Woman 1: I think the perfect date is having just a really good conversation over coffee. Man 1: Probably a fall festival. You have a lot of activities. Woman 2: Anything that is outdoors and reveals character and allows for good conversation and laughter. Man 2: Going to a concert and singing along with the music together just sounds perfect.
Woman 3: Driving in a car, listening to good music, and then watching the stars. And now we find ourselves watching it happen all over again with our young adults, uh, Trent and Troy, you know. And that represents about 39 million people. How to cultivate a healthy dating relationship, how to move toward marriage which, uh, is a good thing. John: Yeah. And this is, this can be a troubling conversation and topic for parents who have raised their kids as Christians.
Jim: And, uh, you know when I was young, I thought maybe I would go through life single. Jim: I was making that commitment to the Lord. John: Yeah, and we recognize not all single adults are gonna be married. But the majority likely will, at some point, um, want to do what you did with Jean. We have two great guests who have really unpacked this topic. Uh, Lisa Anderson is back with us. We also have Jonathan J. I guess, uh, along the way here. I love it. Uh, in your, uh, book, J.
How long you been married? Jim: It has changed substantially. Uh, technology now plays a role in this. You know, people are getting married later. And I, I think we did a good job. I mean, Jean and I, you know, we contained all those appetites and all those things and really, I felt like, honored the Lord through it. And, you know, it was a good thing. Lisa, let me give you a swing at what I asked J. What do you hear? Like, you think of the average church. You went to youth group, then you went to the college group.
And then the next thing was like the young marrieds group. So you just go married and your peers did too, and it was just kind of a thing you did. And, for those that want to get married, they do get frustrated because finding someone who wants the same thing and is pursuing it in the same way is like a holy grail. Jim: You know one of the things, as a parent now of kids in that dating age range, and this is probably a more toward the younger adult as I say this.
