| Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship |
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Product Details
Joshua Harris follows up his bestselling I Kissed Dating Goodbye with Boy Meets Girl, the story of how he met and married his wife, Shannon. Where Harris's first book encouraged readers to throw off modern ideas of romantic fixation, Boy Meets Girl goes to the next level and urges single Christian men and women to pursue courtship, and ultimately marriage, thoughtfully and prayerfully. Knowing that many readers will balk at the idea of premeditated courtship, Harris insists that dating should not be emotional recreation but rather a careful decision rooted in obedience to God. While the anecdotes used to reveal true-to-life scenarios about dating pitfalls are somewhat elementary (and geared to those in their 20s), Harris succeeds in hammering home the point that obedience to God's word, selfless love, community, purity, and satisfaction in God are the most important aspect of any relationship. The last section of the book is particularly practical, discussing forgiveness of past sexual sin, questions to ask before tying the knot, and how an understanding of our sinful nature can lead to conflict resolution. For Harris's mere twentysomething years of life experience, his maturity and devotion to God are sincere evidence that he has indeed practiced what he has preached, resulting in a passionate relationship with the love of his life. --Jill Heatherly
Product Reviews
 (5 stars) - Thank you Lord
Definately a book for those who desire to give it their all for God, for those who truly desire to give him GLORY in every area of their life. he is worthy of our surrender, his way is best. This book will remind you that it is possible to live for him in this crooked generation, whether you have messed up in the past or if you want to continue in purity! biblical view on courtship, a courship that will not get in the way of your relationship with God, but one that will honor him. He is surely the one who will bless, fufill our desire IF, IF IF we delight ourselves in him. God bless you all!!
(5 stars) - Boy Meets Girl
Good book for those starting out in the dating world. Sets some much needed limits on the courting process.
(5 stars) - Excellent, practical, Godly wisdom
Three of my kids, ages 19, 21, and 24, thought this book gave plenty of excellent, practical, Godly wisdom.
(5 stars) - Somethings never change...
My children, who are all in their 20's, have been raving about Josh Harris' books for years having read them as they came out. For the first time, I picked up his first two books to read: "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" and "Boy Meets Girl" after some questions came up in a singles ministry my wife and I are involved in.
To my surprise and joy, I found that Josh had arrived at the same conclusions I had come to as a young Christian single over thirty-five years ago when I was 25. As a Bible-hungry new believer with a sinful sexual past, it became obvious pretty quickly that Christ's promise of an abundant life called for a radical change in my behavior. As I grew in Scriptural knowledge, my conclusions and living mirrored Josh Harris' teaching to a "T".
When I was 32, a 'chance' encounter with a pretty blonde young women whom I'd known briefly many years earlier, brought me face to face with my wife-to-be. Back then, she was already a strong Christian while I was a wild heathen who rode a motorcycle and by the grace of God never got arrested or killed. We had nothing in common. However, one night in bed she had "once in a lifetime" encounter in which she thought the Lord told her that I was to be her future husband. At first she refused to believe it because I was not a Christian, but she felt that God was insistent so she began to pray for me - for over seven years it turned out. Through the grapevine, she heard that I'd eventually become a Christian and other tidbits. And in the intervening years, God took the craziness out of me and grew me up in Christ.
One day, all those years later, a buddy and I bumped into her. When we were reintroduced, I remembered her deep Christian character and how I'd been attracted to her but turned off by her Christianity. I also remembered hearing that she neither dated nor had ever married. When we met this time and I looked into her eyes, I suddenly knew that she was my wife to be. It was not until after we became engaged that her family asked her if she'd ever told me the "rest of the story." And that's when I heard about God's faithfulness to a young woman's obedience to wait upon the Lord.
She and I had both committed our ways to the Lord, lived faithful lives for Christ in the intervening years, and he brought us together at the perfect time and place for us - and our marriage has been blessed for it.
(5 stars) - Practical and Honest
I thought I kissed dating goodbye was alright. But, I was still bursting with questions: what happens when I do meet the right person?, do I ever date?,What are my guidelines?
In this second installment,questions such as these are answered. But, its not done in a generic, one way for all. Rather Joshua offers practical guidelines on to how to have a honest, pure and God honoring courtship.
I really appreciated his candidacy as he shared areas he struggled with pure thoughts and where Shannon(his now wife), struggled sharing her past. I dont have any courting prospects yet, but I know this book would be heavily used when that time comes.
Much worth getting in my opinion
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