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Hedges: Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It [With DVD]
Plant Hedges
With the divorce rate steadily climbing and infidelity creepinginto even the happiest marriages, in a society that trivializesadultery and its devastating effects, with temptation andopportunity coming at you from all directions-how can you keepyour marriage from becoming a statistic?
The advice from best-selling author Jerry B. Jenkins is this: plant preventati
...moreHardcover, 217 pages
Published
May 27th 2005
by Crossway Books
(first published 1990)
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This book would probably not have been of interest if I had not heard Jenkins speak at our church. I only knew of him from the "Left Behind" books (of which I am not a fan), and as co-writer on a sports autobiography or something. Anyway, he was a fantastic speaker, and very funny. The same practical, conversational, humorous tone characterizes this book.
Most will find his suggestions in "Hedges" to be utterly puritanical and a roadblock to the kind of mature, sincere trust t...more
Most will find his suggestions in "Hedges" to be utterly puritanical and a roadblock to the kind of mature, sincere trust t...more
This book was ok, although I found most of it to be fairly commonsense stuff. The gist is that we should protect our marriages by having certain rules in place (mostly dealing with interactions with the opposite sex) in order to avoid an affair. The author's thought on lust is that it is the one sin/temptation that cannot be overcome by prayer, willpower, etc. Rather, one should completely flee from it in the first place. It is written to a husband audience, although wives can learn from it ...more
Excellent advice on practical ways to protect your marriage. WIth half of all marriages ending in divorce, it seems a lot of people are not doing what it takes to make sure their marriage does not end up on the bad side of statistics. My wife and I have seen a marriage of good friends of ours fall apart for the exact reasons laid out in the book, and our friends were married for 20 years; no one thought it could happen to them, but sure enough it did. If you are married, taking the steps outl...more
Jenkins gives a lot of good common-sense advice for Christian (and generally moral) men who don't want to get divorced. His tone is conversational and down to earth. I read it alone in a single sitting but I am sure it would make for some pretty interesting group discussions. Thanks, Mama!
This book helped set the foundation for our marriage. It's a thought-provoking approach to how to set and maintain hedges in marriage. There are many revelations that should be put to action in this book.
I respect this guy's angle, but the entire book could be summed up in one short sentence. Never put yourself in a situation that would give you the opportunity to cheat.
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A difficult to accept but very truthful reality about us all, we sin. I as a man and a husband I do not protect my marriage up front it may fail. If left to my own devices I will fail.
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Great book about guarding a marriage from sexual failure. Very practical and wise. Highly recommended on the subject.
A good warning of how marriage can be destroyed by failing to set protective hedges around them.
This was a good book, but I think was more from a male perspective.
Great book about establishing personal boundaries.
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Jerry Bruce Jenkins is an American novelist and biographer. He is best known as co-author of the Left Behind series of books with Tim LaHaye, Jenkins has written over 150 books, including romance novels, mysteries, and children's adventures, as well as non-fiction. His works usually feature evangelical Christians as protagonists. In 2005, Jenkins and LaHaye ranked 9th in Amazon.com's 10th Annivers...more
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