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Dating Delilah: purity from a new perspective
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Judah Smith
60 books286 followersJudah Smith and his wife, Chelsea, are the lead pastors of The City Church in Seattle, Washington. Judah is in high demand as a speaker, both in the United States and abroad. Judah and Chelsea have three children: Zion, Eliott, and Grace.
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July 18, 2014
While it raised good points on what purity is; when you've read something like Sacred Search by Gary Thomas (5 stars!), Dating Delilah looks basically like an anti-progressive, anti-practical book about (NOT) dating. Plus the author boxes people into categories pure and immoral. Are we not over this yet?!
One thing stood out terribly though:
"Don't walk around complaining that guys have no respect for you when you are showcasing everything God gave you." WHAT. Instead of teaching that respect should NOT be conditional like love, Smith makes an aggravating statement like this and I just want to punch him on the face for that. And I guess that makes me immoral, no?
Anyway, trying to get past my anger: some of my the lines I like:
-Purity is the restoration of the image of God in you.
-Jesus instructed us to take up our cross daily. Why? Because purity is not a line we cross. It is a direction we take.
-The greatest deterrent to sin is the pursuit of vision. You need a vision for your life that propels you beyond momentary pleasures; a purpose that causes you to see past temptation to its consequences and compels you to righteousness.
One thing stood out terribly though:
"Don't walk around complaining that guys have no respect for you when you are showcasing everything God gave you." WHAT. Instead of teaching that respect should NOT be conditional like love, Smith makes an aggravating statement like this and I just want to punch him on the face for that. And I guess that makes me immoral, no?
Anyway, trying to get past my anger: some of my the lines I like:
-Purity is the restoration of the image of God in you.
-Jesus instructed us to take up our cross daily. Why? Because purity is not a line we cross. It is a direction we take.
-The greatest deterrent to sin is the pursuit of vision. You need a vision for your life that propels you beyond momentary pleasures; a purpose that causes you to see past temptation to its consequences and compels you to righteousness.
May 25, 2013
A book that i wish i read before i started dating. An inspiration to live a life of purity. From one who did it himself. I read this book three times i think.
February 7, 2017
I kept waiting for the "new perspective" part....
While there were certainly a few enriching and challenging nuggets throughout (which earns it the 3rd star), mostly it was just regurgitated purity advice that's been written before. I'd say this might be a good primer for a teen/preteen who is entirely new to the concept and principles of purity. But even so, there are better books on the subject out there.
Side note: this book would be half as long (and it's already pretty short) without all the random and basically pointless full-page illustrations interrupting the chapters! At *least* the editors could have tried not to split the pages mid-sentence! SO obnoxiously distracting!!!
While there were certainly a few enriching and challenging nuggets throughout (which earns it the 3rd star), mostly it was just regurgitated purity advice that's been written before. I'd say this might be a good primer for a teen/preteen who is entirely new to the concept and principles of purity. But even so, there are better books on the subject out there.
Side note: this book would be half as long (and it's already pretty short) without all the random and basically pointless full-page illustrations interrupting the chapters! At *least* the editors could have tried not to split the pages mid-sentence! SO obnoxiously distracting!!!
April 15, 2012
its amazing!
May 9, 2012
Wonderful book on purity. A unique perspective! Very quick read.
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