Confessions of a Good Christian Guy and over 360,000 other books are available for Amazon Kindle – Amazon’s new wireless reading device. Learn more

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
51 used & new from $1.44

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Express Checkout with PayPhrase
What's this? | Create PayPhrase
Sorry!
Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: The Secrets Men Keep and the Grace that Saves Them
 
 
Start reading Confessions of a Good Christian Guy on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don’t have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here.
 
  

Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: The Secrets Men Keep and the Grace that Saves Them (Paperback)

~ (Author), Tammy Maltby (Author)
Key Phrases: marriage savers, secrets men keep, Garden of Eden, Sam Keen, Larry Crabb (more...)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

List Price: $14.99
Price: $11.24 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
You Save: $3.75 (25%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Want it delivered Tuesday, November 10? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
37 new from $1.44 14 used from $1.88

Formats

Amazon Price New from Used from
  Kindle Edition $9.99 -- --
  Paperback $11.24 $1.44 $1.88

Frequently Bought Together

Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: The Secrets Men Keep and the Grace that Saves Them + Confessions of a Good Christian Girl: The Secrets Women Keep and the Grace That Saves Them + The Heartache No One Sees: Real Healing for a Woman's Wounded Heart
Price For All Three: $27.43

Show availability and shipping details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Red Letters: Living a Faith That Bleeds

Red Letters: Living a Faith That Bleeds

by Tom Davis
4.8 out of 5 stars (18)  $5.60
The Heartache No One Sees: Real Healing for a Woman's Wounded Heart

The Heartache No One Sees: Real Healing for a Woman's Wounded Heart

by Sheila Walsh
4.3 out of 5 stars (7)  $10.19
Fields of the Fatherless: Discover the Joy of Compassionate Living

Fields of the Fatherless: Discover the Joy of Compassionate Living

by Tom Davis
4.8 out of 5 stars (6)  $11.19
Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World

Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World

by Tom Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars (36)  $10.19
When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor. . .and Ourselves

When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor. . .and Ourselves

by Brian Fikkert
4.7 out of 5 stars (9)  $10.19
Explore similar items

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Dealing with the secret pain in the lives of many "good Christian" men.

In a continuation of Confessions of a Good Christian Girl, Tammy Maltby is back with coauthor Tom Davis to get specific about the brokenness and pain in the lives of good Christian men. This isn't a lurid expose but an honest and courageous look at the secrets most often lurking behind "victorious" Christian facades.

Chapters include:

  • I've got a dirty mind
  • I'm a self-made man
  • I want more stuff
  • I need my dad
  • I love booze
  • I don't like to feel
  • I'm so ticked off
  • I want to give up

In addition to the transparent stories and insight from Davis, Matlby concludes each chapter with reflections for those who care-practical insight for individuals walking beside a man struggling with these issues.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson (January 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785228063
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785228066
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #276,261 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Davis
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Visit Amazon's Tom Davis Page

Inside This Book (learn more)

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: The Secrets Men Keep and the Grace that Saves Them
66% buy the item featured on this page:
Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: The Secrets Men Keep and the Grace that Saves Them 5.0 out of 5 stars (4)
$11.24
Confessions of a Good Christian Girl: The Secrets Women Keep and the Grace That Saves Them
14% buy
Confessions of a Good Christian Girl: The Secrets Women Keep and the Grace That Saves Them 4.9 out of 5 stars (11)
$6.00
Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World
9% buy
Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World 5.0 out of 5 stars (36)
$10.19
Red Letters: Living a Faith That Bleeds
8% buy
Red Letters: Living a Faith That Bleeds 4.8 out of 5 stars (18)
$5.60

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(5)
(4)
(3)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

 

Customer Reviews

4 Reviews
5 star:
 (4)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars PAINFULLY HONEST BUT PLENTY OF HEALING GRACE, March 18, 2008
My husband and I just finished reading CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD CHRISTIAN GUY by Tom Davis last week. Tom is the president of CHILDREN'S HOPECHEST, a ministry to orphans primarily in Russia and Swaziland.

Underneath the title of the book's cover are the words, "the secrets men keep and the grace that saves them". Tom's premise is that all men, even "good, Christian" ones, struggle with hard life issues. Some of these issues are more subtle such as pride and discouragement. Others are downright destructive such as alcoholism and drug addiction. Unfortunately, in the American church culture, honesty about struggles is not always encouraged. Too many men walk around wearing masks in fear that if anyone ever sees the "real" person behind the "good Christian" mask, that they will be rejected. Tom challenges men, in part by telling his own not-so-good story, to come clean. To take off the masks, admit their need for change and help, and trust God to heal and grow them through His unfailing love, mercy, and grace.

Here's an excerpt from the book:

"We will always have areas of deadwood in our lives. We will always be called to rip away the falsely righteous facades that tempt us and to talk honestly about what's truly happening in our lives. Sin flourishes whereever there are secrets. Hope, strength and an abundant life are found when grace is received and those secrets are torn away.

Hopefully our struggles dinimish as we grow to be more like Christ---our battles with sin become less frequent as we learn to live victoriously. But I don't think we ever fully arrive at our destination, this side of heaven. That's what grace is always about. We alwys need it. And it's always available to us. That's the message of this book. Grace is truly amazing. We need it like we need our next breath."

Tammy Maltby, author of CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD CHRISTIAN GIRL, has co-authored the book with Tom. Each chapter, dealing with a different sin area, is followed by Tammy's take on how people (such as wives or friends) can minister to the man in their life who is dealing with abuse, addiction to pornography, anger, etc. This aspect makes the book not just a book for men, but for the women in their lives as well.

As my husband said, Tom's book is well-written and very honest, sometimes painfully so. Sadly, my husband says that in his experience, most churches don't seem to foster the kind of relationships that encourage total transparency, accountability, and recovery. Perhaps CONFESSIONS will motivate many out there to make the changes needed to indeed develop safe, supportive environments within the church where these desperately needed male friendships can happen.



Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic and insightful, January 21, 2008
Speaking as one of what I am sure are millions of "Good Christian Guy's", I appreciated the authenticity and fresh insight of Tom Davis' latest endeavor, "Confessions of a Good Christian Guy: The Secrets Men Keep and the Grace that Saves Them." While you may think you've seen books like this before that deal with the silent struggles of Christian men in a "high performance" religious culture, DO NOT OVERLOOK THIS BOOK. Besides the usual (and still helpful) themes of sexual purity, Tom takes us to the quieter yet no less pernicious places in our souls to reveal that we must expose our secrets to have victory over them. Dealing with the less talked about issues of pride, wanting to quit on our relationships, and numbing our pain are hard to hear, but also burden lifting as he takes you to a place of grace. I am sure I will reference this book many times more in the future.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Looks at Authetic Faith, September 2, 2008
This book is a great view into what it mean to have an authentic faith that is able to get past wearing masks and be real with others and God.

Tom shares his story that shows the radical, saving nature of God's grace in personal ways. Always a page-turner this book is a great gift (that's how I got it), or for a personal gut-check. I've been thinking about doing a men's bible study on it, too. Can't recommend it enough.
Comment Comment (1) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Honesty, Integrity & Hope, Despite Brokenness
Life is difficult, there are no two ways around that, and this book doesn't pretend to say otherwise. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Michael Gareth

Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   



So You'd Like to...


Create a guide

Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)


Look for Similar Items by Category


Look for Similar Items by Subject

 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.