- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press (1 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0851115837
- ISBN-13: 978-0851115832
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 515,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
We search for love, but intimacy proves elusive. We want to
be open and vulnerable, but fear getting hurt -just as we hurt those we
care for. We struggle with commitment, and feel confused and guilty about
sex. Yet all this can be transformed - revolutionised - as we discover who
we are in God and how he wants us to live. This book will help you to
think in a new way about love, sex, friendship, homosexuality, marriage,
singleness.
be open and vulnerable, but fear getting hurt -just as we hurt those we
care for. We struggle with commitment, and feel confused and guilty about
sex. Yet all this can be transformed - revolutionised - as we discover who
we are in God and how he wants us to live. This book will help you to
think in a new way about love, sex, friendship, homosexuality, marriage,
singleness.
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How God makes the big difference to love, sex and friendship
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is far and away the best book I have read on the subject of sex and Christian male/female relationships, etc. It does not shy away from the difficult issues and shows how many of our hang ups about sex are to do with our own insecurity. It examines the whole notion of going out and what parts it does and should play as well as everythong else. While I find its overall message often difficult to cope with, I have to agree that it does seem to be what the Bible says, and it is explained well and in a way which encourages repentance and growth rather than complacency or self-pity. It also helped me understand myself and other people better.
Format:Paperback
This book covers all aspects of relationships including the value of close friendship, especially within the Christian context. It has made me re-evaluate my relationships with friends and deepen these relationships by building on bible principles, prayer and accountability. With or without a boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife, this book highlights that same sex friendships are essential.
It also considers how to enter into a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, what is acceptable within these relationships and how to move on from 'courting' to marriage. Perfect for young Christian teenagers in particular, who are finding it difficult to understand how to relate biblical principles to modern relationships.
It also considers how to enter into a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, what is acceptable within these relationships and how to move on from 'courting' to marriage. Perfect for young Christian teenagers in particular, who are finding it difficult to understand how to relate biblical principles to modern relationships.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The Best Christian Book I have read
13 Mar 2006
Format:Paperback
When I read it, this was far and away the best book I had read on the subject of sex and Christian male/female relationships, etc. It does not shy away from the difficult issues and shows how many of our hang ups about sex are to do with our own insecurity. It examines the whole notion of going out and what parts it does and should play as well as everythong else. While I find its overall message often difficult to cope with, I have to agree that it does seem to be what the Bible says, and it is explained well and in a way which encourages repentance and growth rather than complacency or self-pity. It also helped me understand myself and other people better.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Sadly lacking thought
7 Jun 2004
Format:Paperback
This book was disappointing. I had hoped for an intelligent and considered discussion of sexuality from a Christian point of view.
What I got was a dogmatic and inflexible look at how not to do it. Such advice as "Don't spend time alone with someone you're dating, to avoid temptation". Apparently, dating couples should get better acquainted while involved in Christian work, missions and the like. Sadly, when they get married (on the advice of the book, which has a "Do it this way and you won't fail to get married" tone), they then get to talk to their new spouse. It'd be a shame if they then discovered a major incompatibility, which might otherwise have been discovered before the vows, but now it's too late. Given this advice, it seems somewhat illogical that the author then condones all divorces, what with him having provided advice on how to create one.
I advise you against buying this book.
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