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Summary: Not Even A Hint
Review: After hearing what a great book this was from a friend, I decided to pick up a copy and read it for myself. Never had I read so much material that shares the truth about lust straightforward. Joshua Harris has been blessed by the Father with the gift of breaking down lust and showing you what a major impact it can have on our lives. Lust can be born in the most unimaginable ways--this book greatly helps those who are struggling to fight this sin. I recommend this book for anyone hungry for a book dealing with lust that's backed up by so much of the Truth.
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Summary: Perspective Matters
Review: Another hit by Joshua Harris. What a difference a little relatable perspective can make in your walk with God and in your fight against the challenges of purity in today's society. It's worth reading, taking notes and applying it to your life. If you are reading this review, you already know you need the book. The title alone pulled you in! With God you can do anything.
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Summary: Likely to drive readers into years of therapy
Review: First of all, I am a Christian. I believe in waiting until marriage. I believe that a huge number of problems in society are caused by casual attitudes toward sex. As a wife, I can speak to the intense intimacy and beauty of married love. That said, there needs to be a balance, and that is what is sadly and dangerously lacking in this book. Harris sets up a paradigm in which any little whiff of sexual desire, any little hint of conscious sexual interest in another, will throw you into the devil's clutches. The title says it all: he selectively quotes from the Bible to create a slippery slope mentality in which one little hint of lust will send you careening off into a land of vice and misery. I'm not saying we should not restrain our sexual natures. It IS a struggle to live as a sexual being, and to learn how to express our sexuality in healthy ways. The problem is that, in Harris' opinion, there IS no healthy way outside of marriage. Period. He even goes so far as to say that the best method of dealing with lust is to get married. He then goes on to qualify that statement by saying that of course you shouldn't marry for sex alone and don't rush into anything, but by that point in the book, the damage is done: his extremism has been pounded into the reader, dangerously and falsely packaged as God's will. In Harris' world, even kissing before marriage is a big no-no. He chastises himself for having "made out" a few times a week with one of his past girlfriends. He admires a friend for not going into the video store so he won't be distracted by attractive women on movie posters and video boxes. What he does is to create a pressure-cooker model of sexuality: it's repressed, stuffed away, unless, like Harris, you are lucky enough to find a marriage partner at a young age. Again, I'm not saying we shouldn't learn how to control ourselves. I am saying that there is a spectrum of physical behaviors, and that part of being a mature adult and a mature Christian involves striking the right balance: allowing ourselves an intimacy that is appropriate to the situation, learning how to express our physical affection for another in a loving way, and being able to put the brakes on it when it gets too fast. I am also very troubled by his prescription of scanning yourself obsessively for any sign of lust, then confessing it -- all of it, every detail -- to someone else for "accountability." This is a sure way to lose sight of God, to get so focused on the details that you miss the greater picture of His love and His forgiveness -- and His delight in our own sexuality. From a psychological perspective, Harris' "advice" is extremely dangerous to certain personality types. I've spent a great deal of time with people who suffer from anxiety disorders, specifically obsessive-compulsive disorder, and who have been greatly scarred by extreme religous beliefs that promote such relentless, pitiless self-scrutiny. It has made them prisoners of their own minds and their own guilt. We need to remember that God forgives us far more readily than we ourselves do. If there's anything I've learned from these experiences with anxiety and OCD sufferers, it's that sometimes, letting ourselves off the hook for our own humanity is the best way to love and serve God unreservedly. I'll pray for all those who are struggling with their sexuality. I know it isn't easy. But please, remember God's love, and find a balance.
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Summary: Incredible book!
Review: Get prepared for the war on lust with this book. Josh just hits nail after nail on the head with this one - and the best part is, no matter what form of lust you deal with (and I'd recommend this book to my brothers and sisters in Christ who struggle with homosexuality - Josh speaks to you in here too!), it's all the same monster trying to rob you of a healthy [physical] desire and a God-centered view of [physical]pleasure. There is no 'magic bullet' secret in this book - Josh just outlines what our enemy is and how we should go about dealing with it. As simple as it sounds, this book is profoundly deep. I got a chance to hear Josh speak on this book (covlife.org/ourlife/singles_feature.php) and click on the link to rescuing sex. between those MP3's and the book..... you'll have encouragement and support. buy this book, be blessed.
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Summary: Josh hits the nail on the head... again.....
Review: Get prepared for the war on lust with this book. Josh just hits nail after nail on the head with this one - and the best part is, no matter what form of lust you deal with (and I'd recommend this book to my brothers and sisters in Christ who struggle with homosexuality - Josh speaks to you in here too!), it's all the same monster trying to rob you of a healthy [physical] desire and a God-centered view of [physical]pleasure. There is no 'magic bullet' secret in this book - Josh just outlines what our enemy is and how we should go about dealing with it. As simple as it sounds, this book is profoundly deep. I got a chance to hear Josh speak on this book (covlife.org/ourlife/singles_feature.php) and click on the link to rescuing sex. between those MP3's and the book..... you'll have encouragement and support. buy this book, be blessed.
