About this title: The Love Dare Bible Study Member Book creates a marriage-centered Bible study experience for individuals and couples. Eight small-group sessions are based around one or more movie clips from the motion picture FIREPROOF and connect couples to The Love Dare both during the session and throughout the week. It utilizes activities that create community, provide opportunities to dialog about real life in real marriage, explore and apply God's Word, and invite participants into a risky but redemptive journey.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781415866559ISBN:1415866554
Description: New. The Love Dare Bible Study Member Book creates a marriage-centered Bible study experience for individuals and couples. Eight small-group sessions are based around one or more movie clips from the motion picture FIREPROOF and connect couples to The Lov... read more
"This book contains strong Christian perspectives, but in my opinion, everyone should read it. There's a lot to be learned from it's content. Unconditional love is a gift that you can give, but often times in the process of giving it, you receive much more than you ever expected. The messages and suggestions in the book aren't just for couples. I've applied much of what I've learned to all the relationships in my life. This book made me take a long hard look at myself and made me want to make some adjustments that improved my life drastically. It also made me realize that there are a lot of things that I've done right along the way. As the book states, it is a dare. As with any good dare, there should be some level of discomfort....this dare is no different. Are you willing to face the dare?"
"I just finished this book today, and thought I'd talk a little about it.
The book The Love Dare was shown on the movie Fireproof. The movie is about a fireman who is struggiling through a failing marriage headed for divorce, when his father hands him a book. The Love Dare. The husband reads the book and takes the journey, finding love, happiness, and unity with his wife. It is a very inspiring and moving...movie. But the book is even more so.
I found this book while at the library. You see, I haven't been reading much of late this summer. Like 10 pages a day...but then I'd get bored. Been reading mostly biographies, which tend to be my favourite genre. But I went to the library to return a few books that I've been constantly renewing with the hope that I'd read them eventually. I knew I wouldn't, so I returned them and figured I'd just take a break of reading. But then I saw The Love Dare, and thought I'd give it a shot. And it turns out all I needed was a change of genre to renew my own love of reading.
The Love Dare is a 40 day journey meant to be read by someone with a failing marriage. Everyday it talks about a certain aspect of Love ("Love is unity," "Love is forgiving," etcetc) and then at the end it gives you a dare to perform for the day. Surprisingly, I am not in a failing marriage, but I am always looking to learn more about Love, and Life, so I was glad to read it.
The only fault I found in this book was the heavy influence on Christianty and God. Such captions as "You cannot know true love without the love of God." simply upset me. I believe the only thing you need to have to know true love is true love. And entire chapters were used just to talk about the correlation of Love and God.
But, besides that, this was a very moving book. It gives you a different outlook on Love and makes you realise just how little you appreciate it, and how to truly appreciate. How to move out of the Deappreciation room in your heart, and instead settle into the Appreciation room. How to act as the "wise farmer" and simply try to make your love grow, instead of trying to constantly change your spouse.
Truly, a great book for anyone in love with Love."
"I really thought I'd like this book better than I did--and it's not that it's a bad book, it's excellent really, for those with struggling marriages--but so much of it is just not applicable for me and my relationship with my spouse. I thought it would be more about doing and saying things for my husband during the 40 days, to help our relationship grow and develop and mature. However, by about Day 20, a lot of the 'dares' have more to do with forgiving wrongs committed by your spouse, seeking the aid of marriage counselors, getting rid of anything standing between the happiness of my husband and me. And although those are all great suggestions, they just don't pertain to me...as I am in a happy marriage. =)
I did start the dare using one of many available websites with the 40 Day Love Dare information, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to continue it just based on the fact that most of it is not applicable to my personal situation."
"This book, which was first introduced in the recent film Fireproof, is a 40-Day challenge to love your spouse better. It provides some helpful biblical exposition on topics related to marriage and the fruit of the spirit, specifically in the context of a marriage covenant. While the focus of the Love Dare is definitely geared more towards leading non-Christians to saving faith in Jesus Christ in the context of saving their marriage, or to newer believers who have not had very much exposure to the Bible, the book is also helpful to any married believer who wants to grow in love with his/her spouse and the Lord."
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