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Summary: Legalism is the name of this book not Every Man's Battle
Review: This book is written by a bunch of perverted guys who talk about sleeping around with women in there past. They brag oh were such good Christians because we keep all these laws. God could care less how many legalistic laws we keep. What these men are basically saying is we don't need God 's help we can do it on our own by bouncing and starving our eyes. Which didn't work for me by the way. It just made me want lust more. They make masturbation atually sound as such an evil sin. It is sin but this book makes sexual temptation sound appealing when they start telling all there struggles with sin it just made me want to masturbate more than ever. You put the law on people and it just makes them want to sin even more. I had less lust problems before I read this piece of crap they call a book! The thing that really bothers me is the fact that one of authors brags about well I was dating four different girls at the same time. He goes on to say that he was engaged two of them and dating two others! This Fred Stoeker guy really has problems. Him and these other guys mentioned in this book can't control the sexual urges and make it sound like all men have the same problems they have. Which is not necessarily true! Do me a favor go buy Joshua Harris book called Not Even a Hint. It will give you better perspective on the issue of lust than the crap called Every Man's Battle. These authors just make you want to sin even more. Go ahead buy this piece of crap book but don't say I didn't give you warning about it. You can bounce and Starve eyes all you want but you have to remember that we need keep our eyes on God not trying so hard to make up legalistic rules that we can't keep and make us want to sin even more. Take my advice this book nothing I ever want to again in my lifetime!
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Summary: Every mans battle, worth reading
Review: I thought it was a great book. It has helped me a lot!
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Summary: read it :D
Review: First I want to say I am a woman and after reading this book...I think this book is really good and useful,I think this book is good and useful for both of a married man and single man but maybe for a single man they can read Every young man's battle. After reading some review , I want to add my own opinion, I think this book isn't only for a men who very obsession with lust but also for a men who maybe said that he is not very obsession with lust.Yeah...there is many man who will said about a attractive woman that she is interesting or something without thinking dirty about her but I agree with the contains in this book , the small interest if you don't taking serious about that, it will be larger and larger!Maybe first you can say ..ah yes she is a good looking woman...ah yes she is interesting or whatever and you think ...this is nothing,and you thinking that this is usual but who's know ,something happens and your interest is become larger and larger,it's because you don't taking serious about that from the very first time !( It's also happen with woman's )I really like this book discuss about this topic, so this book really want to make us to purify our mind even in a small action.
I think some topic in this book is especially for a married man ( and woman too ) or someone who already have a lover but a single man/woman is can read about that too . I am sorry if my English is very bad especially in grammar.
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Summary: Excellent book for a discussion group.
Review: Finally, a book by men for men dealing with an age-old problem encountered by, according to some estimates, 97% of the male population. Women may find this book helpful in understanding men but will otherwise have little interest. As a man dealing with problems of sexual impurity, this book has made it easier to talk to my wife about my problems. One of the keys to getting more out of this book has been being able to discuss my own short-comings in our men's accountability group in my church. This book blatantly illustrates the compromised standard apparent in most "Christian" men and, though the use of scripture, demonstrates how wrong this behavior is. At this point, I am only halfway through the book but would strongly recommend this to any man seeking insight or awareness to their deviant behavior. I cannot answer to the application aspect of this book at this point but do feel without some sort of interaction with a group of other men, this book will have little value.
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Summary: Deeply Flawed
Review: This book obviously has many good things to say. However, I find I am not completely satisfied with it. Primarily I find I am disappointed that the authors have no better solution than bouncing the eyes. I would like to believe that God can truly free men from sexual sin rather than having them lives their lives masking this sin. Perhaps that is simplistic. But can't God free people from the sin that has bound them? I know none of us will ever be sinless, yet I do believe God can set us free from specific sins. The technique the authors espouse seems to leave God's power out of the equation. I also find myself taking offense on behalf of women for much of what the authors teach. For example, they say time and again that men have a 72-hour sexual cycle. Their advice to women is to work with men in this 72-hour cycle. There is very little in the book about building a good sex life where both partners give and receive pleasure. In fact, it seems that the authors believe women are almost asexual and their function in sexual activity is simply to relieve a husband of his sexual burden. On the other hand, the authors present all men as being absolutely controlled by sex. I think this book, when read by women, might really give them an overly-pessimistic view of how men think. A significant concern I had was the many descriptions of the authors' lust. Sometimes they would describe things in such detail that I am concerned the descriptions alone could make men think lustful thoughts. The description of the jogger that one of the authors was staring at when he crashed his car is a good example. In the end I found this book to be deeply flawed and not worth reading.
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Summary: Incredible Ignorance on Display ...
Review: ... starting with a title that presupposes and therefore engenders inner conflict and continues with a one-size-fits-all approach that suits a vanishingly small minority of men. I'd give it no stars if they would let me. Sure, it may have worked for the author, but frankly with a statistical sample of one and a heavy reliance on negative conditioning, I doubt it's real world effectiveness. Actually, the author makes his real money off weekend workshops, it appears. Given the widespread and generally irresponsible use of mind-control technology in use at "seminars" I'd warn you to stay away from those.
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Summary: Read at your own risk
Review: My wife and I have been married for 32 years. Our pastor had mentioned this book at a workshop and we thought it would be wonderful to have such a guide to help us purify our souls.
