Such teachings gradually declined in popularity and Joshua Harris recanted his book in 2016 and announced he was no longer a Christian in 2019.Ĭurrently, the popular trend among evangelical Christians is to prepare and pray for their future spouse. Many believers followed the teachings found in the book and refused to date anyone to instead wait for the divinely chosen person whom God intended for them to marry. In the early 2000s, Joshua Harris’ book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, swept through the Christian world and encouraged Christians to no longer date, but wait for the one person whom they would marry. Instead, these assumptions have developed over time due to major movements in Christian culture. These rules are not found in the Bible since Scripture does not discuss dating.