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Old 04-09-2018, 06:16 PM   #21
TLFisher
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Default Re: Relationships/Courting

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Originally Posted by Ohio View Post
When and where have arranged weddings (where young people have their free wills taken from them) been the practice of Bible believing Christians in evangelical churches?
I believe what Ohio is referring to is when elders interject themselves whether playing matchmaker or breaking up a potential relationship. What this does is remove liberty, will, and choice from potential relationships ending in courting. When removing liberty, will, and choice happens an eventual marriage tends to be one of contract and not of covenant.
What I posted above was not my experience, but experiences of others.
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