I don't quite agree with all the views in this book. I appreciate the authors backing everything up with how they've interpreted things, but I don't think everything they said quite has the backing for it. I don't think everything is quite in the same category of sex as they label it. With the way they choose to define sex you could almost make anything sex. Just because oral, and anal include sex in the titles doesn't make them actual "sex". This book makes the definition of sex, and virginity very confusing without the clear line of what it is.
As said though, I think the authors really try to address things with Biblical backing. They go over a lot of the basic questions that Christian couples will ask including what is right and wrong. The authors get very honest about their own lives to help people be open about their own lives also. Communication between a married couple is also highly encouraged, but it is advised to seek the way how each person communicates in the relationship. I think my favorite point above all is how someone won't change for you, but instead they need to feel conviction from God themselves before they actually change what you think they are doing to hurt your relationship. It was so strange seeing this after telling this someone a few days before reading it.
Lastly, there is one huge negative about this book, and that is that Mark Driscoll forgets to stress understanding and care in probably one of the most toughest times of a woman's life, and that is when she is pregnant. He actually says that his wife chose ease and comfort by cutting her hair, over appeasing him with her looks. Seriously?! The woman is pregnant, and you don't care if she is comfortable? To me that was too chauvinistic, and shows he still has some learning to do about sacrifice, and compassion before writing a whole book for others to read.
Continuing on, I think the book could have covered a lot more than it did. The book says it will cover topics that no other Christian book has before, but I thought for the most part it read repetitively with other things I've heard, or read. Actually, if you are looking for a free resource that covers everything this book does, and goes into even further detail that is more helpful you can visit The Marriage Bed. They already beat the Driscolls to this "controversial" subject a while ago, and you don't have to spend all the money on the book to answer your questions.


This book was provided by Booksneeze in exchange for a review.