True Love in a World of False Hope: Sex, Romance & Real People

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For many unmarried people, sex is the forbidden fruit, which makes it all the more intriguing. True Love in a World of False Hopepresents an up-front, hopeful--and even humorous--look at God's plan for sexual relationships. Robbie Castleman believes reclaiming purity in relationships is a journey toward holiness. In sprightly, straight-for-the-target prose, she shows how unmarried Christians can wait until marriage without turning into prudes or wallflowers.

She helps us see how we can mold and groom our desires, preparing for a lifetime of joyous and responsible sex within marriage.

True love in a world of false hope : sex, romance & real people

Provocative chapter titles include: Table Of Content AcknowledgmentsPrologue: Hormones for Holy People2. Touch Me, Touch Me Not9. Detours, Potholes, Road Hazards Reviews "Robbie Castleman has written an honest, unprudish book on the sometimes tangled world of sex, love and relationships. With many anecdotes from her own journey, Castleman offers practical, biblical counsel on moving from friendship to marriage in a God-honoring way. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

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Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. True Love in a World of False Hope: Robbie Castleman believes reclaiming purity in relationships is a journey toward holiness. In sprightly, straight-for-the-target prose, she shows how unmarried Christians can wait until marriage without turning into prudes or wallflowers. She helps us see how we can mold and groom our desires, preparing for a lifetime of joyous and responsible sex within marriage. Provocat Robbie Castleman believes reclaiming purity in relationships is a journey toward holiness.

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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jul 12, Ariana rated it liked it Shelves: So I read this book a few years ago, but I refer to it often even still. I'm a bit surprised to say that most of the advice I give in regards to relationships comes from this book.

I read this book when I was single, and it still impacted the way I interact with people. Sep 03, Robert rated it it was ok Shelves: On the back cover of the book I found this statement: While I did find the book to be written sprightly, very easy to read, and did give a plethora of real, and not so real, life examples to follow or avoid that could prepare a couple for blissful life together, the analogies she uses in her method of storytelling sometimes were confusing and unnecessary.

The fact that this book was written with Christians in mind at times also seems to get lost in the middle of some of her real life examples and her attempt to be practical.

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While I recognize the necessity to be practical when addressing young Christians regarding this subject matter I still would think more mention should have been made to the individual spiritual lives of the two persons considering spending the rest of their lives together. Her stories of real life examples reminds us that we are not alone when we have certain feelings and desires and they give real tangible concepts that young people can apply to their own relationship.

The way Castleman presents her stories to highlight the point she is making does make this book a very easy read. I found myself wanting to keep on reading to the next story. I would recommend a young couple take this book and read it Saturday and then discuss it Sunday. While I would recommend this book I would not suggest this be the only book a couple read.

True Love in a World of False Hope: Sex, Romance & Real People by Robbie Castleman

This book would be a good compliment with Dr. Since the book was written for Christians perhaps this was assumed. I believe the statistic on the divorce rate of a couple that attends church, and prays together, is around five percent compared to fifty percent for the general society.

First I have to mention that Castleman raised my ire in chapter 4 when she first used the Grand Canyon analogy. The mention of the Grand Canyon beginnings as a simple river implying millions and millions of years of erosion almost caused me to flick this book out my window. Thankfully I was able to keep my emotions in check and continued reading. However here she began talking about the deepness of the canyon and comparing that, or so I thought, with the deepness and the depths of love we have to look forward to exploring with our spouse.

Cool, I like that. I must have missed something somewhere, and you probably will too. In this section Castleman was relating how she informed her future husband, boyfriend at the time, that she believed she was falling in love with him and that he should be careful with her feelings at this time.

What does a guy do with this?

But instead of letting the male take the lead in pursuing his own desires and deciding on his own that she is the one he wants for the rest of his life this man is presented with a sure thing. Not many men have the will power to resist a sure thing. Women have to let men be the pursuer regardless of their feelings. Keep your mouth shut and trust God to allow Him to work in and through your boyfriend. Let men be the conquers.

On page 69 Castleman continues this truth in love theme with Carmen and Earl. It can be done. It needs to be done. In a covenant relationship between a man and woman speaking the truth in love as soon as possible is a necessity. However this necessity does not immediately translate to a non-covenant relationship. There is a major difference between being married and being a couple outside of marriage. Speaking the truth in love does not necessarily need to be done and careful consideration should be given before one opens their mouth.

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