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Summary: This should be required reading for all Christian teens!
Review: Finally, a book that offers a biblical perspective on dating! I've read "I Kissed Dating Goodbye", and while I agreed with the premise of remaining pure and set apart, something just didn't sit right with me. After reading "I Gave Dating A Chance", I think it was that I was left with a feeling of legalism after reading "I Kissed Dating Goodbye". "I Gave Dating A Chance" set me free from that feeling of legalism. That's not to say that courtship isn't the way for some people, but it's not THEE one and only godly way. It's not a bad thing to want to date. "I Gave Dating A Chance" didn't leave me feeling afraid that if I allowed my children to date (at the proper age), I'd be committing an act of negligence as a parent. I like the idea of teaching guidelines and encouraging young people to set guidelines for themselves.I wish someone had given me such a book to read when I was a teenager. I think this book should be required reading for all Christian teens before they are allowed to date. I know it will be in our home. I also appreciate the study materials at the end of the book. The whole time I was reading it I thought it would make an excellent study for our church's youth group! Thanks for giving hope and biblical perspective and guidelines to this issue to those of us who don't feel like God is calling our children to courtship!
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Summary: I Gave Dating a Chance
Review: Does anybody in this world not date anymore? I think this answer is yes, but there are very few who do not. I for one am one of the seldom who doesn't date, but that does not mean I never hang out with the opposite sex. Some of my best friends are guys. This book gave many insights that I'm sure will be useful when I do find that special someone. The guidelines he gave about dating were key to a good relationship. The first guideline was to be yourself, second to Honor God, and third to be lighthearted. These three guidelines were especially practical for the dating that goes on today. Too often one looks to the world for their role-model of coolness, when in the contrary they should look to the Lord and model after His Word. I would rate this book 5 stars for someone who is young in their faith and wants a book to teach them the proper techniques of dating in a Godly way. For me personally, I did not retrieve tons out of it, but I did not hate it. It was written well and easy to understand. It was very straight forward, and told you exactly how a Christian should date. Overall, it was a good book and enjoyable to read.
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Summary: Good grief, how pathetic!
Review: "I have never read "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" because there is no way I would stop dating." -this seems to be the typical reason for getting this book. And if that is your reason for reading it, it will salve your troubled conscience and Make you feel better about dating. But aside from that, read Josh Harris's books, or even the "Boundaries" books or "Choosing God's Best" which will at least give you a biblical basis, and weren't written simply to bash IKDG!
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Summary: A Good Read, but keep it balanced...
Review: First up, I need to say that I have not read the entire book. I'm still working my way through it, but I have read enough to make some initial observations.Firstly, This book contains many good points. It contains a lot of good, Biblically based content and would be helpful to most teenagers / young adults. However, I believe this book should be balanced with it's seemingly opposite "I Kissed Dating Goodbye". After reading Harris's book, I was pleasently surprised that his book is *not* about rejecting relationships and remaining single all your life! "I gave dating a chance" seems to lean more towards "Christianizing" the world's form of dating - whereas "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" aims to bring God's form of relationships down to earth. I strongly believe that Dating is useless when not connected to commitment (life-long commitment). This is what Harris's book is all about. "I gave dating a chance" is a good read, but *please* balance the equation. I highly suggest reading both "I kissed Dating Goodbye" and "Boy meets girl" together with this book.
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Summary: Ridiculous
Review: This is absolutely ridiculous that someone would write a book as a direct assault on another's work. Much less one who names themself a Christian. If you don't like what someone has to say about a subject then ignore it... don't write a stinking book about it. No wonder the world would rather go to hell.
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Summary: Good grief, how pathetic!
Review: "I have never read "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" because there is no way I would stop dating." -this seems to be the typical reason for getting this book. And if that is your reason for reading it, it will salve your troubled conscience and Make you feel better about dating. But aside from that, read Josh Harris's books, or even the "Boundaries" books or "Choosing God's Best" which will at least give you a biblical basis, and weren't written simply to bash IKDG!
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Summary: good as balance, but with some issues...
Review: This book, on the whole, wasn't too bad. It is good to read to balance out the anti-dating/pro-courtship point-of-view. However, I was a bit disturbed with the chapter that fielded questions, in particular the answer to the question which basically went "what if I never get asked out?" for many ppl, especially many women and girls, there are a lot of issues (self-image, oppression, etc.) tied into such a concern, and it would have been better if the author didn't address this concern in such a trite way. A better book to recommend is "Choosing God's Best" by Don Raunikar. That book didn't completely condemn dating, but did criticize dating the world's way.
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Summary: Just a Rebuttal
Review: Overall, I would say that many people do not understand what Joshua Harris has written in "IKDG" and "Boy Meets Girl." Harris, in both his books, says that the way we name our relationships with the opposite sex, i.e. dating vs. courting, has nothing to do with his message. He explicitly outlines that he supports, what he calls courtship--dating with a clear direction. Both authors support similar ideals, which is righteous courtship, so I don't see why this book was really written at all. However, Clark makes an effort to bash the ideals of Harris, even though both authors support the same ideas. They are arguing over word choice. Either book would lead you to similar conclusions. I recommend Harris' books for anyone who wants to understand how God wants us to lead relationships with others. All of his books are well written, include relavant stories, and have biblical backing.
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Summary: I Gave Jesus Christ a Chance
Review: I think most people that have said they love this book had their minds made up about dating well before picking it up. They felt convicted that dating might be wrong and were looking for someone to give them a "biblical" persepective on the subject and whaddya know? It's an instant hit with them. I find it funny that people can say that Jeramy's book has a biblical perspective while Joshua Harris's obviously could not.
Especially when dating isn't even talked about in the Bible, because in that day couples didn't even see eachother before they were married. What we have here are people who are putting dating above God. Especially when people say that they would never stop dating, and that everyone has a "special someone". It's ridiculous and unbiblical. People should stop thinking about what God is going to do for them and more about what they can do for him.
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Summary: wonderful
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I thought the advice that Jeramy Clark gives in the book is very helpful for dating Christians. This book gives Christians a realistic way to look at dating. I have read Josh Harris' book I Kissed Dating Goodbye and while I enjoyed the book, giving up dating altogether doesn't sound very realistic. I Gave Dating a Chance gives Christians a blue print for dating God's way. Everyone should read this book.
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