Dating with Discernment, Sam A. Andreades
Dating with Discernment, Sam A. Andreades
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Dating with Discernment
12 Questions to Make a Lasting Marriage

Author: Sam A. Andreades

Narrator: Jim Denison

Unabridged: 7 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/30/2022

Synopsis

Done with dating? Don't know where to start? Wondering if your date is the one to marry?

Pastor-scholar Sam Andreades brings single Christians in that vulnerable life moment the practical, theological help to make the dangerous decision confidently. Bringing the Bible's wisdom on relationships to bear on the dating scene, he helps you lay a foundation for a love that lasts. This book will teach you how to:

● Confidently say good-bye to ill-suited suitors.

● Deepen your relationship with God as you date.

● Find, and make a lifelong commitment to, a worthy, compatible mate.

● Understand the role of gender in developing intimacy.

● Form a strong foundation for marriage in your dating as you grow into what marriage is about.

About Sam A. Andreades

Sam A. Andreades was senior pastor of Faith Reformed Presbyterian Church in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, from 2014 to 2018. Before that, he was a pastor for ten and a half years in Greenwich Village, New York City, and is the founder of Higher Ground (originally called G.A.M.E.: Gender Affirming Ministry Endeavor), a New York City ministry of Christian discipleship serving those with unwanted same-sex attractions. He is a graduate of Yale University (B.S., geology and geophysics), Reformed Theological Seminary (M.Div., pastoral ministry), New York University (M.S., artificial intelligence), and Covenant Theological Seminary (D.Min., urban mission and ministry) where he wrote his dissertation on gender distinction in marriage. Sam married his wife, Mary K., in 1990 and they have four children together-Thaddaeus, Jeremy, Veronica, and Enoch.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lia on February 23, 2022

I get asked about dating books pretty often and finally there is a book I can recommend! Dating with Discernment: 12 Questions to Make a Lasting Marriage by Sam Andreades is the perfect mix of a book filled with scripture and real life stories to offer wisdom in what things to take into consideratio......more

Goodreads review by Josiah on November 02, 2021

I'd largely sworn off Christian dating books for years since I really don't find them all that helpful, but some people were saying that this book was different, so I thought I'd look at it given some of the endorsements it received. The book ended up being a strange hybrid of the good, the bad, and......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on December 27, 2024

I read this book recently after finding it at my local Reformed bookstore, and glad I did because it was great! I liked how Andreades focused the book on, really, just three core fundamental questions for men and women to each ask themselves of their significant other, and of themselves. The questio......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on March 30, 2023

In this book, Andreades provides some helpful principles and diagnostic questions for those who are in or are pursuing a dating relationship. The strength of the book was definitely the diagnostic questions to ask of yourself and your date. These were fantastic. However, I do think there is a glaring......more

Goodreads review by Dylan on April 24, 2023

I think this is probably the most helpful book that I’ve read about dating from a Christian perspective. I appreciate that it approaches this whole monster of dating from a gendered perspective, which I don’t believe a lot of books do. Therefore, it doesn’t offer very specific questions, but rather......more

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