Even though
this book was originally published twelve years ago, the topic of lust and sexual
purity is probably needed now more than ever. The authors of this book do a
good job of explaining that there are many facets to the struggle every man
faces to one degree or another in his life time. While one man may be addicted
to hard core pornography, another may lust after lingerie sales ad are both
impure and need to be defeated.
You will
find throughout the book different sections where wives who read the original
print have responded, and allow men further insight into how we make our wives
feel. It was also interesting to find out about the male physiology and the way
it controls our sexual impulses. While learning that we are urged to remember,
that just because we have our anatomy pushing against us we cannot cause it to
allow us to sin. At the end of chapter four we are given a list of Scripture references
that show us God’s desire for our purity.
Overall this
book gave some good behavior modifications that can help someone who is on the
verge of struggling with sexual addiction, while it doesn’t vocalize the power
of the gospel very much. There were several statements made that I took issue
with that “100 percent of rapes are committed by males” (pg 67) and that they
were working toward the respect of God when we are told in Acts 10:34 that God
is no respecter of persons.
For a man
struggling with temptations and not a deeper issue I would recommend this book,
because it offers some good tactics to avoid those temptations. Overall, I enjoyed Every Man’s Battle, if you are looking for ways to change your
behavior but not your heart this book may be for you. If you want to get to the
issues of the heart you may want to look for a different resource.
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