Joshua Harris: Why I regret writing 'I Kissed Dating Goodbye'
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Sam Hailes2019-03-18T00:00:00
I Kissed Dating Goodbye changed the way a generation of Christians thought about sex, relationships and purity. But two decades on, intense criticism has led Joshua Harris to pulp his bestselling book and issue an apology
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