Love That Lasts
How We Discovered God’s Better Way for Love, Dating, Marriage, and Sex
-
-
4.8 • 85 Ratings
-
-
- $11.99
-
- $11.99
Publisher Description
In Love That Lasts, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion Jefferson Bethke and his wife, Alyssa, expose the distorted views of love that permeate our culture and damage our hearts, minds, and souls.
Drawing from Jeff’s “prodigal son” personal history and from Alyssa’s “True Love Waits” experience, the Bethkes point to a third and better way. Blending personal storytelling with biblical teaching, they offer readers an inspiring, realistic vision of love, dating, marriage, and sex.
Young people today enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by a romantic, fulfilling marriage only to discover they’ve been duped. They learned about love and sexuality from social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky past, and they have no idea what healthy, lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce ridden in history.
Looking to God’s design while drawing lessons from their own successes and failures, the Bethkes explode the fictions and falsehoods of our current moment. One by one, they peel back lies such as,
the belief that every person has only one soul mate,that marriage will complete you,and that pornography and hook-ups are harmless.
Customer Reviews
Love That Lasts
This book was relatable, down to earth, and completely gospel centered. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I hope to share it with those around me!
Awesome book
It is wisdom packed, and gracefully written. It features values and concepts related to love and relationship, and the authors story is told in a way that is straightforward and so honest and real, everyone can relate somehow.
From the stories, to how they split the chapters, to the topics, and even the language used, everything is so captivating. To be honest, I cried while reading the introduction lol I also laughed out loud a few times throughout my reading. Yes, it's that good. I got hooked and binged read the entire book. No shame here :)
It's interesting to read how the authors expose their own hurts and baggage, and delightful to find out how they turn to God for healing and redemption. By the end of the book I got left with a feeling of hope and encouragement, understanding God's Love for me, and His plans for my relationships.
I wish I had read this book before I started dating. It would have saved me a lot of tears. I'm glad and blessed to have received an advanced readers copy from the publisher though.
Can’t stop reading over and over again
The book from the beginning is so good. Seriously so good. I just bought it yesterday evening and I’m almost finishing it up this morning. It kept me on the edge of my seat every single page. There were not one page I did not like or did not agree with. I bought this book just when I needed it the most. Now I know that I never was alone. Thank you Jeff and Alyssa for sharing your imperfect love which is perfect. So excited for the next book!!! Please never stop writing!