ok are there any women out there who’s husbands have read this?
It didn’t really change our lives, since we don’t struggle with impurity or fidelity, but it was an interesting read and made both of us more aware of how carefully we must guard our hearts for each other.
If the book is as you say, that is very disturbing indeed. Frankly, I think the best manly advice is from J.R.R. Tolkien’s letter to his son Michael regarding marriage.
Scott, is there a published resource you could recommend for this particular letter?
LOL It’s not just your husband. There’s another book series about men/women called For Women Only and For Men Only. (I recommend both.) I bought For Men Only for my husband and it came with a little fold out “cheat sheet” in the front cover that summarized the book. My husband wouldn’t read the book, but he read the summary and parts I highlighted.
As the mother of sons, I bought Every Young Man’s Battle and read it, but I wouldn’t recommend it. The “young man’s” book kept referring back to the original book–which I didn’t buy or read. I found it very frustrating to buy and read a book that doesn’t stand on it’s own. It seemed like it was more into the whole marketing/spin off of the author’s first book. Based on that book, I’m not impressed with this author.
Yep. It’s *The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien *edited by Humphrey Carpenter. It’s letter 43 dated 6-8 March 1941.
What is the premise of these other books you mentioned? Are they Christian books?
The author, Shaunti Felthahn, wrote the books For Women Only and For Men Only based on interviews and questionairres she conducted on Christian men and women. She compiled the data and comments to show women what goes on in the minds of average men and vice versa. Feldhahn is a Christian writing about and to other Christians, but I’d call them more “relationship” books than “Christian books” per se. Their premise is to help men and women understand each other better.
Thanks!