Love and Respect, by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, offers not only good marriage advice, but a message that many simply have not heard or understood before. Dr. Eggerichs has many years of experience as a minister and a marriage counsellor, and this expertise shows in the book.
The “Love and Respect Connection”
Along with his wife, Sarah, Dr. Eggerichs conducts marriage conferences which he calls the “Love and Respect Connection.” They have received plenty of positive feedback from the conferences. Love and Respect details the concepts and principles studied during these conferences. It also outlines some of the feedback received in letters and emails from husbands and wives alike who have attended the conferences.
The book explains the Biblical truths that are the basis of the “Love and Respect Connection.” Unlike many marriage books that offer advice, this one uses often overlooked or misunderstood passages of scripture that help explain marriage. Love and Respect offers advice to both husbands and wives based on these scripture passages.
Love and Respect and the Bible
Love and Respect uses a passage from Ephesians 5: “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord... Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it... Nevertheless, let everyone of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband” (KJV). Recognizing that this scripture in particular can be overlooked and is misunderstood by so many, Dr. Eggerichs’ book seeks to explain it and help husbands and wives apply it to their own marriage. This scripture is accompanied by many others that speak of marriage and support the concept presented therein and form the basis of Love and Respect.
Through explaining Biblical principles, the aim of Love and Respect is to help “make a bad marriage into a good one and a good marriage into a great one” (p.266). As is revealed in the book, understanding the “Love and Respect Connection” is a proven aide to marriages everywhere.
Love and Respect Relationship Tips
Love and Respect offers valuable and well explained concepts and a few practical tips to help apply the concepts to one’s marriage. The book is a fairly long one, but is worth reading at least a little each day. And for those husbands or wives who have spouses who are not fond of reading, it can be read by one and described to the other. This allows for good discussion that may be very useful for both spouses.
An excellent companion to Love and Respect is The Love Dare by Stephen and Alex Kendrick. A 40-day devotional for both husbands and wives, The Love Dare agrees with Love and Respect in Biblical concepts and offers practical marriage tips on how to show both love and respect with actions, attitudes and words.
Marriage is a gift from God and should be treated as such. For those struggling with marriage or simply wanting to make it better, Love and Respect can help open eyes and hearts to the needs of husbands and wives and effect positive change.
Sources:
Ephesians. Holy Bible.
Love and Respect. Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. Integrity Publishers. Brentwood, TN. 2004
Michelle Wright - Michelle is an avid reader and writer, with a focus on book, film and music reviews, gluten free recipes, and fiction writing "how-tos."
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