I Loved a Girl: A Private Correspondence [Paperback]

Walter Trobisch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2001

The spiritual vision of Trobisch's classic answers to love's questions is reproduced here in a new edition.

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Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

The international bestseller shares the private correspondence between two young Africans and their pastor to discern the Christian meaning of love and marriage, sin and salvation. Foreword by Josh McDowell. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Quiet Waters Publications (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931475016
• ISBN-13: 978-1931475013
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frank and Inspiring, February 5, 2005

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Drew Hall "Ragamuffin1981" (East Lansing, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Loved a Girl: A Private Correspondence (Paperback)

Earlier this year, a man I respected gave me a copy of Trobisch's book Love is a Feeling to be Learned. It was very challenging. When the former pastor of my church gave me a copy of I Loved a Girl a few weeks ago, I was excited to read it. I was not disappointed.

This is a chronological collection of letters between two young lovers from Cameroon and their pastor, Trobisch. Initially the concern is the nature and place of sex--"knowing" a woman--it quickly turns to much deeper matters: those of true love and what it really means to fight for a woman's heart. I started reading it last night and stayed up until I finished it, which is rare for me. If you want one book to succintly drive home straight talk about sex, relationships, love, and pursuing your beloved, then this is it!

I really appreciate all parties' transparency and candor in the letters that were written; these are real letters from real people struggling with real issues. Beware: you will be moved and challenged!

Also, I've found that this might be a great book to give to someone considering Christianity but wary of its "outdated" morality. Trobisch really highlights the beauty and purpose of taking male-female relationships God's way instead of man's way.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful story of love submitted to Christ, June 11, 2001

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Philip Hobbs "Phil Hobbs" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Loved A Girl (Paperback)

C. S. Lewis said that by talking incessantly about it, our age has managed the unimaginable feat of making sex boring. One would add that by making sex casual, we have made the the central act of communion between a man and a woman emotionally barren and spiritually empty. The two young Africans whose letters shape this book have a lesson about love and hope for us, medicine for a cynical, aimless, and jaded people.

Walter and Ingrid Trobisch were a missionary couple in Cameroon (a former German and then French colony in West Africa) in the 1960s. Francois, a young African man they had known from the mission school, writes to Pastor Trobisch for advice on what to do after being fired from his job.

Along the way, he meets and falls in love with Cecile, a clever and courageous young Christian woman whose family demands a bride price of $400--an impossible fortune for an unemployed youth.

"I Loved a Girl" consists of excerpts from the private letters of Francois, Cecile, and the Trobisches, which tell better than any description the struggles they had in overcoming their situation and the way in which their submission to Christ's will in their lives led them to joy.

This is a profoundly moving book, and an inspiration to all of us not to lose the mystery of Eros, in its right place at the heart of Christian marriage, and not to settle for less than the best God has for us.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful story of a love submitted to Christ, May 30, 2001

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Philip Hobbs "Phil Hobbs" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Loved a Girl: A Private Correspondence (Paperback)

C. S. Lewis said that by talking incessantly about it, our age has managed the unimaginable feat of making sex boring. One would add that by making sex casual, we have made the the central act of communion between a man and a woman emotionally barren and spiritually empty. The two young Africans whose letters shape this book have a lesson about love and hope for us, medicine for a cynical, aimless, and jaded people.

Walter and Ingrid Trobisch were a missionary couple in Cameroon (a former German and then French colony in West Africa) in the 1960s. Francois, a young African man they had known from the mission school, writes to Pastor Trobisch for advice on what to do after being fired from his job.

Along the way, he meets and falls in love with Cecile, a clever and courageous young Christian woman whose family demands a bride price of $400--an impossible fortune for an unemployed youth.

"I Loved a Girl" consists of excerpts from the private letters of Francois, Cecile, and the Trobisches, which tell better than any description the struggles they had in overcoming their situation and the way in which their submission to Christ's will in their lives led them to joy.

This is a profoundly moving book, and an inspiration to all of us not to lose the mystery of Eros, in its right place at the heart of Christian marriage, and not to settle for less than the best God has for us.