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  <title><![CDATA[Reforming Marriage]]></title>
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  <default-description>How would you describe the spiritual aroma of your home? The source of this aroma is the relationship between husband and wife. Many can fake an attempt at keeping God's standards in some external way. What we cannot fake is the resulting, distinctive aroma of pleasure to God.    &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Reforming Marriage&lt;/i&gt; does what few books on marriage do today: it provides biblical advice. Douglas Wilson points to the need for obedient hearts on the part of both husbands and wives. Godly marriages proceed from obedient hearts, and the greatest desire of an obedient heart is the glory of God.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1995</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Douglas Wilson]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Oct 04 05:05:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My wife and I have read a few books on marriage together and attended various marriage enrichment seminars over the years, but this one book has been more valuable to our marriage than all of them put together. This book is a pointed and straightforward examination of the fundamental aspects of a he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73388574">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Camille]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Meh. I really don't understand the rave reviews. It's okay. It's not as horrible as the stuff that comes out of CBMW, but he doesn't go far enough with the notion of Covenant marriage, imo.<br/><br/>I'm willing to accept and assert the notion of &quot;male headship,&quot; but most of the authors t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49644889">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 06 00:12:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 06 00:12:36 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this book Douglas Wilson sets aside prevailing cultural standards and boldly addresses the Biblical standard of Christian marriage and the roles of Christian husbands and wives. He discusses headship and authority, different responsibilities or roles to be fulfilled in marriage, love, forgiveness...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32156228">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26278411">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rob]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 04 03:47:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 08 12:40:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far a good read.  It has worked best that I read this with my wife so that we can discuss the key points or particular items that make an impression on each of us individually.<br/>Why don't more pre-marital counselling sessions include book reading?  I guess that's contingent upon the &quot;rig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26278411">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12095208">
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 09 15:16:00 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 09 15:22:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has had more impact on my day to day life than any book, other than the Bible of course. This book, at its core, is showing how the essense of Christianity is love God with all thy heart, soul and strength, and thy neighbor as thyself. And in order to love thy neighbor (your spouse being y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12095208">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73228259">
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 02 13:08:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 13:08:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A stone-cold classic. The best book on marriage...ever. The only book I would ever consider giving to newlywed or about-to-be-newlyweds.]]></body>
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    <review id="57569788">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed May 27 20:13:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[4 stars only because Wilson hits really hard.  A very convicting book on marriage.  Not for the soft, thomas kincade loving at hearts.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="64897426">
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  <date_updated>Sat Jul 25 08:51:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am writing a review of this book on my blog <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://apologus.wordpress.com">apologus.wordpress.com</a><br/>strongly recommended to married and unmarried couples.]]></body>
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    <review id="55971640">
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    <name><![CDATA[Phillip]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wilson provides a perspective for marriage that is genuinely Christian and not of the self-help variety.]]></body>
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    <review id="45399846">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best books on living the gospel out in our marriages.  Get it and read it ten times.]]></body>
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    <review id="64660612">
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent/biblical book in a sea of pop psych christian marriage books.]]></body>
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    <review id="62368534">
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  <date_updated>Mon Jul 06 13:16:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I learned from this book is that it really was all my fault.]]></body>
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    <review id="47279141">
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book on what to aspire to in a Reformed marriage.]]></body>
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    <review id="43964765">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A convicting and practical return to biblical sanity.]]></body>
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    <review id="49648039">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best basic book on marriage I have read. ]]></body>
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    <review id="57736191">
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    <body><![CDATA[Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson (1995)]]></body>
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    <review id="65526217">
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    <body><![CDATA[best book on marriage ever (!)]]></body>
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    <review id="64062110">
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    <body><![CDATA[a must read for every married person]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book. Very helpful.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, and challenging.]]></body>
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