Today on Heart of Dating, Ben and Ali Creech open up about their 11-year age gap, overcoming doubts and awkward dates, and how shared spiritual and emotional maturity can make unconventional love stories thrive!

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Today’s episode features Chris Cook opening up about grief, rejection, and his journey with chronic illness, sharing how God brought redemption, healing, and deeper identity through the hardest seasons of his life—and how all of it shaped his dating story.

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Today we’re celebrating a heartwarming Heart of Dating love story as Megan and Bryan share their journeys through healing, self-discovery, and faith—plus how putting themselves out there (at School of Dating and HODC Conference!) led to a healthy relationship and engagement!

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Today, Kait and Miah Huber dive into Miah’s powerful story of overcoming abuse in a Christian marriage and finding hope, healing, and purpose through faith.

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Today we’re joined by Kenneth Locke as he shares his powerful journey through divorce, healing, and rediscovering love and purpose as a single pastor leading in the public eye.

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Today Annie F. Downs joins us, and gets real about her singleness journey, her honest struggle, lessons with ghosting, and reminds us that both singleness and marriage are reliable paths to abundant life!

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Today JJ gets real as Kait puts him in the hot seat—he shares his testimony of dating, struggling with porn, learning boundaries, and what it took to truly grow from unhealthy patterns into a more emotionally and spiritually mature man.

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Today we have a bonus episode for you about friendzoning. How to know you're in the friend zone and how to get out of the friend zone!

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Today we’re going deep with Nicoletta Bradley as she shares her transformative journey of healing from body image struggles and a broken engagement!

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Meki’s story is one of wrestling with disappointment, delayed dreams, and a relationship that didn’t check the usual spiritual boxes. She shares how God met her in the waiting and led her into a love story that looked different—but was still deeply good.

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