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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
More of us men should read this!, 14 Oct 2003
By A Customer
At a time when so much Christian 'self-help' literature is so alarmingly unhelpful - it neglects to explain fully just what it is that drives people to do what they do in the first place, and rashly calls things 'sin' without identifying specifics - Gordon MacDonald's perceptive, exploratory, and above all honest approach is a breath of fresh air.'When Men Think Private Thoughts' is clearly the product of extensive research and soul-searching on the author's part. Exploring the innermost thoughts and motivations that drive us blokes, and identifying common stumbling-blocks, he includes himself in what he says, such that it would be difficult to find him patronising or condescending at any stage. And that is what helps make this book such an engaging read. This is not the work of someone who claims to sit on the high-ground; rather, this is someone who experiences, and has experienced, the same issues that beset us, and who aims to debunk them in turn. MacDonald voices in the introduction his suspicion, fear even, that more women than men will read the book, due to our general reluctance to explore the things of the mind. Hopefully, though, this will not turn out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy, because, talking now from a personal perspective, I have finished this book understanding much more why I am like I am - and with any luck that has a bearing on how I relate to others. Very highly recommended.
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