The Love Dare
Written by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick
Narrated by Adam Verner
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About this audiobook
Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
The Love Dare, the New York Times number one bestseller that has sold five million copies and was a major plot device in the popular movie Fireproof, is a 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, The Love Dare is a journey you need to take. It’s time to learn the keys to finding true intimacy and developing a dynamic marriage.
This second edition also features a special link to a free online marriage evaluation, a new preface by Stephen and Alex Kendrick, minor text updates, and select testimonials from The Love Dare readers. Take the dare!
Stephen Kendrick
Stephen Kendrick is a speaker, screenwriter, and producer whose film credits include Flywheel, Facing the Giants, Fireproof, and Courageous. Stephen co-authored the New York Times bestsellers The Love Dare and The Resolution for Men. He is an associate pastor of preaching and prayer at Sherwood Church and serves on the board of the Fatherhood CoMission. Stephen and his wife, Jill, have six children.
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Reviews for The Love Dare
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is no ordinary book, it is a tool. Use it and see how the spark in your marriage will flame up again. This book is highly recommende to anyone in a marriage or relationship. Al do yourself a favour and watch the movie. As indicated before, this is not a storybook, it is an essential tool. Love it!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Half of all marriages end in divorce. That means most marriage relationships are either severely dysfunctional or headed that way. What is the answer?The Love Dare’s answer is that we don’t really understand how to live out the love that marriage requires. Inspired by the movie Fireproof, this book is a forty day devotional that covers various aspects of the true sacrificial love which is missing from many marriages.There is a lot to like about this book. It clearly explains the nature of mature love & practically challenges you to live it out. It emphasizes how YOU have to be the one to take responsibility and change, regardless of how your partner does or does not respond, and it shows how the strength for that kind of love is powered by a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. This book has had a powerful impact on thousands of people, and I am very thankful for the truth it teaches.However, the book does have some shortcomings. First, the book is unnaturally constrained to fit the plot of the movie. The movie’s plot confronted the main character with his need for a personal relationship with God mid-way through, and so the book follows suit. Halfway through the forty days, we suddenly shift to a presentation of how living out sacrificial love should make one realize his absolute need for Christianity. For Christians reading a book on marriage, the discussion of how our relationship with Christ should structure our marital relationship should be foundational, should be page 1. On the other hand, a non-Christian reading the book frankly is unlikely to be impressed by this sudden foray into an altar call in the middle of the book.Second, the book spends little time on the differing roles of the husband and wife in a marriage. From a Biblical standpoint, there are real & crucial differences in how a man loves & responds to his wife vs. how a woman loves & responds to her husband. The Love Dare doesn’t address these differing roles which are very important to the success of any Christian marriage.Third, I felt there was this unwritten “if you do these steps your marriage will be transformed” aura to the book. While all marriages can benefit from going through this devotional, I think that many seriously troubled marriages will not have the movie’s storybook happy ending at the end of forty days. Consequently, I fear people will either conclude they failed in some way or that God failed in some way. Neither would be true. Many marriages need more than just a good devotional; they need intensive personal intervention by a person of wisdom such as a counselor or pastor plus two partners who are both committed and humble. In my experience true humility is seldom found in both halves of a troubled relationship.The Love Dare is forty days of wisdom and challenge that will benefit any marriage; just don’t consider it to be the complete cure-all for every troubled relationship in the world.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brilliant! Simply loved it. A timely read. I recommend it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everyone that struggles with anyone should read or listen to this book. It has guidance of which if one follows, disputes of all kinds can be absolutely resolved. The problem today is that most of the people on this world resent these guidelines and therefore hate ensues. You can't expect unconditional love to be in the majority. But somehow unconditional hate is among the majority of the populace. That is sad, very sad. Love you all.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book for couples who not only want to get closer to each other but who want to get closer to Him
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Can't wait :-) I love you forever baby. Grandma 2 be
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Written by the producers of the movie of the same title, this is a 40 day program to be done together by a couple to strengthen their marriage by studying the Bible verses and text together, writing their responses in the book, making it also a journal.
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