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Summary: Finally the Topic is Broached Properly
Review: I believe this book ought to be read rather than Every Young Man's Battle. This book is cleaner (no unneeded lude descriptions), it makes solid points, it is directed at both men and women, and it stays close to scripture all the way through. This book will get the legalism out of your battle with lust, and remind you that a biblical battle with lust will always have desiring Christ and a closer walk with Him who has already declared christians righteous despite their struggles and failures at the center of it.
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Summary: A book where the truth was spoke in love.
Review: I bought this book about seven months ago. I was leading a team of guys to Russia for missions work, but felt that it would be good for them to read a book like this, due to the fact that they were going to be faced with a greater challenge of open pornography and looseness. At least in the place where we were going.
However, I don't believe in asking anyone that I am leading to do something that I would not do, so, I read it. I was very impressed with this book and felt that he candidly dealt with the subject without dragging your mind through the sewers. It was not just a book to tell you what lust is and slap you on the wrist for doing it, but it was a compassionate, well thought out strategy to help you gain victory over the work of the devil and the world where lust is concerned. He stays solid on the Bible. Not only does he not deviate from the scriptures, but he does includes scriptures that help you to fight the good fight of faith. God would not have given us scriptures to overcome lust, if we could'nt. This is book is like the first book "I kissed dating goodbye". I knew alot of people that got hung up and the "no dating" part and missed the point of the book. What happens is they either get turned off to it, or they don't date but do everything but date! The book was not so much about dating as it was about adjusting your approach and attitude. This book is the same. It is not so much about the "acts of lust" in themselves, but the deeper reasons of why we do and how to change and adjust our attitudes. If you are looking to get serious about dealing with the sin of lust, then I encourage you to get this book. I have been a youth leader for about three years. This will be prescribed reading for my missions teams from now on. By the way the guys that read it, loved it!
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Summary: A blessing!
Review: I found this book to be the best book I have read on the subject, and the material to be the best I'm aware of. Josh Harris has served the church so well in providing the biblical truth about lust: God abhors it. It is a vile, destructive and selfish sin. Joshua remedially goes through the specifics of it in an appropriate way to uncover all of its hiding places and guises. He then proceeds to lead the reader to Scripture memorization, mediation and application that is carried out in the local church as a solution. I commend this work for being gracious, yet ruthless in its pursuit of sin. 17th century Puritan John Owen (who wrote "Temptaion and Sin" as well as inspired "Enemy Within"), would no doubt be pleased to see lust dispayed in all its ravaging and evil forms. To say that Josh is being ruthless in the pursuit of lust I think would be accurate, and would commend that as Biblical. There is no need for exegesis in this book because it is Biblically clear that we are to be holy people, set apart for the Lord. Basing the title of the book off of a passage in the NIV was wise and within the liberty given to believers. Using the ESV translation "must not even be named" would have made for an akward title to a book. But "not even a hint" means the same thing as "must not even be named." Should you disagree, consult commentary by wise scholars and then email Josh with your wisdom. Regarding the comment that he has no support from Biblical scholars, please note the remarks in the front page of the book by Dr. John Piper (Author, "Justification of God", "Counted Righteous in Christ" and many others) as well as by Dr. Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (both of whom are on the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) as well as from Jerry Bridges ("Pursuit of Holiness", and "The Discipline of Grace"). As well, Josh made no attempt to say that sexual thoughts and desire outside marriage is bad. I think a few people have equated sexuality and desire with lust. Josh serves us by devoting a good section to why that isn't true. So to those who say he discourages passionately enjoying sex in marriage because of his hatred of sin (particularily lust), I would encourage you to re-read the book with the reminder that lust is a perversion of a beautiful and glorious thing. No sin (lust, hatred, jealousy, revenge, bitterness, pride, etc) should be tolerated under any circumstance. To say that we need to let ourselves "off the hook" with our humanity is to make provision for the flesh and encourage us to gratify our sinful desires, thus offending our Holy God and grieving His Spirit. I heartily reccommend this book to all: men and women, Christian and Pagan!
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Summary: Much common sense - some quirky notions
Review: I have to admit that I agreed with much of what Joshua has written in this book. I would recommend it to young poeple in my church youth group. However, as with all issues that are dealt with in books WE need to do the hard work of seeing if these things be so in the Bible. As one reviewer has complained I also would like to see some more indepth exegesis, but then many young poeple might not read it. After reading it I was a little confused as to the place of God's grace and the work of the Holy Spirit and our effort. Joshua needed to spend a little more time on that issue as I have found that a lack of clear teaching on this issue (sanctification) is what leads to the emotional problems that some of the reviewers have mentioned. I would recommend young poeple to read "The Enemy Within" by Kris Lungard to get another angle on the whole issue of indwelling sin.
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Summary: Incredible approach to dealing with lust
Review: I started read Not Even a Hint yesterday, and ended up reading the entire book yesterday. It's only a two or three hour read, but provides some incredibly useful insights into dealing with the lust that we al feel as people. Being a male, I knew that this book would have a lot of insights that would speak directly to my struggles with lust, but what surprised me were his advice for females that he gives as well. The mere fact that lust wasn't just a male problem was new to me, primarily because I haven't talked to any females about it. The entire premise of this book is simply amazing. It offers insights on a subject that is certainly universal among men, and at least wide-spread among women. It's a must read for anyone who has ever struggled with lust of any form in their lives. Read this book.
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