Twogether In Texas : Recommended Reading : Men
Sacred Influence: What a Man Needs from His Wife to Be the Husband She Wants
Author: Gary L. Thomas
Gain perspective through a man's eyes to better understand what motivates him in positive ways. Through a biblically-based approach, you'll discover how you as a wife have a unique role to enable your husband to become the man God intended and also learn in the process the principles to fulfill the role God has for your life. You are the sacred influence in his life!
Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs
Author: Emerson Eggerichs
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs introduces the revolutionary message of biblical respect from Ephesians 5:33 that has revived and energized marriages across the country.
Author: Dr. Les Parrott, Dr. Leslie Parrott
Couples consistently name "improved communication" as the greatest need in their relationships. The Parrotts give a deep but simple plan full of new insights that will revolutionize communication in love relationships. This workbook for men is full of lively exercises and enlightening self-tests that help you apply what you are learning about communication directly to your relationship.
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
Author: John Eldredge
Helping men rediscover their masculine heart, Wild at Heart, a guide to understanding Christian manhood and Christian men, offers a refreshing break from the chorus of voices urging men to be more responsible, reliable, dutiful ... and dead. God designed men to be dangerous, says Eldredge. Simply look at the dreams and desires written in every boy's heart: to be a hero, to be a warrior, to live a life of adventure and risk. Sadly, most men abandon those dreams and desires---aided by a Christianity that feels like nothing more than pressure to be a "nice guy." It's no wonder that many men avoid church, and those who go are often passive and bored to death. In this provocative book, Eldredge gives women a look inside the true heart of a man and gives men permission to be what God designed them to be---dangerous, passionate, alive, and free.
Author: Willard F. Harley Jr.
It's no surprise - men and women have radically different priorities. Describing the ten most important needs of men and women, Dr. Harley teaches you how to "affair-proof" your marriage. Learn how to sustain romance, increase intimacy, and deepen your awareness year after year. This 15th anniversary edition features a new preface, plus personal questionnaires and inventories.
How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk: The Foolproof Way to Follow Your Heart Without Losing Your Mind
Author: John Van Epp
Great for substantive analysis of yourself and your relationship and addressing important things before marriage and going into marriage with reasonable expectations. Being in love doesn't change the fact that the families you and your partner came from are different and have different world views. The family of origin strongly affects us and our partner, and the expression of that comes out more clearly after you say "I do". If you come from a family that is frugal and I come from a family that spends money freely, our coming together may give each of us a different view of the other; you may think I am wasteful and I think you are stingy. Add some more family attitude differences that each of us has absorbed, and in marriage what happens if it is not addressed satisfactorily? What if in my family we were open and affectionate and in my partner's family people were closed and withdrawing? During courtship we will naturally both behave as we think healthy people should behave to continue to attract each other. Van Epp wants us to explore our own and our partner's family history because, as Van Epp suggests, your partner is the second edition of their parents. So that would make us the second edition of our parents as well.
Author: Dr. Les Parrott, Dr. Leslie Parrott
The Parrotts will help you understand and uncover the unique shaping factors you bring into a marriage both as a man and as an individual. For honest, intimate and enjoyable relationship-strengthening conversations with you and your fiancée. This will also work for engaging discussions with a small group.