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Don't Give Up: Unexpected Answers to Marital Challenges
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Grady Harp
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A Very Group Directed Book Gary Hoffman's book DON'T GIVE UP! UNEXPECTED ANSWERS TO MARITAL CHALLENGES is a disappointment for those not in the group of evangelical religious readers. Hoffman's mission is to assist men in troubled marriages and he uses his own marital history as springboard to initiate the discussion and instruction. The premises of Hoffman's advices are solid, if not original, and he certainly gives the reader the feeling that he cares about the reader's happiness. It is a constructive, goal oriented, practical manual with easy to use progress charts and instructions. In many ways the book seems like a promo book for Hoffman's Saddleback Church 'Men on the Edge' study group. There are problems here that will limit the readership of his book. First, the book is completely religion-oriented, with bible quotations on every page as the resource for the author's points. His primary goal is to make the men accept the role of being the 'spiritual leader' of the household, that as long as every aspect of the marriage and of life in general is in strict keeping with Hoffman's biblical references to God's instructions, all well be healed. That is to say, Hoffman encourages every male reader to affiliate with a bible study group near them to assure success with his postulates. In other words, commit to Hoffman's brand of evangelical religion and problems will be solved. Where Hoffman can go further with his book is to make it applicable to a wider audience. The book is about how to make a successful marriage, but there is no mention of couples in same sex marriage at all, and perhaps that is because of the religious stance of his own church. There is also no mention of how to extend these well thought out concepts of mending broken marriages for men of other religions or beliefs. Perhaps these 'others' aren't recognized by Hoffman as valid. If there are to be further workbooks and volumes from this author (and the last pages of the book are filled with order forms to buy his other books and worksheets and study guides and how to contact the author for speaking engagements, etc in a very commercial manner), it would be helpful to the general public to be addressed. Grady Harp
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Gary Hoffman
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