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Manufacturer: Zondervan
Author: Larry Crabb
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The Marriage Builder Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.844
EAN: 9780310548010
ISBN: 0310548012
Label: Zondervan
Manufacturer: Zondervan
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1992-04-13
Publisher: Zondervan
Studio: Zondervan
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.844
EAN: 9780310548010
ISBN: 0310548012
Label: Zondervan
Manufacturer: Zondervan
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1992-04-13
Publisher: Zondervan
Studio: Zondervan
Editorial Review of The Marriage Builder
An all-new discussion guide for couples has been added to this classic best-seller to allow readers to dig into it and apply it to their own lives and marriages.
Customer Reviews of The Marriage Builder
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Marriage Builder is the best marriage book out there!
Review: The Marriage Builder by Larry Crabb is the best marriage book out there. It bypasses all the normal "band-aids", and hones in on the real issue: that marriage is a ministry to another person. Marriage is meant to minister to your spouse's needs, not to selfishly minister to your needs (although that IS an added bonus when that happens!) I have read other marriage books, but this one, for the Christian, is the real deal. It is a must have for all couples, especially Christian ones, and should be reviewed regularly for a "marriage checkup".
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Helpful Guide for a biblical marriage
Review: Excellent and realistic guide to create a biblical marriage that would be pleasing to God
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Be Careful!
Review: Crabb appeals to our sense of self with statements like this one: "In Christ, I am significant and secure; therefore I can live responsibly before God no matter what happens." It could be argued that, according to Biblical principles, we are to live responsibly before God regardless of our feelings.
There are some neat analogies in this book, but I would caution readers to be aware of Crabb's humanistic view of people and marriage. There is no Biblical basis for the claims that we all have needs for security and significance, or that these needs must be met before we can live obediently before God.
I HIGHLY recommend any of Jay Adams's books for a strong, Biblical perspective on the human condition. The link here is my personal favorite.
The Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, and Self-Image
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: The Best Book on Marriage...EVER!!!
Review: This is the Best book on Marriage you'll ever read! I am a Pastor and I use this book in all of my Pre-Marital Counseling. Dr. Crabb is so piercingly accurate in his assessment of the Insecurities and Insignificance that each couple wrestles with! His solutions are NOT FORMULAS, they are insights and journey's with questions to discover and opportunities to serve one another regardless of their response toward us. This is also so thoroughly developed it not only prepares you for marriage it can help identify in the midst of a troubled marriage, where the breakdown in ONENESS is Occurring! This is the Definitive book on Marriage, especially from a Christian Faith perspective!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Soul Mates: Becoming Your Spouse's Spiritual Friend
Review: "The Marriage Builder" by Dr. Larry Crabb has become something of a classic in the genre of Christian books on husband-wife relationships. In it, Crabb highlights three relational areas: the couple's spiritual relationship to God, their social/soul relationship to one another, and their physical relationship to each other. When dealt with properly, and in priority order, Crabb asserts that relationships will be healthy (not necessarily happy, since that is not God's goal nor guarantee for life this side of heaven).
Discussing the spiritual relationship, Crabb explains that when God cleanses sin through salvation, His grace simultaneous quenches the deepest thirsts in the human soul. Rather than beings some new-age mantra as some claim when they critique Crabb, the concept of longings, desires, thirsts, and hunger is both biblical and historical (church history). The Trinitarian God of the Bible created humanity in His relational image. Since human beings are finite, they will always long for the infinite--for God's infinite holy love.
Once a husband and wife have come to understand that all they need is God and what He chooses to provide, Crabb notes that then they can quit the old "tic on a dog" relationship of mutual manipulation. Instead, they can begin a relationship of mutual ministry.
In this area, Crabb explores God's essential design for the masculine and feminine soul. He posits that males have a deep social longing for respect, which coincides with Paul's teaching in Ephesians 5. Crabb also explains that females have a deep social longing for intimacy, also correlating with Paul's teaching in Ephesians 5.
As couples learn to drink fully from the God of the universe and to serve one another "heapin' helpins'" of respect and intimacy, then they are prepared to experience body oneness (not simply fun sex). One in their walk with God, one in their relationship with each other, now they move toward physical oneness.
