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JUST RELEASED: Before Your Child Dates: The DatePrep Guide for Parents!

Is your child’s future marriage as important as their future career?

We believe it’s even MORE important!

That’s why, at Future Marriage University, we equip teens and young adults to prepare for their future marriage like a successful career: intentionally, intelligently and IN ADVANCE!

And to come alongside you as parents, we’ve developed a new resource…

Come to the FMU booth and check out our new PARENT resource!

This is the guide for Christian parents who want to help the next generation navigate the perilous landscape of the modern dating world. Before Your Child Dates: The DatePrep Guide for Parents presents practical, biblical realities everyone needs to grasp before they ever date.

This book equips parents, grandparents, or mentors to :

  • Establish a biblical foundation for dating
  • Understand six questions everyone needs to answer before they date
  • Engage in conversations without fear, pressure, or control
  • Guide well, no matter your personal dating wounds or wins.

“Michael Johnson makes a compelling case that we prepare our children for marriage far too late and then shows parents how to start much earlier. This is practical guidance for helping the next generation pursue relationships with purpose.”  -Nick Eicher EVP, WORLD News Group

BUY BEFORE YOUR CHILD DATES

STUDENTS: A complete guide to dating wisely!

A dating life that leads to a life-giving, lifelong marriage doesn’t happen by accident. You need to know what you’re doing!

This book and video series empowers teens and young adults to:

  • Discern God’s will for their dating life.
  • Avoid heartbreak, rejection, and regret.
  • Date with clarity, confidence, and courage.
  • Win the war over sexual temptation.
  • Let their marriage hopes inspire, instead of impede their dating life.
BUY DATE LIKE YOU KNOW

Add the entertaining, thought-provoking video series to highlight key concepts from the book, deepening comprehension and accelerating application of the material. Great for individual, one-on-one, or group study (group guide included).

TTD SPECIALS & GIVEAWAYS

Each day we’ll have drawings for $100 VISA gift cards & a free family pass for next year’s convention! Come by the booth to sign up.

WORKSHOPS

PIGEON FORGE

Booth #211

Thursday 10:00 am

Before Your Child Dates: 6 Dating Questions Everyone Should Answer Before They Ever Do

Do you hope your child approaches dating a little bit differently than you did? Maybe a LOT of bit differently? Or are you trying to figure out how to adapt what worked for your dating life to today’s cultural environment?

In this session we’ll address the who, what, where, when, why, and how of healthy dating, sharing practical, biblical realities everyone needs to grasp before they date. And we’ll equip you to discuss these questions with your child in a way that pursues consensus, building connection with your child, instead of laying down limits, more likely to create conflict.

Saturday 11:00 am

Teaching Your Child to Forgive: Forgiveness 101

Struggling to teach your child to forgive? And let’s be honest, does forgiveness come easily for you?

Whether you’re the one with hurts you need to let go or whether you want to see someone else set free from bitterness, you will be both challenged and encouraged by the biblical truth shared in this session.

BRANSON

Booth #721

Thursday 10:30 am

Before Your Child Dates: 6 Dating Questions Everyone Should Answer Before They Ever Do

Do you hope your child approaches dating a little bit differently than you did? Maybe a LOT of bit differently? Or are you trying to figure out how to adapt what worked for your dating life to today’s cultural environment?

In this session we’ll address the who, what, where, when, why, and how of healthy dating, sharing practical, biblical realities everyone needs to grasp before they date. And we’ll equip you to discuss these questions with your child in a way that pursues consensus, building connection with your child, instead of laying down limits, more likely to create conflict.

Friday 5:20pm

Teaching Your Child to Forgive: Forgiveness 101

Struggling to teach your child to forgive? And let’s be honest, does forgiveness come easily for you?

Whether you’re the one with hurts you need to let go or whether you want to see someone else set free from bitterness, you will be both challenged and encouraged by the biblical truth shared in this session.

Most people fumble and stumble their way through their dating years. Michael Johnson to the rescue. The insights and wisdom in this book can help you avoid some of the bruises and scars, and point you in the direction of a strong, healthy relationship.

Bob LepineAuthor Love Like You Mean It and Build A Stronger

MJ’s humor and style trick you into thinking you’re eating chips instead of vegetables! Like, ‘I’m having fun reading this, so how can this possibly be good for me?'

Ami SauerMom of teenage sons

It’s insanely practical for scoping out and assessing potential dates and a future mate, as well as a great way to assess your own maturity and relationship potential.

Lisa AndersonAuthor of The Dating Manifesto & Host of “The Boundless Show”

Undeniably a MUST for our teens and single people. They are not learning this life changing material ANYWHERE else. Every parent, teen and single person must read!

Amazon verified review

Though the writing style is fun, this book is filled with enough ‘zinger’ nuggets of wisdom to transform your thinking about how to date.

Gary ThomasAuthor of Sacred Marriage and The Sacred Search

This is a Christian dating book void of legalism and full of practical, spirit-filled ways to date with wisdom. Coupled with Michael’s great sense of humor, I found it almost impossible to put down. (Danya says far more in the video below.)

Danya Parvincollege student

Date Like You Know What You’re Doing is a comprehensive guide to smart dating every Christian should read, study, and follow.”

John Van Epp, Ph. D.Author of How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk

If you don’t like this book there’s something wrong with you.

MJ’s mom(Who’s actually passed away, but if she were alive today she would have said something like this. Probably.)

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