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Letters to Philip

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Letters to Philip is the collection of letters written by a father to his son before his marriage. While some may say this is outdated advice, I would disagree. I'm sure most future wives who read this would agree that they would want their husbands to learn from it. Certainly there seems to be some material you may feel is old fashioned, and I'd agree (i.e. the idea that women do the cooking, men show up for dinner, the traditional models of marriage, etc.). Still, Shedd gives you some food for thought, and having read it through more than three times over the years, has good advice to keep coming back to. I recommend the young man to read this and his future bride to read Letters to Karen.

I thought "Letters to Philip" was pretty good! I learned many things from this book. One thing that definitely stuck out to me when I read this book was that as much as I think I know about how to treat a woman, I really am clueless! I am only 17 and deal with feelings I have for women. I don't believe that I am ready yet for a relationship that this book describes, but I know that if I wait until I am ready, God will bless me tremendously. I don't think dating is wrong, but I do believe it can be dangerous. I plan on marrying one person in my life and that is it. This book reminds me that I need a lot of work and helps me to realize the things I need to work on and the things I am already doing correctly. I believe that along the journey in finding my wife I will fall short several times and make mistakes, but thanks to this book I know that I'm not ready and it gives really good ideas and answers the mystery about women that has been bugging me for long enough. Men and Women are destined to be together so there is more reason to find out about each other and eventually live together in peace knowing our spouses thoughts, actions, emotions, and style of living. Who will my wife be and how will I treat her? All I know is that whoever is fortunate to marry me will definitely enjoy the security in knowing that I will treat her like a Queen!!!

This book has very good helpful tips for any guy who is going to get married or dating as well. It talks about how to treat a women, in the house as well as out of the house. It tells us guys to be gentle and kind to our wife or girlfriend. It talks about how to better up our communcation with our girls, what and what not to say to them. This book helped me to see what I was doing wrong, and what to do better in my relationship. It was easy to read and to the point.

Letters to Philip was written a long time ago, however I found it to be very applicable in my life. Shedd shares his views on many different topics of marriage. I would recommend this book to young men who are looking for advice in any relationship they are in. It gives practical advice on courtship to marriage. Being a young man myself it taught me to treat women with more respect. It taught me about women's feelings and what they expect from their man. If you are a young christian man that is currently dating, engaged, or married this is a must read! Sure it was written in the 1960's but it definitely contains some good advice. The book is old fashioned, but then again the way our society is today I wouldn't mind going back to the old ways when it comes to treating girls the right way.

I thought this book was good, and brought me insight on how to treat your wife or girlfriend.even though I am a ways away from marraige it is still helpfull in the dating enviornment. Dr. Shedd explains dating and marraige very well in this book, and tells us that one of the most important virtues in a marraige is communication, without communication a marraige can fall apart very easy, but with it, a couple can stay together for many years. In my life I dont think that dating is a bad thing, but for some it can be very bad, as well as marraige if one is not ready for the commitment. This book helped me to understand how a woman thinks and how to react to her. At this point in my life a girlfriend could be very distracting and stray me away from the goals that I have. Over all I think this book is a good learning tool and can teach an adolecent boy a lot about what a woman needs and wants, and how to treat her. I think that if you have questions about dating this book would be an excellent choice, and could be the answer to all of your questions, and be very helpfull in your life.

I will be forever indebted to Mr. Shedd for his wisdom on how to treat a woman. Being a husband, pastor, and counselor makes him an ideal man to write such a book. Along with Elisbeth Elliot and James Dobson books, this is an essential read for all men. Shedd focuses on the little everyday things that will reap great rewards (or losses) in the end. Memorize this work before you get married or even date for that matter.

This is wonderful, witty, practical advice on how to keep love alive. For years, it has been my favorite gift to give to engaged couples...along with its companion, "Letters to Karen." Charlie Shedd is a master on building healthy, loving relationships in a world bent on destroying them. I read everything he writes!

As some reviewers have mentiomed this book is old and old-fashioned. It still works, though. I first read this book 25 years ago and re-read it every few years to bone-up on my husband skills. I now also use the book in professional counseling with couples. I assign it to both partners. It provides wonderful insights and plenty of topics for couples to discuss with or without a counselor. Shedd writes from the prospective of a traditional Christian model with roles based along gender lines and because it was written over forty years ago the language is a little chauvinistic but I have yet to meet a contemporary couple who hasn't enjoyed the book and gained something substantive from it. The chapters are short so a point or concept can be grasped in a single reading but the whole book can be read in a fews days' time. Buy it. Read it. Re-read it periodically.

After reading this review I was suprised. With it being such an old book I thought it would be out dated, but it wasn't. I agreed with many of the ideas, and felt they should be practiced. With all of his points I feel he described they very well. I even feel that some of his points could help me in my relationship. This book told how to build a strong base for your relationship, and maintain it throughout marriage.

This book gives guys great information about how to make a marriage work. I would highly recomend this book for anyone who is seriously considering marriage. It discusses all of the main aspects of marriage and even some of the ones that are not so "key." All in all this book gives excellent answers on how to live (in marriage) with the opposite sex with the least amount of stress. In closing I reiterate that I highly recomend this book for anyone who is looking toward marriage in the near future.