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Summary: Good book for men that want to win the war over lust. :o)
Review: This is a good book for all men. <><
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Summary: The issue men don't want to face often
Review: This book deals with an issue that most men don't want to face. Pornography floods societal thought life daily. This book is the best Christian responce to the problem. Dealing with the issue, men will find family relationships, marital relationships, and pre-marital relationships improve.
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Summary: A "Must Read" for all Christian males!
Review: Before I get to this book, I need to respond to the reviewer that said he was single and the contents of this book didn't apply to him. Well, I disagree with him strongly. The title is "Every Man's Battle." Every male has faced the issue of lust in his life at one time or another, whether married or single. Some males have had to deal with it more than others, some less than others. No matter which category you're in, you've been through it.
I came across this book back in January of 2001 through an ex-roommate of mine. His fiance(now wife) gave him this book as a present. I saw it in his room one day and asked him about it. He said I could read it when he finished it. I borrowed it from him, and I'm certainly glad I did.
This book deals with lust, infatuation, and sexual temptation. But unlike ordinary psychology books, it approaches it from a Christian point of view. Authors Stephen Arteburn and Fred Stoker share what many males go through and also share their own struggles in this area. So it's not just a couple of average Joe Christians talking about something they've studied and reseacrhed. This book lets you inside their hearts, minds, and souls and gives you a first hand account of what Christains males go through.
In a culture that presents females in every way that the eye can imagine, it's nice to find a book out there that presents help to the Christian male that wants to overcome his struggles with the issue of lust and sexual purity. If you're a Christian female and you're married to or dating a Christian guy, this book will help you understand what they go through and how you can be supportive of them and uphold them in prayer.
I'd consider this book a "must read" for all Christian males, and for those Christian females who are concerned for them, too. Praise God for this book and its contents!
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Summary: A book for married men, but not single men
Review: I'm a single so this book wasn't exactly what I was looking for. However, I plan to hold on to this book because I think it gives practical advise for how a husband should act. The book gives useful information on how men can stop "acting like men." It empowers us all to stop looking at women for sexual gratification and allows us to gain control of our sex drive. The idea behind the book is to make husbands devote all their sexual attention to their wives. If you want to be a good Christian husband then this book can help you do just that. But you have to be willing to make changes in your life if you want this to work for you.If you're a woman and thinking of buying this book you'll be in for an eye-opener. You will see just how hard it is for men to deal with lust. Some of the things in the book may even disgust you. But I urge you to be supportive of your husbands so that they can live in line with God's commands.
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Summary: Tacky premise about marriage
Review: I previously reviewed this book but wanted to add one more comment. There is a very distasteful concept implicit in this book that states that marriage is perfectly scriptural if a man enters it for no other reason than to find a legitimate sexual outlet. Needing a sexual release is enough reason to marry. That has to be one of the lowest views of marriage I have ever heard. No romance, no idealistic view of the male/female partnership, no desire to raise a family, no sense of offering and receiving love is necessary as long as the man has a sexual outlet. Women become receptacles for the man who is a "good Christian man" for having sex within marriage. Nevermind what this says about women. If that is the only reason you are getting married, do women a favor and don't bother. We do not need another Russel Yates using his wife until she goes nuts and [hurts] her kids. There is a type of very immature and insensitve Christian male out there who needs to grow up and be a man, rather than some randy adolescent ..who uses the Bible to enslave women.
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Summary: EMB is a great place to start
Review: I have read the reviews and I see that most are happy with this book. With that said, I have to take the defense I have been dealing with an issue of ual purity for 17 years by the grace of God I am free of acting out and have been strong in this battle for almost 5 years now. I run a support group at our church for ual purity and this is a book we use in the course. I do not remember at any time this book saying after 8 weeks as one man stated that you would be cured that is like taking the One Year Bible and saying after a year you will be perfect. This is a tool to help equip us to overcome daily temptation. Praise God for "Boys" Arterburn, Stoeker, Cloud and Townsend. I recommend this book to any man that wants to start on the path of recovery and freedom of ual impurity but remember we draw our strength for God and God alone.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I give the authors credit for bringing up this issue and for trying to tackle it. It is usually swept under the carpet. The result is that many evangelical churches are in complete denial about how many so-called happy marriages are really on the fritz and how many so-called churchmen are really doing a lot of things which they aren't supposed to be doing. Worse, the churches seem to have little to offer people overcome by sexual temptation except some platitudes and speeches by people who aren't walking the walk themselves. Hypocrisy is rampant. Everyone is keeping up appearances.
That being said, the book is a disappointment. The authors think they can nail the cure down to an eight week program - which is absurd. They also think they can help men stop self-stimulation even if they are unmarried when my knowledge of counseling with many people tells me that, perhaps, .1% (that is one in a thousand) of men can stop doing this if they have no sexual outlet. The rest are just going to drive themselves nutty trying.
This book contains a few good reminders about watching what you dwell on with your eyes - which is old advice from the monks in the past. It offers little else. We need a book that is better than this one. This is only a start.
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Summary: Amazing Insight!!!!!
Review: Although I won't write much, I just want to encourage men with purity issues to get this book. I'd been looking a long time for a book such as this, but most books of the kind have been disappointing. Most seemed to focus on the stories of others, and often left out solid plans for purity. This one, however, has been a HUGE help to me. I can't say enough good things about it. Thank you, Fred Stoeker and Steven Arterburn, and thank God for the knowledge that's been given to you.
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Summary: MEN: PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!!!
Review: This was a more profound book on this topic than I ever imagined. I had no idea that sexual temptation was so real for men. As a strong Christian wife I have always believed that a man, single or married, should save his eyes for his wife's (or future wife's) body only. But I always felt that I was alone in that belief. Now I know that what I have always felt inside is an honest demand, that which men are capable of living up to. I shared the values these authors profess with my own husband (not much of a reader) and it has changed both of our lives. He is a much stronger and deeper Christian, a more honest husband, and a closer friend. Please, men, read this book!
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Summary: Solid.
Review: Winning the battle is like living the Christian life. It requires hard work but absolutely depends on God's grace and His Spirit. One of the most useful books that any man could own (unless his blood is not red).
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