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Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper

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I read this as a new Christian seeking who I was to be as a Man in Christ; this was also during the infancy of the Promise Keeper movement. It's sad that the movement has seemingly lost steam as of late but this is still a good read. Sets principles for finding a mentor and in time someone you can mentor; the importance of our word and our faithfulness to God, our church, and our community. Well worth the read.

This is a must read for all men !! This book will guide you through 7 important steps to help you be a better man and husband. It will change your life !!

I found this American book being used in an Australian church and brought it back to England. It works here too! Covering key issues that men need to get hold of it formed the basis for the start of men's ministry in our church. Some "Transatlantic adaptation" was necessary particularly in areas dealing with racial disharmony, but apart from this it "made the journey" very well.

This is an awesome book. If the men in my country (the United States) would take to heart the principles in this book, a whole lot of unhappiness and misery would be eliminated.

Bright exhorts men to do things they should be doing in their marriages anyway, while advising them to force their wives, willing or unwilling, into a traditional role in which they will have no true voice in the relationship. Women are reduced to unintelligent, subservient roles with men who are probably seeking to cure their own ineptitude as husbands - and who may already be abusive. Bright even exhorts the man to "be gentle but firm with her" when you make the announcement that you are taking a traditional role of husband henceforth, as if your wife is an unruly child. Avoid at all costs.

As a young, college-educated Christian, I saw this book (and the movement of PK for that matter) as a last-ditch attempt to preserve patriarchal ideals popularized in the 40s/50s.

In one chapter, Dr. Tony Evans claims that the "sissification" of men in America is to blame for ALL of our problems. About these "feminized males," he writes, "Somehow, many men got the idea that the definition of manhood has to do with how many women they have conquered and the number of children they have sired." I think Dr. Evans needs to reevaluate his definition of feminine, because those attributes sound distinctly unfemale. Or does he really think that females are overtly licentious?

There are a number of purportedly "true" stories relayed in the book which in no way could possibly be true. These "promise" keepers can't even keep a promise about honesty and tell genuine stories with less zing.

All in all this book seems to be just another painful example of someone trying to make a buck off of Christianity. It happens every day, on TV, at the bookstore, and in church.

** I gave the book 2 stars because it is entertaining.