I kissed dating goodbye by joshua harris

Here is some backstory of the book: In 1997, 21-year-old Joshua had experienced regret over how he had crossed moral lines in dating. They liked a lot in the book, but not all of it. We sought to encourage them to think critically about everything. We wanted to see our children protected from that and experience purity. The sexual experimentation and pressure we witnessed was a big deal. DC Talk, Jars of Clay, and Steven Curtis ChapmanĪnd then there was Joshua Harris’s book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye.Īs parents, Cindy and I asked them to read it because we remembered our own high school experience.My (Bobby’s) children grew up in the late 1990s and early 2000s.