Title: Love & Respect
Author: Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 2004
Review: In this Focus on the Family book, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs makes a very simple proposition; most of the problems between a man and his wife are communication gaps. Furthermore, these divides can be overcome if the couple can embrace the true meaning of Ephesians 5:33, “Each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” While this may seem like easy concepts to understand, Dr. Eggerichs explains the common ways men and women fail to grasp them. Using examples from couples that he has counseled, the author covers the wide array of things that can go wrong when a man and his wife fail to employ the wisdom of Ephesians 5:33. In fact, it is these case studies that will strike home with most readers as they will inevitably see a little of themselves in the examples. After examining the common ways couples can fail to show true love and respect to one another, Dr. Eggerichs provides clear ways for a man and wife to immediately change their ways.
I was grateful for the following on page 76, “[Wives,] When I talk about respecting your husband, I do not mean being a doormat. I do not mean burying your brains, never showing your leadership ability, or never disagreeing in the slightest way. I do not mean that mean that he is superiorand you are inferior in some way. Nor do I want you to ignore your hurts and vulnerabilities.” In that single paragraph, Eggerichs dispells the misinterpretations of Scriptures that have been used in the past to justify the mistreatment of women.
My only quibble with this book is that Eggerichs seems to belabor his points a little. Long after I had a grasp on his theme of unconditional love for women and unconditional respect for men, he was still going on about it. At over 260 pages, I think he could of shaved off about 75 pages with ease. Otherwise, this is an excellent book that I highly recommend for married couples who would like to strengthen their relationship in a Godly manner.
Recommended
Another good post.
But I have a quibble about the new blog design. Unless I click on the “Posts” button in the top right of the screen, I can’t see who the author is for any given piece. Or am I overlooking something?
Ty: Click on the headline of any article, and you can see the author. But from the home page, you are right, no author info.
Ty .. that will be fixed soon. I still need to customize this design a little more. I’m still not sure is I like it better than the old design, but I wanted to work the water and the boat graphic into a design … the boat needs to be made bigger though.
Author info is now listed under the title of each post on the main page.
Cool, thanks. Like the water theme.