Starting Out Together: Couples Devotional : For Pre-Engaged, Engaged & Newlywed Couples [Hardcover]

H. Norman Wright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

Here are 60 daily readings filled with wisdom, guid-ance and sound biblical advice gained from a life-time of counseling couples. Dr. Wright will help you develop a vision for your life together, as well as assist you in making that vision a reality.

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Review

As a couple just beginning their life together, there will be many things vying for attention, and many critical decisions to be made. Starting Out Together is a way to stay focused on God's will by a couple's spending time together, prayerfully working through the important personal issues that every Christian couple must address if their relationship is to prosper under the bonds of matrimony in today's secular and distracting world. Starting Out Together contains two months' worth of devotionals filled with practical wisdom and sound biblical advice. Starting Out Together will help couples to become free from the their pasts, communicate with each other, understand themselves and their partner, control anger and resolving conflict, learn to forgive and pray together, and much, much more. Starting Out Together is the beginning of a plan for a lifetime of joy together. As the pages of this book are turned and the messages thoughtfully examined, they may even find themselves planning for a golden anniversary! Starting Out Together is perfect for gift-giving to a happy couple at any stage of their romantic relationship, courtship, and that happy day when they official launch themselves into the rest of their lives as the nucleus of a Christian family. Three other resource books by H. Norman Wright and available from Regal Books are also highly recommended: So You're Getting Married; Communications: Key To Your Marriage; and Secrets Of A Lasting Marriage. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

H. NORMAN WRIGHT is a licensed marriage, family and child therapist who was in private practice for more than 40 years. He is currently the Research Professor of Christian Education at Talbot School of Theology, where he has taught graduate students in counseling and psychology for four decades. Dr. Wright is the author of more than 70 books, Gold Medallion Award.

 

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 130 pages
• Publisher: Regal Books; 1ST edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830718761
• ISBN-13: 978-0830718764
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #751,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. H. Norman Wright is a Gold Medallion winner and author of more than seventy books. He is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist and former professor at Talbot School of Theology and Biola University where he directed its Graduate Department of Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. He and his wife, Joyce, have been married more than forty years and live in Long Beach, California. They have a son and a daughter.

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35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A few helpful insights but I didn't learn much, October 23, 1998

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This review is from: Starting Out Together: Couples Devotional : For Pre-Engaged, Engaged & Newlywed Couples (Hardcover)

Maybe it is simply because I have read many resources about Christian marriage, but I did not receive much benefit from this devotional book. My fiance and I picked up this book, because it is the only one we have seen on the market for engaged or dating couples, rather than married couples. The reading is not backed up by much scripture.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could be better, June 7, 2007

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This review is from: Starting Out Together Couples Devotional: A Devotional for Dating or Engaged Couples (Paperback)

My fiancé and I were interested in having a good reading material that would help us prepare for marriage. After searching online and in local bookstores, we decided to acquire this book (among others).

We read a section every night and discuss a little about the topic afterwards. I wish the book were based more on Biblical teaching. Although it has a verse from the Bible at the beginning of each section, and the topic relates to that verse, the discussion is barely related to the Scriptures. It is based on the author's personal experience as Marriage Counselor and common sense.

In addition, I have this feeling after reading the book that the author's intent is to "warn" people about marriage rather than to make them feel good about what is to come. Phrases such as "have you ever dealt with frustration? Wait until marriage to know all about it!"

In general, it conveys the message that communication is the base of a successful marriage relationship. While some of the topics are OK, others are so obvious that is hard to discuss anything about them! In summary, there are better and more in-depth books out there! We have already found some.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great buy for couples, May 29, 2002

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This review is from: Starting Out Together Couples Devotional: A Devotional for Dating or Engaged Couples (Paperback)

This book is really good, because it gets you and your significant other talking about important issues that matter. So, in a sense, this book is a conversation starter. I recommend this book for couples that are seeking a deeper relationship. Word of caution though. This book, I feel, is more directed at the engaged couple, but there are still some really good things in there for you two.