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Finding the Love of Your Life

Neil Clark Warren

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Total reviews: 34 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Complete Waste of the 3.99 Bargain Price Tag 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 5 people found this review helpful.

This is a man who seeks to take advantage of lonely people by using his Ph.D. to con people into believing he knows what he's talking about.

1. His claims are NOT evidenced. He provides no data from any study conducted by himself nor other researchers in the field. He makes bold claims about how to find the right partner but he provides absolutely no evidence that his suggestions are to be believed.

2. His suggestions are virtually impossible to implement. Very rarely, with the exception of recommending counseling, does he answer the question "HOW". He provides suggestions like loving yourself despite your shortcomings, become in touch with your inner most feelings, etc. but provides no information about how one is supposed to actually accomplish these things. For the average person, the contents of this book won't actually provide any help.

3. He often contradicts himself. He talks about the importance of both being able to see yourself as lovable. A chapter later, he suggests that it is important to be able and willing to change yourself to become more lovable. He argues that innate similarity crucial for compatibility between two people. He later argues that many people are often not terribly similar to begin with and that similarity most often grows and develops between two people over time. The reader is left with contradictory messages that never get resolved.

In short, because of the lack of evidence provided for the claims in the book, the fact that the author routinely contradicts himself in important ways, and because there are no actual suggestions for HOW to change one's behavior, self, partner, situation, perspective, or whatever, the book proves to be more frustrating than useful. Go get yourself a venti iced mocha with what you would have spent on the book. You'll be glad you did.

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Ten proven principles for choosing the right marriage partner, and seven danger signs to

look for while dating.

Hope For the Separated: Wounded Marriages Can Be Healed (Chapman, Gary)

Gary Chapman

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Wonderful, appropriate, practical resource 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

For those of us who have found ourselves separated from our spouse it is a terrible, frustrating, depressing and confusing time. We're married -- but we're not. We're single -- but we're married. We have a spouse -- but not a husband/wife. We can't be a family -- but we can't be a single. And a separation can only go in one of two ways -- reconciliation or divorce. Chapman's book is a terrificly easy and incredibly appropriate read. Having surely counseled dozens of separated couples, he touches on every aspect involved, for both parties, regardless of the offense or the offender, emotions or intentions. For the Christian, it offers great insight in to what God expects of us and how we need to be conducting our lives in this difficult time. I read it, loved it, and am trying to apply the principles he relates as best as I can. I gave it to my wife who I hope will find it as useful and practical as I did. Time will tell. But if it doesn't work, it won't be because I didn't do everything I could do, and this book has helped point me in the right direction. If you are separated and have even the slimmest hope for reconciliation -- BUY THIS BOOK! You won't regret it.

Editorial Review:

The unfortunate reality is that Christians are separating and divorcing at the same rate as the unbelieving world. But does separation have to mean the end? You may not feel like reconciling. You may not see hope for a reunion. But the biblical ideal for a separated couple is reconciliation. So how do you do it? When doors slam and angry words fly, when things just aren't working out, and even when your spouse has abandoned your trust, there is hope. Hope for the Separated will show you through God's Word that your marriage can be restored. Recognizing that restoration will not happen for everyone, Dr. Chapman also gives insightful advice for those who experience the pain of divorce.

Fascinating Womanhood

Helen Andelin

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How to Make Your Marriage a Lifelong Love Affair

What makes a woman fascinating to her husband? What is happiness in marriage for a woman? These are just two of the questions Helen B. Andelin answers in the bestselling classic that has already brought new happiness and life to millions of marriages.

Fascinating Womanhood offers timeless wisdom, practical advice, and old-fashioned values to meet the needs and challenges of today’s fascinating woman. Inside you’ll learn:

∑ What traits today’s men find irresistible in a woman
∑ How to awaken a man’s deepest feelings of love
∑ Eight rules for a successful relationship
∑ How to rekindle your love life
∑ How to bring out the best in your man—and reap the rewards
∑ Plus special advice for the working woman—and much more!

