What He Must Be . . . If He Wants to Marry My Daughter (Tour & Giveaway)

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CONTEST CLOSED! Thanks for participating. The winners are #5 and #19 - Sherry & elrj, respectively. Your books will be on their way shortly, ladies! Congrats!
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This is the first book tour I have ever participated in and I only agreed to do it because I know I'm going to love this book. Why do I say that I know I'm going to love it? Because I haven't actually read it yet. I've read an excerpt and I agree with the mentality behind it.

That is?:


Dating and Marriage isn't some fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants deal where you just hope you land a good one. From the Crossway blog, and in the words of author Voddie Baucham:

I believe God has spoken rather decisively in his Word about what our daughters should look for. Moreover, I believe there are some non-negotiables that our daughters must be looking for. There are some things a man simply must be before he is qualified to assume the role of a Christian husband. For instance, he must be a Christian (2 Corinthians 6:14); he must be committed to biblical headship (Ephesians 5:23ff.); he must welcome children (Psalm 127:3–5); he must be a suitable priest (Joshua 24:15), prophet (Ephesians 6:4), protector (Nehemiah 4:13–14), and provider (1 Timothy 5:8; Titus 2:5). A man who does not possess—or at least show strong signs of—these and other basic characteristics does not meet the basic job description laid down for husbands in the Bible.

What He Must Be: ...If He Wants to Marry My Daughter promises to be a bit mind-boggling for its modern audience, although Baucham isn't really sharing any new ideas. He's just sharing how he wishes to apply old ideas and scriptural truths to the modern process. You can find a lot of books out there on dating but few really solid ones on the Biblical approach to finding a mate. The books that DO exist out there that are a bit more out of the oridinary (like I believe this one will be) draw many raves and critics and I believe this book will be both entertaining and enlighting. I'm excited for it. Hence my participation in the blog tour. (The last book I read like this was Getting Serious About Getting Married: Rethinking the Gift of Singleness and my review of it received quite the attention! That tells me that people care about this topic!)

Now, a fun thing about being part of the blog tour is that Crossway Books has offered to give two of you readers a copy of this book. That's right folks - two of you can have the opportunity to read the book along with me and share your thoughts as we go along. Interested in the subject of dating/courtship/love & marriage and want to hear what Baucham has to say about it? Leave a comment and I'll enter you in this contest. You must be a U.S. Resident to enter. The contest will close and winners will be announced on Friday, March 13th.

To learn more about What He Must Be. . . visit publisher Crossway Books.

Then don't forget to come back and see what I have to say about it - in full - in the next few weeks!

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