Christ-Centered Relationships - A Biblical Recipe for Healthy

I have read this and we are trying to use this in our marrige. Great read and insparation. We will keep working on our relationship with God and our marriage.

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This is by far the BEST marriage book out there! Scott does an awesome job at explaining how important it is to keep God number one in your marriage and in your own personal life. There isnt a chapter in this book that does not convict us and help us grow as a couple. We will recommend this book to everyone!

We looked forward to reading Marriage God's Way by Pastor LaPierre and were not disappointed as we couldn't put it down once we started reading it. The subject was thoughtful and complete in the subject. The personal illustrations just added so much to the content. We would recommend this book for everyone to read. Jean & Howard

Scott beautifully expounds upon the best, and ultimately, the only way to do marriage—God’s way. If you want to have a successful, thriving marriage, read and apply what is in this book.

Joshua Zarzana
Husband of thirteen years
Family Pastor of Olympia Lacey Church of God, Olympia, Washington
Author of The Son Who Chases the Father

Marriage God's Way has been an incredible book thus far. I love how much of scripture is referenced in the book. I'm excited to see how God uses this book to bless my marriage. I'm ready for this new season. Highly recommend this book for all marriages. No matter how great or how rocky things are. God never makes mistakes. Your marriage is not a mistake. God bless and God bless the LaPierre family.

"Marriage God’s Way is a thorough, biblical, and engaging study of God’s truth regarding marriage. It covers a wide range of areas in a transparent, clear and relevant manner that both brings light to the text and provides the specifics in order to live out God’s truth in our marriages so that He is glorified."

As a single person desiring to be married one day, sometimes we can get caught up in the fantasy of what we THINK marriage is. But in his book, Scott give us biblical truths of what marriage really is and how to have a healthy Christ- centered outlook on it.

This book is so challenging and thought provoking. My husband and I could barely make it to the next paragraph without commenting on/expressing our thoughts... and its pretty awesome how it applies to real scenarios going on in our lives! Sound, biblical advice on living out a healthy, happy, God honoring marriage. Definitely recommend.

I've known Scott for a few years now, and I can honestly say his desire when preaching, pastoring, leading his family, his desire is to be biblical. This books exhibits that desire, and will be a helpful tool for anyone desiring to learn more about biblical marriage. This book deserves wide readership.

I LOVED this book! Marriage God's Way is a clear, concise, compelling, and convicting biblical teaching on marriage. This is a book for every library and nightstand and holds application for every heart. What a different and wonderful world it would be if we all did Marriage God's Way!

This book has blessed me beyond words! I have been in church most of my life and have never heard the roles of husbands and wives laid out so beautifully! It has brought me comfort in some areas and challenged me in others! I am excited to see the changes these principles bring! I pray that all who read this book will be filled with the same hope and inspiration I have been!

I have been blessed to read "Marriage God's Way. I cried, laughed and repented. This has encouraged and helped in so many ways in my marriage. Pastor Scott Lapiere, Thank you for letting the Holy Spirit work through you to write this book.

This book is great. Very well written and down to earth. I got one for my newly married son and his wife and started reading it and had to get one for myself and my husband. Pastor Scott is a great teacher. I love the book.

This book is such a delightful read, with lots of quotes and illustrations of what a happy Godfilled marriage looks like. This can help you apply God's principles to your marriage and family to make it the way God intended, for the best way to Joy and fulfillment in relationships. I highly recommend it as a compliment to the Bible. ??

Whether your married, dating or thinking about marriage again, this book clearly demonstrates what the Bible says about marriage. Scott provides a Christ centered tool/guide to help relationships. I would have loved to have had this book 20 years ago!

Thank you Scott for writing a book from your heart and experience as a husband and father. God is using your book to continue to shape me into the leader He has called me to be for my wife and family.

Perspectives like this are why people don't like Christianity. It skews what the Bible says about marriage. It's filled with poor theology from (very obviously) a mans perspective, filled mostly with advice on how woman should approach their husbands and their marriage. Not well rounded between genders. Less than one star.

Marriage Gods Way is such an amazing book that relies on Scripture to build a marriage on Gods Foundation, Gods instruction not mans wisdom. I would recommend this to read for any stage of marriage. I would highly recommend such a beautiful biblical book.

I wish I would have had this book before I was married. I would have known how to be a better wife and how to better help my husband. I think this is a great book to help newly weds as well as couples well into their married lives.

Thank you Scott for this book . It is fantastic and easy to understand . I loved that everything that is discussed is backed up by Gods word. Any young couple that is considering marriage, I highly recommend you read this Excellent book

