The only thing they could agree on was that we should care for the poor — to do this, though, was another minefield of ideological differences and presuppositions about who was to blame for that poverty. He would scoop me up on his black motorcycle and whisk me to the best restaurants on the island, where we’d discuss our mutual love for travel and the family legacies we both shouldered.

All the while, fireworks literally exploded above us.

But after three weeks, Adam knew things couldn’t stay that blissful.

Sitting quietly by my side, the doctor-to-be stated his prognosis: He said that though things might seem great, we believed differently, and ultimately, that would tear us apart.

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"The goal of this series of articles, beginning with this introduction, is to provide our readers with a place to bring those questions.

We often hear complaints from readers about the confusion, hurt and sexual sin they've encountered despite their best intentions.

Alternatively, in the secular world, dating is often looked at as a way of getting to know many people and marriage may not play a part in the mind of either person.

In other words, the purpose of dating is seen differently by the two groups.

In fact it doesn’t even tell us how to “date” or “court,” whichever we call the process we use to get to know a potential mate.

In the Bible times, these did not exist in the same form that we see them today.