BOOK REVIEW: Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs establishes both biblically and through research that men desire respect more than love and that woman, by nature, desire love more than respect.

This book is really a quick read whereby the reader obtains the insight early on.  In other words the premise is simple that men desire respect and woman want to feel loved.  I don’t want to me too critical (see next paragraph) but once you’ve accepted this reality the rest of the book seems a bit fluffy to me, almost as though the author was hunting for filler. 

The reason why I don’t want to be too critical is because I found the book helpful and beneficial in my own life and marriage.  You will find practical nuggets throughout the book on how to make your wife fill more loved and for wives, how to make your husband feel respected.  An example of this is where Dr. Eggerichs suggests to husbands to ask their wife, when she starts spilling her guts, to simply respond by asking, “Are you looking for my advice on the matter, or do you want me to just listen?” Unbeknownst to my wife that I had just read this, I tried it out and it completely worked!  That being said, I give the book a 4 out of 5 because the practical insight is priceless!

Remember that Ephesians 5:33 says, “let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”

Posted by matthew gamble on February 11, 2010 at 06:32 AM
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