Choices: Finding God's Way in Dating, Sex, Marriage, and Singleness [Paperback]

Paula Rinehart (Author), Stacy T Rinehart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 5, 1996

Authors Stacy and Paula Rinehart review biblical principles about relationships and show you how to make decisions based on all the information. Through this bible study, learn how to date with discernment, remain celibate before marriage, become content in singleness, and more.

• Includes discussion questions

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From the Back Cover

LIFE IS FULL OF CHOICES. HOW DO YOU MAKE THE RIGHT ONES? The world says you can have it all-sex without responsibility, relationships without commitment, and easy marriages that are here today and gone tomorrow. The Bible says you can have it all, too-but it gives you the big picture, spelling out the consequences of such choices. In Choices, Stacy and Paula Rinehart review many of the principles about relationships in the Bible and show you how to make decisions based on all the information. If you have questions about sex, dating, marriage, or singleness, Choices has concrete answers. You’ll learn how to date with discernment, remain celibate before marriage, become content in singleness, and more! With questions for personal study and more for discussion at the end of every chapter, you’ll discover for yourself God’s plan for your relationships with the opposite sex. To make good choices, you need all the facts. Then the choice is up to you.

About the Author

STACY T. RINEHART Th.M. D Min. is founder and chairman of MentorLink International (www.MentorLink.org ). He formerly served as a vice president for The Navigators overseeing the U.S. cities ministries and later representing The Navigators in the body of Christ in formal partnerships. Stacy is the author of Upside Down and coauthor of Choices (both NavPress).

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: NavPress; Revised edition (March 5, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891099433
• ISBN-13: 978-0891099437
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #539,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Biggest life mistake could've been prevented by reading this, June 17, 1999

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A. Ponder (Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Choices: Finding God's Way in Dating, Sex, Marriage, and Singleness (Paperback)

Armed with the insights in this book, many dating mistakes, and possibly divorces, could be prevented. This book encourages Biblical study, provokes thought, and challenges one to really take a hard look at the dating choices we "don't make" therefore allowing society to make for us. The authors ask hard-hitting questions such as "Does a dating relationship leave you with a greater motivation to obey God, to respond to his leading?", make statements such as "...only the right kind of dating is adequate preparation for the right kind of marriage", and continually refer to God's word as their authority. This book is excellant for group or individual study. I only wish I had read it when it was recommended to me several years ago.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I never thought God would approve, June 28, 2001

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Penny Alvarez (Santa Ana, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Choices: Finding God's Way in Dating, Sex, Marriage, and Singleness (Paperback)

To everything there is a season...

Biblical study and discussion has taught me a lot about the will of the Lord, but in the areas of sex I've always had some grave concerns about how I can conduct myself as a good Christian woman. Some of the things that come up while dating are really hard to handle. It's a messy situation when you're trying do the right thing and your desires run contrary to celibacy. I know that before reading this book and benefiting from the terrific advice contained within, I went through tons of kleenex after every date.

"Choices" helped me find a wonderful, caring relationship. Without the sound advice and suggestions that really speak to today's times and practices, I would have been at a loss to acknowledge my needs for fear they might run counter to the Lord's will. Now I'm able to relax and enjoy the pleasure of being loved and loving someone, because I know that God wants us to have a loving partnership with each other.

This is a great book, I recommend it highly to anyone who struggles with these issues.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read, yet thought provoking with lots of biblical insight, October 11, 2010

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J. Kyarsgaard (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Choices: Finding God's Way in Dating, Sex, Marriage, and Singleness (Paperback)

From the first sentence, this book spoke to me because it really just makes a whole lot of sense. It answered a lot of the questions I had in regards to doing dating & marriage God's way. Paula & Stacy relate to the reader through the use of stories and analogies that I was easily able to identify with. God has really used the Rineharts to speak to us through their writing.