In considering the wisdom of Christian teens dating, we need to establish the purpose of dating. For the purposes of this article, we will define dating as “meeting socially with someone of the opposite gender to spend time together and get to know him or her.” Dating can be casual or serious it can lead to romance or to both individuals going their separate ways. Defined that way, no Christian teen or anyone else of any age should be “dating,” since under no conditions is it ever right for unmarried persons to have sex with each other. To some today, the word dating has become synonymous with sleeping together.
To properly discuss teen dating, we need to clarify the term dating.