Product Description

2003 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner!
This cornerstone book of the Divorce-Proofing America's Marriages campaign outlines the threats to marriage and the key building blocks to counter those threats and divorce-proof any marriage. The Rosbergs define the six facets of love--forgiving love, serving love, persevering love, guarding love, celebrating love, and renewing love. This book and its companion workbook will equip couples and small groups to divorce-proof their marriages.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #225034 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

About the Author
Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg are championing marriage for the cause of Christ by coaching husbands and wives to achieve a great marriage for a lifetime...and for the sake of the next generation. They are co-founders of the national ministry America's Family Coaches.

Together, Dr. Gary & Barb host a nationally syndicated daily radio program and have conducted conferences on marriage and family relationships in more than 100 cities across the country. Their flagship conferences "Love & Sex in a Godly Marriage" and "Discover the Love of Your Life All Over Again" have impacted couples, churches, and communities nationwide.

The Rosbergs live outside Des Moines, Iowa. Married more than 30 years, Gary & Barb have two married daughters and four grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

I wish I had this book when I was starting out
Dr. Gary Rosberg and his wife Barbara have written a wonderful handbook for marriage that would benefit any couple, no matter how long they've been married, or even if they're just engaged.

The book covers six "types of love" one needs to nurture in a marriage: "Forgiving Love", "Serving Love", Persevering Love", "Guarding Love", "Celebrating Love", and "Renewing Love". The Rosberg's use many examples from real-life couples they've either counseled in Dr. Rosberg's practice, or people they've met in life or through their radio show, "America's Family Coaches Live". It's through the radio show that I found out about this book. As I wrote in my title, I wish I'd had this 20 years ago. My own marriage is strong, but it could have been so much sooner if I'd been told some of the truths in here. Biblically-based, the book can help you wherever you are on the "marriage map", as the Rosberg's call it. Do yourself and your "significant other" a favor, and invest in your relationship by buying this book.

How to build a great marriage!
Dr Rosberg hits the nail squarely on the head in this book. He looks at marriage, not as a 50/50 relationship, but as a 100/100 persent relationship. His whole idea is not "what can I get out of this relationship, but how can I better serve". Not a position that is very popular today! I highly reccommend this book to anyone who is wanting a deeper and stronger relationship with their mate. This could also serve as a wonderful 'small group discussion guide'.

Nothing new...
I listened to the abridged audiocassette version of Gary and Barbara Rosberg's book on a recent road trip, and I would have to say that it left very little impression on me, good or bad. The book is organized into six different categories of love that will presumably prevent a marriage from ending in divorce. Though this is an admirable goal, I'm not sure how this book will accomplish such a feat.

My primary critique of the book is that it provides nothing new to the catalog of Christian marriage books. I've read many of them, and the Rosberg's contribution is largely a retread of many others. In terms of the book title, I'm now sure how this book is supposed to provide any specific advice for avoiding divorce. Its rather generic nature might suggest that a more appropriate title choice would have been "How to Have a Good Christian Marriage." To that end, their effort is respectable but largely unremarkable.

To their credit, the Rosbergs manage to navigate the tricky waters of co-authorship rather successfully. The interplay from one voice to the other was not choppy as is often the case with co-authors. They also told a number of engaging stories, both from their own life together and from many couples who have been counseled by Gary. The story-telling component was the most meaningful and useful part of the book.

Ultimately, there was nothing in "Divorce-Proof Your Marriage" with which I disagreed. And the presentation of the material was fine. The book just never really grabbed me in any significant way. If you're looking for a Christian book to really solidify and improve your marriage, I'd recommend Gary Thomas' "Sacred Marriage" or Gary Chapman's "The Five Love Languages" instead.