Love Is: How Messy Stories Can Meet in the Heart of God

by Jefferson Bethke, Alyssa Bethke

Retitled, repackaged, and including new content, Love Is delivers a compelling message that urges Christians to reject the distorted views of love that have damaged our hearts, minds, and souls and to embrace God’s biblical definition of what love truly is. So many young people enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by a romantic marriage but then discover they’ve been duped. Because they learned about love and sexuality from faulty sources—social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky past—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 that have led to broken relationships. One by one, they peel back lies that Drawing from Jeff’s “prodigal son” personal history and from Alyssa’s “True Love Waits” experience, the Bethkes blend personal storytelling with biblical teaching to offer readers an inspiring, realistic vision of love, dating, marriage, and sex. Including a new chapter filling readers in on the Bethke’s married relationship today, this updated edition offers a solidly biblical view of romantic love.

Genres: Relationships, Faith

256 pages, Paperback

Published January 25, 2022

Reviews

[Hadassah Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a good book for those in any stage of relationships - super simple, relatable and real.
These two authors are entertaining, honest, and are open in their own journeys, and willingly bring the reader along.
Highly recommend

[Abbi Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for everyone in any season. They were able to entertain while getting important truth into the reader’s brain. I think this is important to reverse what culture has ingrained, and to help look within. I will be reading this again. Would be a great book to read with others.

[Grace Blakiston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two of the best authors ever… 🤍

[Jessica Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a good read 😭 will be going back and referencing my 50+ tabs

[Allyson Butts · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honest, practical, and hopeful book on relationships with great storytelling!