Scripture and Courtship
Introduction: In a world of casual dating, Christians must ask themselves what they believe about a man and a woman's preparation for marriage. Should the man be equipped to take a wife? How much does a father play in the role of his daughter's potential courtship? While entire books have dealt with this general subject, I want to present a brief Biblical and historical case for courtship in this post. I will be making a Biblical case that courtship is superior to dating. Indeed, I wish to show that the Biblical examples of men and women preparing to marry people of the opposite sex never included dating. It should be noted that my use of ''courtship'' in this post differs from that of any sort of modern dating. As I will attempt to prove, not only recreational dating is unbiblical, but any form of dating that does not involve t