Fascinating Womanhood offers guidance for a new generation of women—happy, fulfilled, adored and cherished—who want to rediscover the magic of their own feminine selves.


From the Paperback edition.

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Workbook for Men: Seven Questions to Ask Beforeand AfterYou Marry

Les and Leslie Parrott

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Learning about each other 5 out of 5 stars.
12 of 12 people found this review helpful.

You will definitely need the actual book to use the workbooks. My fiance and I have been working through the lessons and are about halfway through the workbooks. The best thing about the exercises is that there are so many things about my future wife that I didn't know, especially in regards to how she thinks and feels about certain aspects of life. We are becoming closer as we're beginning to understand each other at a deeper level. I'm learning more about how women communicate and how they really aren't able to come to grips with exactly how we operate either. The exercises vary from childhood influences to budgeting to love languages. We look forward to each time we work through the lessons. I highly recommend them for any couple preparing for marriage.

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This revised workbook is designed to help the man explore the issues and practice the skills presented in Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts. Full of lively exercises and enlightening self-tests that will help you and your partner apply what you are learning directly to your relationship, this version of the workbook approaches the issues from a man's perspective. Each exercise includes an estimate of how long it will take, so you can easily fit the program into a busy schedule. Call-outs in the book let you know the best times to do the exercises as you read.

Devotions for a Sacred Marriage: A Year of Weekly Devotions for Couples

Gary L. Thomas

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Devotions for a Sacred Marriage: A Year of Weekly Devotions for Couples 3 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This is a mild book it aids in generating discussion. I had expected more scripture. Gary L. Thomas has written many Christian help books and his other titles are worth reading.

Good 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

it's ok but if you want the full impact you need to buy two one for you and your spouse.

A Daily Spiritual Guide for Married Couples 5 out of 5 stars.
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My wife and I have had Marriage Problems, and after reading "Sacred Influence" by the same Author, we now read this Devotional book every day, and are getting a lot of help with our Relationship for our ongoing happiness.
Both my wife and I highly recommend it to other couples!

Devotions for a Sacred Marriage 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book is a great way to spend some time together with your spouse to develop a more God-centered marriage. It has brought new perspectives and views on issues that we wouldn't know otherwise (on our own). Definetly would recomend as a couple's activity. The devotions are short and sweet, perfect for a once-a-week study.

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This book of fifty-two devotionals is a companion to Gary Thomas’s Sacred Marriage, which enables couples to think and act upon the premise: What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy?

The Four Seasons of Marriage

Gary Chapman

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Refreshing of a New Marriage 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book is truly a blessing to I and my husband. We are always on the look out for books that will continue to enhance our marriage. We like to be pro-active and not re-active when it comes to enhancing our marriage. This book enlightened us tremdously on how to adjust to the seasons of marriage. It is helping us to do what's necessary to get the best out of each season.

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Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the perennial best seller The Five Love Languages, provides an easy-to-grasp framework to help couples understand their marriage and seven practical strategies for strengthening or improving their marriage relationship. A valuable resource for couples regardless of how long they've been married, this biblically based book is a reference tool to help couples through every season of marriage.

Summary of features:

• Valuable insight for every couple, regardless of how long they have been married.
• Provides seven practical strategies to help couples understand and strengthen their marriage relationship.
• Includes a Marital Seasons Profile to help couples determine the season of their marriage.

How to Save Your Marriage Alone

Ed Wheat

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Total reviews: 37 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

A recipe for disaster. 1 out of 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Many years ago I clung to this book while in the middle of a humiliating, searing disintegration of my marriage. My husband had made it clear that he wanted out for almost two years before he finally left. I remained in a church group that told me (ultimately) what I really wanted to hear: I should submit more to my husband (who wanted none of it), pray harder, hold fast and "have faith" while waiting for God to restore my marriage. I had an arsenal of scriptures and prayed on my face nightly, weeping with inconsolable grief and desperation. When he left (as he had wanted to do for so long) I was financially ruined, spiritually bankrupt and physically damaged (two sexually transmitted diseases). I would strongly urge anyone interested in this book to lay down your will (yes, your will) to "save" your marriage and to humbly and earnestly seek the will and heart of Jesus for your personal situation. My life went from the frying pan to the fire to the fires of hell because of my own very religious and ultimately disobedient choices. As Evangelicals, we have turned marriage into an idol of monstrous proportions. We have similar cult-like views of family and marriage as the Mormons...which will hopefully give you sobering pause for prayer and reflection.

