Lovin Your Wife Like Christ When You Ain't No Jesus - Softcover

Paul A. Friesen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936907135 ISBN 13: 9781936907137

Publisher: Home Improvement Ministries, 2019

Synopsis

Men, if you want to be a better husband, father, and follower of Christ, but often feel like you miss the mark, this book might be for you. Be assured, you are not alone . . . To add to this sense of failure, the best-known passage on marriage in the Bible, and one our wives have put to memory, instructs us as husbands to love your wives, as Christ loved the church . . . Now that's a bar we can barely see, let alone reach. What husband can love his wife like Christ? Who do our wives think we are? Jesus? (From the introduction by Paul Friesen)

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Paul Friesen has been married for 42 years to his wife, Virginia, and they are the parents of three young adult girls, two of whom are now married to wonderful, Godly men. Their middle daughter is living fully for Christ as a single woman and trusting God for His best. Paul has been involved in Family Ministries for over 45 years through family camps, church staff positions, speaking, consulting, and writing. Paul and Virginia are the founders of Home Improvement Ministries, a non-profit organization dedicated to equipping individuals and churches to better encourage marriages and families in living out God's design for healthy relationships. As the lead resource couple at Home Improvement Ministries, Paul and Virginia regularly speak at marriage, men's, and women's conferences in the US and internationally, as well as local family and parenting seminars, and have an ongoing ministry with professional athletes. Paul has authored over fifteen books and curriculums on parenting and marriage, including Letters to My Daughters, In Our Image, Before You Save the Date, and along with Virginia, The Marriage App. He has a doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy and a master's degree in Family Ministry, both from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Paul and Virginia's greatest joy in life is knowing that their children are walking in the truth.

Review:

I was never a New England Patriot in my career and I always knew how lucky those players were . . . not only because of their championship seasons but the opportunity to have Paul Friesen as a personal mentor and Bible study leader and glean the never-ending stories and experiences that give him the ability to have a unique/unmatched comprehensive view on marriage. This book gives you that. It flows from genuine life story to story and the applications to my life jump off the page. --Matt Hasselbeck, Former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst

This is a book for all of us ordinary husbands who often fail at loving our wives, don't happen to be Jesus, and need some real encouragement. (I suspect I'm not the only one). With humility and humor, Paul Friesen encourages every husband who sincerely wants to do a better job at what often doesn't come naturally: loving his wife as Christ loved the church. This book should be standard issue to all young husbands (and old ones, too). --Benjamin C. Warf, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

There has been no voice and no example that has challenged us as a couple and me as a husband more than that of Paul Friesen's. In a world confused about marriage, his biblical advice, encouragement, and counsel has always turned me from feelings to truth, and from culture to Jesus. Whether newly married or a veteran in the game, this book will undoubtedly equip you to lead, love, and cherish your wife as you continue to grow into the man God has called you to be. --Benjamin Watson, Veteran NFL Tight End, Speaker, Author of Under Our Skin

About this edition

• Publisher: Home Improvement Ministries
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1936907135
• ISBN 13: 9781936907137
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188