"The Marriage Builder" is a classic because it remains true to God's classic teaching on relationships. We are spiritual beings designed to worship God; we are social beings designed to mutually minister to and intimately connect with one another; and we are physical beings, designed in the state of marital matrimony, to experience body oneness.
Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of "Soul Physicians," "Spiritual Friends," and the forthcoming, "Beyond the Suffering: The Story of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction."
Review Summary: Marriage Builder is the best marriage book out there!
Review: The Marriage Builder by Larry Crabb is the best marriage book out there. It bypasses all the normal "band-aids", and hones in on the real issue: that marriage is a ministry to another person. Marriage is meant to minister to your spouse's needs, not to selfishly minister to your needs (although that IS an added bonus when that happens!) I have read other marriage books, but this one, for the Christian, is the real deal. It is a must have for all couples, especially Christian ones, and should be reviewed regularly for a "marriage checkup".
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Helpful Guide for a biblical marriage
Review: Excellent and realistic guide to create a biblical marriage that would be pleasing to God
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Be Careful!
Review: Crabb appeals to our sense of self with statements like this one: "In Christ, I am significant and secure; therefore I can live responsibly before God no matter what happens." It could be argued that, according to Biblical principles, we are to live responsibly before God regardless of our feelings.
There are some neat analogies in this book, but I would caution readers to be aware of Crabb's humanistic view of people and marriage. There is no Biblical basis for the claims that we all have needs for security and significance, or that these needs must be met before we can live obediently before God.
I HIGHLY recommend any of Jay Adams's books for a strong, Biblical perspective on the human condition. The link here is my personal favorite.
The Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, and Self-Image
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: The Best Book on Marriage...EVER!!!
Review: This is the Best book on Marriage you'll ever read! I am a Pastor and I use this book in all of my Pre-Marital Counseling. Dr. Crabb is so piercingly accurate in his assessment of the Insecurities and Insignificance that each couple wrestles with! His solutions are NOT FORMULAS, they are insights and journey's with questions to discover and opportunities to serve one another regardless of their response toward us. This is also so thoroughly developed it not only prepares you for marriage it can help identify in the midst of a troubled marriage, where the breakdown in ONENESS is Occurring! This is the Definitive book on Marriage, especially from a Christian Faith perspective!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Soul Mates: Becoming Your Spouse's Spiritual Friend
Review: "The Marriage Builder" by Dr. Larry Crabb has become something of a classic in the genre of Christian books on husband-wife relationships. In it, Crabb highlights three relational areas: the couple's spiritual relationship to God, their social/soul relationship to one another, and their physical relationship to each other. When dealt with properly, and in priority order, Crabb asserts that relationships will be healthy (not necessarily happy, since that is not God's goal nor guarantee for life this side of heaven).
Discussing the spiritual relationship, Crabb explains that when God cleanses sin through salvation, His grace simultaneous quenches the deepest thirsts in the human soul. Rather than beings some new-age mantra as some claim when they critique Crabb, the concept of longings, desires, thirsts, and hunger is both biblical and historical (church history). The Trinitarian God of the Bible created humanity in His relational image. Since human beings are finite, they will always long for the infinite--for God's infinite holy love.
Once a husband and wife have come to understand that all they need is God and what He chooses to provide, Crabb notes that then they can quit the old "tic on a dog" relationship of mutual manipulation. Instead, they can begin a relationship of mutual ministry.
In this area, Crabb explores God's essential design for the masculine and feminine soul. He posits that males have a deep social longing for respect, which coincides with Paul's teaching in Ephesians 5. Crabb also explains that females have a deep social longing for intimacy, also correlating with Paul's teaching in Ephesians 5.
As couples learn to drink fully from the God of the universe and to serve one another "heapin' helpins'" of respect and intimacy, then they are prepared to experience body oneness (not simply fun sex). One in their walk with God, one in their relationship with each other, now they move toward physical oneness.
"The Marriage Builder" is a classic because it remains true to God's classic teaching on relationships. We are spiritual beings designed to worship God; we are social beings designed to mutually minister to and intimately connect with one another; and we are physical beings, designed in the state of marital matrimony, to experience body oneness.
Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of "Soul Physicians," "Spiritual Friends," and the forthcoming, "Beyond the Suffering: The Story of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction."