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Love That Lasts: How We Discovered God’s Better Way for Love, Dating, Marriage, and Sex
Written by Jefferson Bethke and Alyssa Bethke
Narrated by Jefferson Bethke and Alyssa Bethke
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About this audiobook
In Love That Lasts, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion Jefferson Bethke and his wife, Alyssa, expose the distorted views of love that permeate our culture and damage our hearts, minds, and souls.
Drawing from Jeff’s “prodigal son” personal history and from Alyssa’s “True Love Waits” experience, the Bethkes point to a third and better way. Blending personal storytelling with biblical teaching, they offer readers an inspiring, realistic vision of love, dating, marriage, and sex.
Young people today enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by a romantic, fulfilling marriage only to discover they’ve been duped. They learned about love and sexuality from social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky past, and they have no idea what healthy, lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce ridden in history.
Looking to God’s design while drawing lessons from their own successes and failures, the Bethkes explode the fictions and falsehoods of our current moment. One by one, they peel back lies such as,
- the belief that every person has only one soul mate,
- that marriage will complete you,
- and that pornography and hook-ups are harmless.
Author
Jefferson Bethke
Jefferson Bethke is the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion and It's Not What You Think. He and his wife, Alyssa, host The Real Life Podcast and run FamilyTeams.com, an online initiative equipping families to live as a multi-generational team on mission. They live in Maui with their daughters, Kinsley and Lucy, and son, Kannon. To say hi or to learn more, go to jeffandalyssa.com.
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Reviews for Love That Lasts
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book is so relatable. I love how transparent the writers were. I really learnt a lot of things that I know will help me in my future relationship and marriage.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really liked that they were sharing their stories and did it with honesty.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sooooo good! Good book to guide towards healing and restoration!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jefferson and Alyssa Bethke recount the lessons they've learned about God's intentions for romantic relationships through the tales of their very different dating experiences and their ultimate marriage to each other. I found both authors had some very interesting things to say about a Christian dating and marriage relationship and found some takeaways that were very helpful for me. While the Bethkes are married, this book isn't targeted specifically at the married portion of the population and the book is likely to be of interest to Christians who are single, dating, engaged, or married and want to think a little bit more critically of what a Christ-focused relationship should be.