Episode Details

Most teenage relationships last about six months — and research shows most young people today aren't even dating with marriage in mind. Pastor Andrew Russell uses that research, alongside Song of Solomon's account of the Shulamite bride and her king, to make the case for dating with real intention: for the purpose of marriage, not just romantic experience.

He walks through what it looks like to manage natural attraction wisely, why being "unequally yoked" (2 Corinthians 6:14) undermines a marriage over generations, and shares his own story of praying for a wife before meeting his own. His closing point: love that lasts isn't a feeling you find, it's a principle you build a life on — under God's blessing, the same way marriage and family were designed from Eden onward.

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Timecodes 

• 0:00 Intro: what the Song of Songs is really about
• 6:00 The research on teen dating (and why most relationships don't last)
• 12:35 "Body count" and what the culture gets wrong about intimacy
• 16:00 What Solomon's response teaches about managing attraction wisely
• 30:00 Don't be unequally yoked — the woman at the well
• 40:00 Where do young people meet a good match?
• 48:00 True love is a principle, not a feeling — his own story
• 54:00 Closing: don't build a marriage on sand

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