The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love [Hardcover]

Tim LaHaye (Author), Beverly LaHaye (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1976

With over 2.5 million copies sold since its release in 1976, The Act of Marriage has helped Christian couples around the world discover new joy and sexual fulfillment in marriage. This new edition expands on topics previously only touched on and includes updates on the latest findings in medicine and social science. It offers biblical principles, goals, guidelines, and charts to help couples enrich their physical relationship.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

With over 2.5 million copies in print, The Act of Marriage has helped thousands of Christian couples maximize their joy in sexual union. The difference it's made has, without exaggeration, saved marriages. Pastors, doctors, and psychologists alike have endorsed the frank, practical insights shared by Tim and Beverly LaHaye. This updated and expanded edition gives a fresh, even more informative edge to an already definitive book. Greater details are included on such important topics as the key to orgasmic love and the value of Kegel exercises. New sections discuss "sex after sixty" and five reasons why God created sex. All supported by Bible passages from the clear, understandable New International Version and by the very latest findings in the fields of medicine and sociology. For engaged couples and newlyweds who want to make lovemaking a joy from the start . . . for couples who have been married for years and want to maintain the flame or rekindle the embers . . . for every husband and wife who wants to be a better lover--here are the insights into each other's bodies, psychosexual makeup, and need for tender, unselfish affection that can help you achieve your goal. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

From the Author

Tim LaHaye is founder and president of Family Life seminars, a national family ministry that organizes seminars throughout the country. In addition he was instrumental in founding the Institute for Creation Institute, an organization that forms debates on secular college campuses and produces a monthly magazine. He was president and founder of Christian Heritage College and San Diego Unified Christian School System. LaHaye has published many best-selling books, including How to Manage Pressure Before Pressure Manages You, How to Win Over Depression, The Act of Marriage, and The Coming of Peace in the Middle East. Beverly LaHaye is the wife of Dr. Tim LaHaye, the mother of four, and the grandmother of nine. She is the host of Beverly LaHaye Today, a daily radio talk show, and Founder and Chairman of Concerned Women for America, the largest women's pro-family advocacy group in America. She is also the author of several books. She lives in Palm Springs, California --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 294 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (March 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031027060X
• ISBN-13: 978-0310270607
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,293,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT, GREAT, GREAT book!!, March 2, 2006

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L. Baillie "laurabai" (Hope Mills, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was SOOOO helpful when my husband and i read it before our wedding! We were raised in church and virgins when we married and had always heard all the "No having sex before you're married" speeches but i didn't realize til we read this book how little positive, Christian perspective we'd been given on the gift of sex other than that the act was designed by God and children are a blessing. i'd heard so many wedding night horror stories from friends and was fairly terrified and confused about why that would be...
i think the reviews that talk about how outdated this book is need to realize how long ago it was written and that maybe some parts weren't helpful to them but after i read it i thought this would be so helpful to all couples no matter how long they'd been married, i think everyone could gain something from reading it. There's probably many couples thinking they know all there is to know because they've been in a married sexual relationship for 40 years or whatever but the value of the chapters(and from a Christian perspective) about how the Lord designed different areas of our body to function is not something you can just learn from experience. And some couples who went into marriage more "experienced" maybe don't realize why they're experiencing some negative residual affects after marriage.
i would just think that one could consider the fact that this dear couple who love the Lord and want to help couples in this area of their marriage and who WERE writing to a certain audience at a certain time, and could read this with a little grace, take the good, disregard what doesn't apply to you personally, and realize that this book has had so many editions printed, it is a classic that HAS helped so many couples and we can REJOICE in that, that is amazing and valuable, i recommend this book whenever the topic comes up and i have personally seen the Lord bless us so much because of what we learned reading this book!

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great source of christian information regarding intimacy., October 10, 2004

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Morales "PAM" (Romeoville, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love (Mass Market Paperback)

This is one of the books my husband and I read before our wedding. I was raised in a christian home and had no knowledge in this area. It was a topic that just wasn't discussed even in the church. I didn't want to be afraid of intimacy, due to the lack of knowledge but rather in peace knowing that the act of marriage is sacred and to be enjoyed in the union of marriage. My husband and I were able to get informed with a christian perspective and we were able to take from it what we needed. This is a book that I often give to friends whom are getting married. It is a great book to read as a starter in getting to know more about intimacy in a marriage.

35 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Act of Marriage, March 29, 1998

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This review is from: Act of Marriage, The (Paperback)

As a young couple looking into marriage, our pastor gave us this book to read and discuss. It was life-changing. I came from a broken home. My mother was always too embarassed to answer all the many questions that I had. This book did so in such a clear, godly way. It also opened up the lines of communication between my husband and I before we were ever married. It is a wonderful study book for the couple. I was embarassed about some parts in it before we were married but it did lay an excellent foundation for our marriage. Personally, I will be requiring my children to read and study through this book prior to marriage as well. Don't miss it!