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Help for troubled marriages, especially for the person whose spouse is seeking a divorce, is here at last. Dealing with emotions, planning, decision-making, and the need to love, this book also contains two chapters excerpted from Love Life for Every Married Couple.

Sacred Influence: What a Man Needs from His Wife to Be the Husband She Wants

Gary L. Thomas

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Horrible 1 out of 5 stars.
3 of 11 people found this review helpful.

Gary Thomas is the last man on earth that should be writing a book for women. Sacred Influence is SO demeaning, I actually had to stop myself from ripping up the pages as I was reading them. Generalizations all over the place - none which even remotely describe me or my experience. This is the kind of book that actually destroys marriages because it doesn't teach you how to get to know and grow with your partner. It places all men in the same category ("this is how men are, therefore X..") and does the same for women ("this is how you are/must be, and if not, you are not godly..") This is not Biblically-based teaching, it is Gary Thomas' impressions of women and what they are like. Don't waste your time or money on this one!

Sacred Influence: How God Uses Wives to Shape the Souls of Their Husbands 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is very effective and is a great tool in the hands of God for shaping wives. Thanks much!

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Applying the concepts from his bestseller Sacred Marriage, Gold Medallion award-winning author Gary Thomas reveals what a man needs from his wife to become the husband she wants.

Good News About Sex and Marriage: Answers to Your Honest Questions About Catholic Teaching

Christopher West

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I'm just the messenger 1 out of 5 stars.
5 of 16 people found this review helpful.

I read this book and found it to contain half truthes and lies. Christopher West is trying to justify his own desire to limit the number of children he has.
There is nowhere in the teachings of the Catholic Church that allows a married couple to use any form of contraceptive. That includes NFP. NFP is not allowed to be used to limit the number of children a Catholic couple can have. It's popular to teach that Catholics couples have a choice when it comes to the size of their family but that's not the truth. It's also popular to claim that John Paul's call for responsible parenting means he was instructing couples to have only a few children. That's not true. It is vastly more responsible to have a large family. That sounds so backwards but it's the truth.

There is a serious shortage of priest in the Catholic Church. That shortage has been caused by the contraceptive mentality of Catholic couples. A large family is a sign that the parents are generous (according to John Paul II). It's that generosity that's learned at home that leads to vocations. Next time you hear people praying for priest ask yourself how many of them have a large number of children. That's like a farmer praying for a good crop but he only planted one or two seeds.

Five Steps to Romantic Love: A Workbook for Readers of Love Busters and His Needs, Her Needs

Willard F. Harley Jr.

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Helps you to fall in love again 5 out of 5 stars.
73 of 73 people found this review helpful.

This book contains worksheets that go along with two other books, "Love Busters" & "His Needs, Her Needs." These worksheets help you and your spouse identify for each other the things that kill your love and the things that help your love to grow. They help make you an expert in what will make your spouse fall in love and stay in love with you. The worksheets also help you identify and avoid the things you may unknowingly be doing to ruin and destroy your spouses love for you. There's also a neat worksheet on recreational companionship that helps you and your spouse decide on activities that you would enjoy doing together. This book is highly practical because it is an immediately effective way to figure out what's wrong in your marriage and it gives you solutions to those problems.

Editorial Review:

Dr. Harley provides a workbook to supplement his two bestsellers that provides couples with helpful questionnaires, personal inventories, and worksheets. With this guide, husbands and wives will identify marital problems, develop strategies to overcome "love busters," and nurture their new-found romance.