12/28/2022 0 Comments Every mans battle workshopsHabits are formed early and it is easier to prevent a habit than it is to get out of a habit. However, and this is key, if sexual purity is a matter of habit-and I believe they are correct on this point-then there is no reason whatsoever that young, single men cannot read this book and benefit greatly. This book is clearly written for men who have already lost the battle and want to recoup something of their identity. I think there are better ways to love our wives and respect them and care for them without resorting to such a childish image. If I told my wife something like that, she’d either vomit or punch me or both (not to mention the fact that I believe this seriously misses the point of the parable Nathan told David). Or you could just be honest and say, “I’m taken-since, evidently, the wedding band did not clue you in.”įinally, the notion that I should refer to my wife as a ‘ewe lamb’ is patently absurd. Later, when she’s no longer attracted to you, you can be your normal, interesting self again” (178). Choose to be boring, and do it fastidiously. And so too the whole thing about being a horse and allowing women to ‘approach your corral.’ The authors write, concerning Dweebman, “Show her that her initial attraction to you was a ridiculous mistake. I also thought the whole shtick about ‘playing the dweeb’ is kind of corny too. It could be that the authors merely want us to generalize and that space prevented them from saying things like: your hot neighbor across the street while she cuts the grass in her white t-shirt, the really fine looking Facebook friend who is always changing her profile picture, or the 20 year old coed walking around campus in her short skirt and high-heels. Maybe in California female joggers are a problem, but not so much where I live. It was almost amusing to read about lusting over billboards, female joggers, beer and bikini commercials, and receptionists (Chapter 11, elsewhere). First, I think maybe the book needs a little updating or generalizing. We have to be careful and alert to the tricks of the enemy.Ī couple of criticisms that are more along the lines of style and not so much content. In the mornings I have to be alert for that is when the enemy prowls around my head. I have to focus myself in the mornings because typically, for some reason, my weakness is in the morning. I will not look with approval on anything that is vile” (Psalm 101:2-3). I found mine one day when I was reading the daily office: “I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart. I also agree that we need to have a shield or protection. I very much agree with the authors that I have to make a decision to be sexually pure and that it is not just a matter of graduating from the university and no longer being tempted the temptations will be all around, every day. I will never cease to be amazed at how creative girls/women can be with the exposure of flesh-and frankly, it does not require as much imagination as they expend. Young coeds on a university campus abound in mischief when it comes to clothing or the lack thereof. Purity issues are complicated and difficult, and it is terribly easy to fall into the habit of taking a peak or hoping for just a glimmer or hoping, secretly of course, that the young coed, easily half my age, forgets she is wearing a short skirt or remembers, as the case may be. Personal anecdote: I went back to graduate school two years ago at a relatively local university. It is true, as the authors say, ‘impurity is a habit.’ I was confronted by this page after page. It is sort of difficult to read this book without being confronted with the fact that yes, indeed, we all have issues when it comes to purity. This is a good thing because it provokes conversation. That said, I cannot really criticize this book because, as the cover boasts, the series of which it is a part has sold a whopping 3 million copies (and I assume that number continues to grow as people learn about the series and as more and more people finally figure out that they are sexually out of control.) Again, who can argue? So I have only a couple of thoughts I would bring to the table for discussion and, as always, these are my perceptions which will necessarily differ from the perceptions of others. After all, who can argue with the need for sexual purity, especially among Christians for whom it is expected? That is, it will not be as long or detailed as it normally would be because this sort of book really does not lend itself to the sort of criticism I would normally level against a book. I’m going to approach this review slightly differently than I would normally approach a review.
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