Since the beginning of humankind, there have been those who have experienced the pull of the “forbidden”, which they find to be difficult to resist. There are also those who think that they are the exception to the rule —that it either isn’t as “forbidden” as it is thought to be, or they simply don’t think it’s as dangerous as it is proposed.

And that holds no less true in the case of being “bound together” with Unbelievers, as it talks about in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.

As a marriage ministry, we continually receive letters from those who are grieving because of specific problems they are having with their non-Christian spouse (with the problems being specific to issues that surround their different core value systems and Christian beliefs). The difficulties they describe are enormous and very complicated.

Marriage and raising a family, in itself, is difficult enough. It lends itself to problems because of the dynamic of living together in a fallen and sinful world. But when you put the added pressure on top of it, of living in partnership with someone who comes from an entirely different spiritual reference point, it compounds the problems dramatically.

That’s the reason we want to provide you with several links to some thought-provoking articles which are posted on the Crosswalk.com web site. It is our hope that they will challenge the thinking of those of you who are considering, whether the person you are dating (who isn’t a Believer), could truly be “the one” you should marry.

Please prayerfully read the following articles and consider what God is saying to your heart — especially in light of the verses addressed to the church in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.

The following are links that will take you to these specific articles:

• IS IT WRONG TO DATE A NON-CHRISTIAN?

• DATING NON-CHRISTIANS: Forbidden Fruits Appeal - Part 1

• DATING NON-CHRISTIANS: Forbidden Fruits Appeal - Part 2

• HELP! I LIKE A NON-CHRISTIAN GUY.

• I’M ATTRACTED TO A NON-CHRISTIAN GIRL

• MALE/FEMALE IMBALANCE In Church Leaves Women Alone

• UNEQUALLY YOKED

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