If you believe women are, by nature and "God's Design", inferior to men, then you will LOVE this book! If you really enjoy lazy, assumptive theology that claims the author's opinion is "God's Way", then you should order this book immediately. If you think women should be treated the same as they were 2000 years ago, little more then well-kept slaves, you will truly enjoy LaPierre's amusing suggestions for getting that strongwilled female in line. As a theology student, and longtime teacher, I am quite horrified at the author's arrogantly assumptive title… LaPierre asserts in the title of his book that HIS philosophy on marriage is definitely “God’s Way”.
Pg. 101 LaPierre says, “I admit I’m being a little speculative here.” This describes the whole book beautifully!
Pg. 114-115 LaPierre insists, "No organization can be successful without authority or headship", citing businesses, sports teams, and governments. Well, funny thing, husband and wife are not an "organization", Mark 10:7 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh." Marriage does not need a CEO or coach or President. Marriage is about unity. LaPierre conveniently dismisses Eph 5:21, "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." as not applicable, because it doesn't fit his philosophy. He even claims (pg. 116) that husbands were "rebuked" in the Bible for submitting to their wives! LaPierre conveniently ignores the times women are praised for not obeying their husbands, women like Abigail or Jael. LaPierre dismissal of Eph 5:21 is, perhaps, the most disturbing part of this whole book.
Pg. 117 LaPierre claims that "Fifty-Fifty marriages (where the husband leads half the time and the wife leads half the time) are an impossibility. They do not work. They cannot work. In marriage, someone has to be the final decision maker" This completely goes against the teaching of Jesus in Matt 20:25 "But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant" ---- LaPierre claims something God never taught in His Word, in fact, LaPierre's teaching (that men are, by gender, automatically given hierarchy) goes against the entire theme of the New Testament, where we are taught over and over, that the Holy Spirit chooses and gifts individuals for leadership, and rejects those who claim they are "entitled" to exercise authority by their status or by their birth.
(strange enough, LaPierre doesn't try to insist that slaves submit to their masters, in Eph 6:5, or cruel masters in 1 Pet 2:18!) LaPierre doesn't even try to look at the context of verses within ancient society, where women usually had little or no legal rights.
Pg. 145 LaPierre says, quote, "How not to try to win their husbands - with words".... sounds like LaPierre doesn't think a wife is capable of witnessing to her husband, even though Rom 10:14 states, "How can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard?" The Bible never, ever, EVER tells women they can't use words to witness, reason, debate, or discuss the Word with their unbelieving spouse. True, actions can speak louder than words... but to state women should "not try to win their husbands with words" is not at all taught in the Bible.
Pg. 147 LaPierre says, "Wives are not supposed to take over the Holy Spirit's role in their husbands' lives"... but wait, earlier, LaPierre claims that men are supposed to "wash" and "sanctify" their wives... that IS the Holy Spirit's role! Pg. 78, LaPierre encourages men to "wash" their wife with the Word by taking them to church, small groups, play Christian radio programs or audio Bible, and make God's Word a priority. This would be great.. IF it was applied equally to both husbands AND wives. 1 Cor 7:14 says, "the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband." LaPierre, because he believes women are inferior, excludes women throughout this book from being responsible for leading their husbands.
Pg. 19 proclaims, “Male headship actually had its beginning at Creation itself” LaPierre asserts this is an absolute truth… then LaPierre produces zero Biblical evidence of this statement. Not even in Genesis 3 (at the Fall). God never, ever commanded Adam to “rule over” Eve; it was a result of the introduction of sin into the world. This is KEY, because LaPierre’s whole philosophy of marriage is built on this foundation that God created men to be dominant over women from the very beginning, yet LaPierre’s evidence is, at best, shaky and full of assumptions... at worst, downright twisting of the Word of God.
Pg. 77, LaPierre asks men "as the head of your home, are you willing to accept blame?" This is not Biblical. God holds each adult responsible for their own sin, not the sin of their spouse.
Pg. 79, LaPierre claims, quote, "It is not the wife's responsibility to establish the spiritual atmosphere of the home." Good luck finding that in the Bible! No surprise, LaPierre doesn't offer any scripture to support this bad teaching.
Pg. 81 LaPierre says, "Husbands who do not lead their wives spiritually will get wives who are less spiritual". Well, that's complete crap. We all know women who are wise, devoted godly Christians who are married to less spiritual (or unbelieving) men. Likewise, I know a few wonderful, godly Christian men whose wives up and left them, in spite of the husband being a strong "spiritual leader". If those men read LaPierre's book, they would hear the lie that their wife's behavior was their "responsibility", even though the Bible clearly teaches that people are responsible for their own sin. Perhaps LaPierre would claim Jesus was a failure, because Judas turned on him? Jesus was the most spiritual leader of all time, God in the flesh!
Pg. 95, LaPierre repeats the terribly flawed conclusion that "women want love more, and men want respect more". A Psychology Today study was published that showed the complete opposite - that women vastly preferred respect over love, and the higher the education level, the higher the percent of women who prefer respect (75% in Harvard educated women). LaPierre obviously lets his bias pollute his exegesis, adding in his own assumptions into the Bible text. This is poisonous, because he allows men to think that they do not need to respect their wife, as long as they "love" her (by being her boss). I have lost count of all the women I have met or counselled who have been brainwashed into thinking they shouldn't expect their husband to respect them, and even feel guilty for wanting to be respected. Even worse, the men who don't think it is a priority to respect their wife as long as they "love" her by "leading" her (telling her what to do). What a perversion of the Gospel, as stated in Gal 3:28, "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." that all believers deserve equal respect as co-heirs with Christ.
Pg. 185 I will end with one thing I DO think is Biblically sound in LaPierre's teaching: He asserts equality for men and women IN BED. "Husbands and wives should have equal authority over the spouse's body". Isn't it fascinating how LaPierre pulls the "man rules!" card for every other instance, demanding men lead and women submit, but decides to interpret mutual submission (equality) in the bedroom? Think about that!