Well let me tell you, the amount of turpitude portrayed within these pages is not to be believed. Worse, these descriptions awoke things in us we never thought imaginable. Lately my wife has been experimenting with bondage and domination, and her mistress has moved in with us. She is completely controlling our lives, and won't even let us go to church anymore. I'm not even allowed to use the computer, hopefully she won't find out I wrote this review before she got home. Be careful about this book. It can ruin your life. It ruined mine.
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Summary: Essential reading for spiritual growth
Review: This book goes along way towards explaining why the spiritual vitality in alot of churches is stagnant at best. Until we men face the bondage that is so stifling our spiritual livelyhood, we will be hindering church growth. My plan is to lead the study with a group of men in our church. I expect to see some men liberated and become powerful and effective leaders in their homes and churches. What could be more important?
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Summary: A Mixed Bag
Review: First of all I am a woman in my forties; I am the lead women's' Christian counselor for a large (4000+ active members) metropolitan church. At our church I counsel only women on a one to one basis for a variety of reasons. I have been counseling for over 9 years and I think I have a fairly good base to judge what women go through and what women's main concerns are in this area. With that said let me get onto my review. I have several problems with this book #1 PROBLEM it broad brushes men unbelievably and relies on the fact that this area is not well discussed by men. The authors' main contention is that all men practice sexually immoral practices, some men are just worse than others. They then give examples of men who are sexual deviants and imply that all men behave this way in some fashion. CASE MADE right, well not exactly, this is akin to saying that alcoholics drink alcohol therefore everybody who drinks is an alcoholic. The logic breaks down immediately. Many men can look at a attractive woman and say "that's a good looking woman" without mentally undressing her, mentally fornicating with her, or masturbating in her presence. To the authors they cannot comprehend this because they had sexual problems in this area. It is again like the alcoholic not understanding how you can have ONE glass of wine with dinner and STOP. This begs the question of what about the advice they do give is it good. Yes, in the most part it is very good for those who suffer from these problems, but for the vast majority of men this book is of little use. #2 PROBLEM (THE BIGGIE) After each part in the book the author puts a small sub-section entitled 'The Heart of a Women'. These parts were written using comments of the authors' wives and several other women. The only reason these parts were included seemed as to try to shame the men into acting the correct way the authors deemed. The biggie here is that the men's writing seemed heartfelt and truthful about their plight. These sections, however, seemed like downright forgeries, or at the very least highly edited comments that are not representative of the 'normal' Christian woman. Rather than attack those women's comments personally I thought it might be better suited to reveal what 9 years of Christian counseling and statistical research has revealed about Christian women and men to me. *Women are 164% more likely to have extra marital affair than a man. (It is my experience that this number should be much higher since women seem to lie more about their sexual experiences than men - more on that later.) Women are 243%more likely to have multiple affairs than a man. #1 reason women give for having an affair - Unsatisfied with sex, not attracted to spouse
#1 reason men give for having an affair - constant criticism from spouse, wants positive affirmation. Women are 4200% more likely to be having a conversation about sex than a man. Women have more erotic dreams per week than men. Women rank sex as MORE important to them than men do. Women are more dissatisfied with sex then men are. Both sexes want MORE sex in their married life, men want 10% more and they will be happy, Women want 25% more to be happy. What I think will be the most surprising to men is who masturbates more.
38% of all married women admit to masturbating at least once a week compared to 31% of men. Sexual temptation is a problem that is not male dominated. Women are not angels either and I regularly counsel women who have far worse problems than those described in this book. The way this book portrays women as being sweet and naïve is deleterious to the authors cause. Are the authors' to blame for this? Yes and No, #1 they should have done better research. It has been clinically proven over and over that women will lie consistently about their sexual experience. They will reduce their number of partners [anywhere from in half to taking off a zero(s)]; they will not admit to certain sexual practices, they will deny affairs, they will increase their age that they lost their virginity, etc, etc. Here are some more interesting statistics 43% of women who claimed they were a virgin to their spouse were NOT.
33% of women increased their age they lost their virginity by at least 2 years.
68% of women lied about the number of men they have slept with.
87% of women have faked an orgasm.
72% of women who have had anal sex found it very or highly pleasurable.
14% of women would tell their partner they found anal sex pleasurable.
22% of women have used pornography when they masturbated.
84% of women have used a toy when masturbating
73% of women have a secret toy that their husband does not know about. WHAT IS MY GOAL? Excellent question first of all I would like the authors to admit or at least become aware that this isn't EVERY MAN'S BATTLE but it is instead SOME MAN'S & WOMAN'S BATTLE with sexual temptation. I would also like the authors to either remove those insipid whiny quotes from these women or at least balance it with reality. SO IS THIS BOOK TERRIBLE? NO, just remember this book is written for men who are in the throes of sexual addiction/temptation. If you are that target audience then this book will help much. Just keep one thing in mind, this is not a male issue this is a humanity issue, just like most alcoholics are men you will also find women alcoholics, you are not alone. ...
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Summary: Not all it's cracked up to be
Review: I read this book just recently and have found it to be lacking in just about every respect. Not only does leave the single man standing out in the cold, it demands a measure of righteousness that may be unatainable. If you read this book, please keep in mind that man is not justified by himself. You cannot make yourself righteous, it requires Christ. This applies to all aspects of righteousness, to include sexual righteousness. I recommend that instead of this book someone read "The Four Loves" by C.S. Lewis, or one of his many essays dealing with love and sexual temptation(I don't have one infron to me, but as I recall "The World's Last Night" included a good one.
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