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Love is a verb
It is hard not to rave about a book that revolutionized a large part of your life! This is what Christian Living in the Home did for my marriage. Mr. Adam's does an excellent job fleshing out what God's word says to husbands and wives concerning their responsibilities in marriage. This book will be very helpful for all those wanting to bring a little bit of "heaven on earth" into their marriages, here and now. How should a husband love his wife? How should a wife respond to her husband's love? How should parents interact with their children? How important is forgiveness to a healthy and rewarding relationship? All of these important questions are more than answered in this fine book. For those people who find it difficult to take good teachings and apply it personally Mr.Adam's gives workshop type exercises at the end of each chapter, a very practical, helpful tool.This book causes a person to sit down and evaluate what is truly important in life. My wife and I read through the book together and it literally transformed our marriage.

It makes you happy as a newlywed again.
Adams's Christian Living in the Home is still the best book on its subject after all these years. I first read it before I got married, and my wife (who is from here in Taiwan) refers to its Chinese edition--the best book on its subject in her language--often. We both notice that we feel like theother spouse is more loving right after that spouse has reread this bookrecently. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED especially for its teaching about marriage, itis also very practical for dealing with children (we have three sons now).This book is my favorite extra thing to give as a wedding present at everywedding to which I'm invited.

Christian Living in the home - Jay Adams
This is a great book on marriage and the family.Taking it from a Biblical perspective, Jay Adams does a great job of going through the husband's role, the wife's role and how they interrelate.If you want tofind the Biblical formula for a successful marriage, get this book.If youthink that the world has a better way and that true, Biblical roles are"archaic", don't buy this book, get a psychology book and getready for divorce. I use this book for pre-marriage counselling.It worksvery well by going over one chapter each session. ... Read more

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Readiness Involves Ability--hence the book
"Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted." (Galatians 6:1)
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Extremely Helpful Book
What To Do On Thursday is an extremely helpful book!It helped me learn how to take the scripture that I am reading and apply it to the daily situations that I am faced with.I am so glad for the skills that Ilearned from this book.It is very high on my "must read againlist".I highly reccomend it to anyone who is interested in learninghow to apply the scriptures to their life. ... Read more

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Pack it in your pocket or purse
This small, handy reference can be packed in your purse or pocket to be pulled out whenever needed.Don't let the size fool you; it is packed with loads of useful information that will help anyone in need of Biblical Counseling subjects.It is readily available and able. ... Read more

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Little Book - Big Impact
This "new classic" (20 years old) is a concise exploration ofwhat it means to be godly and how it is achieved.Since Adams is oftencriticised for being too 'legalistic,' this is a good book for agrace-oriented care-free guy like myself to spend time reading.It willinform you and encourage you. ... Read more

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Quotes to memorize for everyday use
The many quotes that were arranged and can be found in this book are excellent for use in your daily walk and for much instruction in the Lord. I found these to be quite useful in understanding certain topics found inthe Bible, and sometimes found Spurgeon's quotes to be quite humorous. Ifthere is any quotation book to get, this is a must have! ... Read more

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A Badly Needed Message for Christians
Forgiveness is an essential component of the Christian faith, not only in terms of God's forgiveness of our sins, but also in terms of our willingness to forgive others who hurt us. That much is clear from the Lord's prayer and many other scriptures.
Everything you never knew about forgiveness!
I have been attending Evangelical Christian churches for many years and have never heard anyone teach the aspects of forgiveness from a true Biblical perspective. Jay E. Adams gives so many different situations that all ages can benefit from this work, which I suspect will become a Christian classic. It awakened me to the distortions of forgiveness and forgiving, many of which I had previously accepted. It has blessed my life and and my relationships.It deserves 5+ stars.

Dangerous license to withhold forgiveness
Forgiveness from the heart: is the Christian obligated to forgive the unrepentant? Adams says no in the strongest terms. In fact, in footnote #10 he says, "Since the Bible requires at least an affirmation of repentance, it is wrong, and, therefore, sinful to grant forgiveness to those who do not care."
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The Truth!
This book challenges the reader to know why you believe and what you believe as taught by God in His Holy Scriptures. Ir helps you to turn back to the Bible for discerning truth from lies. An eye-opener for all Christians!

A Wake-Up Call for the Unquestioning!
This book is an excellent wake-up call that will get you questioning your assumptions about "casual Christianity" -- the slogans you hear in popular culture, the teachings of church groups that try to be popular and not condemn any behaviour, etc.It makes you think about "Why am I repeating this [belief/slogan]?Is there any Biblical truth to this?Where does it come from?"It's not too bad a book but I was a bit put off by its strongly Protestant evangelical bent.Catholics reading this book in particular should remember the importance of Sacred Tradition and that it is also a legitimate authority. ... Read more

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Purpose...
Great and easy read.This short 56-paged book is not intended to be a "complete in-depth" look at baptism, but rather the intentions are to simply search and confirm the importance of the proper meaning and mode of baptism.Very good for readers who don't like lengthy\wordy books.Yes, there are quotes from other writers, and yes, you will definitely find scriptural references within this book as well.I would and always recommend this short and easy read to anyone questioning the meaning and mode of baptism (hence the title).If you've read this book and need more in-depth answers, then try `Baptism in Scripture and History', by Rowland S. Ward (ISBN: 0949670189); this too is a short book (80-paged).

Convincing and potent polemic for aspersion and/or affusion
Don't be deceived by the comments of the other review.Adams' book does indeed contain many quotations from numerous authors - some quite long - but Adams only does this because he can't improve upon the way the originals put it themselves. Not Top Quality
Jay Edward Adams has the right heart when he "wrote" a book on the meaning and mode of baptism, but its not that good.The Book is pretty much nothing but quotes from other theologens and it seems that is all the book stand on.(In other words it seems more like Jay Edwards Adams believed more about what he was told and read in other books than from his own study of the subject.)Secondly, there are many holes in several arguments that are brought up in the book (some logical, some theological, and some historical.)For example: Adams argues that Christians could not immerse 3000+ inductees on pentacost because of the lack of available water (he does have a quotes that agree with him).Unfortunately this is so inaccurate that writers like John Murray when arguing against immersion wouldn't even talk about the subject.Read more

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