The Christian Husband: God's Vision for Loving and Caring for Your Wife

by Bob Lepine

Book Overview

Ever feel "challenged" as a husband? As a leader? Does it seem like you're "making it up as you go along?" If your answer is "yes," let Bob Lepine, author of The Christian Husband, re-direct your... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569551308
• ISBN13: 9781569551301
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Vine Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 6.0" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

A must read for every husband

This is a tremendous book on how God expects Christian husbands to fulfill the command of "Husbands, love your wives..." Bob Lepine has done a great job in not only explaining our biblical mandate to love our wives, but also how and why we are to love our wives. However, you must be warned before reading this book. If you are a Christian husband who sincerely desires to love his wife "...as Christ loved the Church...", this book will bring with it much conviction from the Holy Spirit. This is good though, because we need His loving guidance in helping us to fulfill our calling as husbands. This book reveals to us husbands how far we fall short in our sacrificial love for our wives. But it also seeks to help us mature to godliness in our marriages. It is well laced with Scripture passages describing our roles as husbands.

Excellent presentation of "God's Vision for Loving and Caring for Your Wife"

Saturday I had the opportunity to once again read "The Christian Husband" by Bob Lepine. I first read this publication about a year ago after attending a Family Life Conference "A Weekend to Remember"and recalled it had been instumental getting our marrige back on track. This is an excellent resource! Bob Lepine spells it out simply, clearly, and biblically the qualifications of a Christian husband. The information presented in this book by Bob Lepine was informative and right on target. Through it, God once again gently and graciously reminded me that as a Christian husband, I must continue to train myself in godliness daily through the spiritual disciplines in order that I may be a godly husband and thus be able to properly love my wife, nourish her, cherish her, and give myself up for her (Ephesians 5:25). Through daily prayer, worship, and reading of His word, I will continue to grow in His holiness. The book explains how I must learn more clearly what it means to fear God, and how to respond to that fear by being alert, standing in the faith and being a man of courage who will fulfill the duties God has placed on me as husband. I highly recommend this book to all married men. I also highly recommend it to single men so that it can help to reorient your thinking about the role to which God may one day call you to. As the author puts it "I believe God wants to call each of us, as men, back to the biblical standard for how we live out the assignment of a lifetime - the awesome honor of being called a husband" I love the closing paragraph: A commitment to love our wives involves not only proactive, self-sacrificing love, but also the responsibility of being an agent of sanctification in our wives' lives. The goal of our love is to see our wives become more like Christ. I must be ready to die to self as I cleans her, nourish her, and cherish her. This is no job for some mushy, romantic, hormone crazed, self absorbed man. Only real men need apply. Are you up to the challenge?

A Good Start to Make a Great Marriage

I have been a Christian for almost 17 years and married for almost 6 years, and this is probably the best book that I have read for men in a long time. It really shows us how to treat our wives, as well as, and most importantly, create a reverent, strong Christian home from the beginning.I am putting the things that I learned in this book to practice everyday to make a better relationship with my wife as well as my Lord.One of the things that is the most important in my life is how we should lead our families "into the prescence of God". That is one of the more difficult things for me, personally. But after reading Lepine's book, and seeing how very important it is that I am the spiritual leader of my house, I am trying it very hard. My wife and I pray at least 2x a day, and we are doing a daily devotional everynight.I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their relationship with their wives while at the same time growing in the presence of God.

Creative, Funny, Insightful Look at Biblical Leadership

For his first book, Lepine tackles a tough topic almost as easily as Tiger Woods' first weekend at Augusta. With heavy doses of humor and an appropriate number of real-life stories, this life long broadcaster makes his point effectively: for a man to be successful in God's eyes as a husband, he must be a corageous leader spiritually and organizationally in the home.Other books on manhood that I've read--Tender Warrior, The Masculine Journey, etc.--cover all of the male struggle. Lepine's book actually sticks to what it means to be a husband. I appreciate the focus.His standards are high--calling to mind John Calvin is a tall order. I appreciate his honesty and the personal stories--Lepine is real, not made up.My favorite aspect of the book is how Lepine moves from umbrella principle, to biblical support, to illustration, to (finally) personal application. He doesn't insult my intelligence with his application points; he calls me up short. I'm glad there's comic relief amid the moans.If there's a weak point to the book (other than the dreadful cover), it's the section on the husband as "prophet." I have trouble connecting with the principle.I've run across a somewhat self-published study guide as well.

Exegetically sound, practical, and provoking

I usually cringe when the co-host of some Christian program or another writes a book. It's just too trite and easy to see the motivation. "Let's see here, I'll just ride the coat-tails of my position and grab a few extra bucks for the kid's college..." Well, after reading "The Christian Husband", I can say that this book is the exception that proves the rule. The first tip-off was that this book wasn't about Y2K or the End Times, or even worse, a tired rehash of all the inside scoop about Christian radio or even FamilyLife Today. How refreshing!Bob Lepine, somewhat better known as the co-host of the popular Christian radio broadcast FamilyLife Today, has delivered an excellent first effort in "The Christian Husband". Make no mistake; if you hold less-than-complimentarian views on the roles of husbands and wives, you might be more than a little offended by this book. Lepine unappologetically defends what he sees as the Biblical mandate for Christian husbands, while avoiding the typical panic stricken timbre of better known authors (read "conservative idealogues") in the Christian publishing subculture. The book centers on four areas that author Lepine says are central to the role of husband. These are the husband as a prophet, priest, king and lover. Not content to speak in untested theories, Lepine delves into his own life history with surprising candor as well as the expected Lepine humor. If you are looking for "three steps to marital bliss" or "five habits of effective husbands", look elsewhere. The real benefit for the reader of this book will be in painful self-examination. Whether or not you agree with Lepine's views on the husband's role as prophet, priest, king, and lover, honesty demands that you do some extensive heart-searching (if you plan on offering any sort of viable alternative to his premise.) While there is not a lot of new ground plowed here, the real strength of "The Christian Husband" lies in it's concise, sequential, and entertaining presentation of this particular body of information. Here's my personal quick opinion scale The Christian Husband, by Bob Lepine Ease of read: xxx basic premise: xxxx Exegetical precision: xxxx originality of content: xxx originality of presentation: xxx personal application value: xxxxxOverall quick opinion scale: x = poor xx = mediocre xxx = average xxxx = solid xxxxx = profound, long term bookshelf valueI think this book was worth my time. It is not the flashiest book around, and certainly doesn't carry the "big name Christian author" moniker. Nevertheless, Bob Lepine's first book is, in my opinion, a beneficial resource to any husband who is trying to grow his marriage in a God honoring way. Overall rating Solid to Excellent