Love and Respect for a Lifetime: Women Absolutely Need Love. Men Absolutely Need Respect. Its as Simple and as Complicated as That... [Hardcover]

Emerson Eggerichs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 5, 2010

When you touch your spouse’s deepest need, something good almost always happens!

Based on three decades of counseling and research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs leads couples through the intricacies of a marriage built on Love and Respect.  He explores the differences in men and women and how a husband’s need for respect can be balanced by a wife’s need for love.  When these needs are mutually recognized and made a priority, a fulfilling and meaningful marriage will be the inevitable result.

Love and Respect for a Lifetime makes the ideal gift:

• It’s all color, photo-filled design makes it inviting for couples to look at together.
• It is a compilation of Dr. Eggerichs best Love & Respect tips: a quick and easy read that proves enticing to a spouse that might be apprehensive of working through an entire study or book.
• It’s engaging message validates the core needs of each spouse and gives a message of hope, encouragement and practical time-tested solutions for every marriage rather than focusing on placing blame or judging.
• It’s ideal as a gift for dating or engaged couples, as well as a wedding or anniversary gift.  It’s elegant design invites the recipients to open, read it together and leave out as a display for others to take a closer look at what it means to love her and to respect him.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, an internationally known expert on male-female relationships, presents the Love & Respect conference with his wife, Sarah, both live and by video to more than 50,000 people each year, including groups such as the NFL, PGA, and members of congress. With degrees from Wheaton College and Dubuque Seminary and a PhD from Michigan State, Emerson pastored Trinity Church in Lansing for 19 years. He and Sarah have been married since 1973 and have three children.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Gift edition (October 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1404189408
• ISBN-13: 978-1404189409
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 37 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay... September 18, 2010

By R. Smith

Format:Hardcover

Saturday, September 18, 2010
Love and Respect for a Lifetime

I was a bit surprised upon receiving this book that it was a "gift book" with thick, colored, glossy pages, I guess I didn't read the description well enough to realize that. The quality of the book-cover, page thickness, layout, etc. was very, very nice; definitely a high quality gift book. However, I found the content, especially in the beginning 15 pages or so, to be highly repetitive. I felt like the love and respect for women and men respectively was repeated over and over and over throughout these pages, to the point of me not wanting to continue reading the book for fear that it was going to be more of the same thing, albeit with a different font and layout, and perhaps slightly different wording. Once I got through these pages, I found the ones with a bit more "meat" to them and variety in information provided to be good. Honestly, if I was going to purchase the book as a gift for someone, I would either tell them to skip the first few pages, where I felt like the same theme is repeated several times, or just purchase the whole "regular" book for them. For someone who doesn't like to read much, or a coffee table type book (although it is small to be that, a guest bathroom book might be more appropriate :) this would probably provide some nuggets of insight that might be helpful. For someone who actually enjoys reading, as I do, I'd stick with the 'unabridged' version by the same title.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for every couple! September 22, 2010

By E. Bailey

Format:Hardcover

Love and Respect For a Lifetime, written by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs is a compilation of excerpts from his best-selling title Love and Respect, alongside Scripture quotations in a beautifully designed gift album edition. I loved how they made this entire book so easily read and beautiful, using creative design to highlight the truths so vital to a marriage that satisfies and brings joy to the couple and furthermore glory to the Lord - that being a husband needs to know he is unconditionally respected and a wife needs to know she is unconditionally loved (by each other).

Having been familiar with these marriage truths prior to my own wedding, I was eager to see how this gift edition would "measure up" to the real book. I was not disappointed. Even thought I will continue to highly recommend his original writing of Love and Respect, I will also be delighted to give this edition as a wedding gift to friends as well as to have in our own personal library for quick reference and reminder. I am so grateful for Dr. Eggerichs' teaching, taken straight from Scriptural teaching and years of marriage counseling, for how it has impacted my own view of marriage - particularly how I view and relate to my husband. I think this book is an excellent resource for wives like myself who desire to be more than simply their husband's lover, but also a true friend and companion, building him up to be the man of God the Lord has called him to be.

* I received this book free of charge in exchange for my honest review.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Distilled Wisdom and Advice of the Love and Respect Book September 5, 2012

By Relationship Reviews

Format:Hardcover

Be aware first and foremost this is a GIFT BOOK. Expect little bits of distilled wisdom from the Love and Respect book... don't expect a life-changing series of chapters or exercises. Think of it more as little nuggets of loving help for those who have already found some sort of balance in their marriage, or who have already read through the Love and Respect book together.

And is the book good? It depends on what you think of the author's thesis: that the deepest need of men is to be respected, and for women it is to feel loved. If these needs can be men, according to the author's point of view, a marriage will thrive, and craziness will be averted. I'd say that the people who will find this gift book to be the most helpful are those who have found the full book to be of benefit, and are looking for little "pick-me-ups" along the same lines.

What are the alternatives to this book? If you haven't read it yet, I would definitely recommend the excellent The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. But that's a full book with plenty of meat, not simply a gift book. Another is Olsen and Stephens' The Couple's Survival Workbook. That's even more intense and in-depth. But it could be the perfect gift for a hurting couple when problems abound. Either of these could be good gifts in a difficult marriage situation -- even though they aren't the standard "gift books."