Rating: 
Summary: God's Plan Usually Finds Her, as well as HIm
Review: Amidst the loyal and abiding marriage with children, there is no need of abstinence, and in fact, loving relationships are healthy displays of pleasurable parenting which cannot be duplicated elsewhere. These relationships are rarely made "by accident," or forced to happen, but come from intensive self knowledge, and being open to the guidance of the plans God has in store for us. Because the best laid plans of mankind often go awry, the best laid plans of God are always safer boundaries in which to travel. The distinction is one that is not only important but critical to the human spirit to experience the joy that humans can have for one another, and without it, poor substitutes often leave scars, as do the trials and tribulations of opening the heart to the opportunities God makes available. Being good to your heart is the best advice man can possibly give to another since we only have one, and it's required to last a lifetime. God's tightrope rarely comes with signposts that people know how to read.
Rating: 
Summary: Don't pass this one up!
Review: Finally, there is a brave Christian woman out there that will talk about this subject! It's about time women get real about their sexual struggles and stop looking for love in all the wrong places. I found this book to be insightful, captivating, and full of practical application. It's thrust is towards personal wholeness and fulfillment... with or without a man! Great stuff!!! Have fun reading about her personal journey told with refreshing honesty.
Rating: 
Summary: Not sure I should read it
Review: I am leary about reading this book, because my concern is that it would be geared around women who have sex for emotional attachment, and not the pure pleasure of it.
I'm interested in reading something that would help a Husband and Wife keep the fire burning, and keep sexual purity. How to avoid temptation. How to control our thought life.
Also, I've read some other things that suggest that if a woman has sex addict like behavior, there seems to be the thinking that she was sexually abused, but if a man has sex addict like behavior, he's just "outside the boundaries" of God's will. What's with that? Male pride? Lack of understanding about womens sexuality and how IT can go a rye just as well?
It's sad that the preachings I've heard about David and Bathsheba is geared around how David fell into lust. Hello people?! I've certainly been the Bathsheba, on purpose, to get what I wanted. Who's REALLY the sexual aggressor in THAT situation? Both persons; however, paid a price for their sexual transgression. THAT'S what needs to be looked at.
If the Holy Spirit leads me to read this book, then I will. For now, I need to get into the word about sexual purity.
Rating:
Summary: a God-send
Review: I didn't want to read this book. Even halfway through I thought this was good info, but not for me to apply right now in my life. I just didn't want to. By the time I got to the end I was deeply thankful and ready to pursue the intimate relationship God wants to have with me above my self-indulgent thought life. I love how she writes - it's so down to earth, uncondemning, and convicting. I'm so bless to have "chanced" upon this read. 'Wish more women new about it - we need to address our own purity battle. God really is praised through this book - the Maker of romance, love and true intimacy.
Rating:
Summary: Incorrect Depictions of Female Sexuality as Usual
Review: I do quite a bit if reading on advice given to women on life and relationships. I have always been curious and furious to see what is advice offered and how harmful it can be. I read this book at a 1/2 price bookstore without having to purchase it. (I never waste my money on these types of books). I have a hard time understanding how a man will claim to know ANYTHING about female needs and sexuality. Mr. Arterburn claims the women long to be objectified and men long to be the objectifiers. Lie, lie, lie! Women objectify men JUST AS MUCH. We are not idiotically obvious about it as men are. In fact, eplain this FACT to me : half of all pornography is bought by women. Female sexual needs & desires are equal to that of a man -we just don't announce them on the 6 O'clock news. Women admit this privately as in public they are ridiculed and labeled for it. Men & the churches they run do not want to hear this and will do anything in their power to get women to buy into their belief of how a woman should behave sexually. This book does more harm than good. It sexism and oppression at it's finest. Women need to stop believing in religion and start believing in themselves. Books that promote gender generalizations and stereotypes are never the answer. Remember ladies, not everything you are is biological. A good portion of who you are is socially determined. You have a brain, use it.
Rating:
Summary: Women have lust issues too!
Review: I don't know how this book can help a woman in REAL LIFE.
A woman is just as likely to be turned on visually by anyone
they find attractive including a stranger.Maybe evangelicals
have a hard time believing a woman is human as a man is,and not
some angel up on a pedestal.The sexual tendencies in a woman are just as strong as a man's.Women have been so sexually
oppressed that it might seem shocking to many women to think of
themselves as a sexual being.The focus in the book is more on
the man lusting and the woman responding to the lust.All the
old sterotypes are presented in this book.I'm not surprized
since Christians now a days are obessed with "differences"
they hope are there so they can keep oppressing women and boxing
them into a narrow area of abilities and personality traits.
Rating:
Summary: Honest approach to women's hearts
Review: I found this book to be excellent in examining women's hearts. Several times, women's struggle with lust is overlooked or underestimated. The author did a wonderful job in discussing different forms of being unfaithful besides physically, such as emotionally. I highly recommend this book to women who are married or in relationships. It vaguely discusses subjects for single women, but not clearly enough to really be able to understand where boundaries need to be drawn. I would also advise that single women struggling with lust, avoid reading chapter 10. Although it may be helpful when you are married, reading descriptions about God's glorious plan of sex isn't helpful for someone who is trying to overcome lust. Overall, the book was well written from a female perspective and contains a lot of helpful information for understanding yourself and significant other.
Rating:
Summary: Finally a book for woman on this topic!!
Review: I have read this book a few times, have lent it out and just bought a copy for my step mother for christmas.
I think it is written from a wonderful, realistic stand point from a REAL christian woman who has been there.
To CC from lvthelrd2000@yahoo.com .... i think your review was very stereotypical of re born christians and I found it to be offensive. I do agree that we, as woman, do tend to hide our problems from others but I do not agree that ALL christians are as judgemental as the ones that perhaps you have come across. I do pray that you will find your way and this book continues to reach woman who are in need of a way out.
Rating:
Summary: Must-read!
Review: I haven't finished the book yet, but it is an awesome book! Ethridge recognizes the fact that women also struggle with sexual integrity, and brings into the open many of the secrets that women world-wide have been ashamed to be accountable for. I appreciate her down-to-earth manner, and she gives many helpful ideas and Biblical counsel on how to overcome sexual temptation. Read the book, if you are struggling, if you know someone who is struggling, or even just for your own furthered knowledge. I highly recommend it!
Rating:
Summary: Helped my marriage
Review: I read this book just before my first wedding anniversary, and I seriously applied it to my life. The results are amazing!! I have an intimacy with my husband that I never thought I could have, a better image of myself as a result of it, and the chapter on sabbaticals is awesome!! I go up to Door County WI twice a year now and just enjoy alone time with God. This book is very helpful in making you feel that you're not alone out there, that God does provide an answer to every problem, and that He will never give you more than what you can handle.
|
