The Seven Habits of Highly Defective Dating

In this article, Joshua Harris critiques current cultural dating patterns maintaining that dating leads to intimacy but not necessarily commitment and tends to skip the friendship stage. Harris argues that dating often mistakes a physical relationship for love and it isolates a couple from other vital relationships. He argues that dating distracts young adults from preparing for the future and it can cause discontent with God’s gift of singleness. Harris concludes that dating creates an artificial environment for evaluating another person’s character.