Former atheist Lee Strobel and his wife, Leslie, speak from their own struggles as a mismatched couple. Packed with real-life examples, they present the issues with heartfelt honesty, offering you real hope for making the most of your marriage. Practical advice includes principles for reaching your spouse with the gospel, raising your children, understanding how your spouse thinks and more.
Noted Christian communicator Lee Strobel and his wife team together to write a book about how to live with your unchurched spouse while living out your faith authentically in front of him or her.
High school sweethearts whose marriage seemed to have been made in heaven, the
Strobels enjoyed a good life with two children and experienced few problems
until Leslie became a committed Christian, much to the dismay of her husband,
a confirmed atheist. The Strobels struggled along in this "spiritually
mismatched" state for quite a while until Lee made the conscious decision to
become a Christian as well. The Strobels do not advise couples who strongly
disagree about religion to marry, but their book offers useful advice to
couples who are spiritually mismatched, either from the beginning of their
relationship or through a change in belief. Ideas about raising children and
advice for single Christians are also included. Written in the first person,
usually by Lee, the text is readable and helpful. While not a substitute for
professional marriage counseling, the Strobels' suggestions are based on
years of practical experience and will be useful for a Christian audience.
Recommended for church libraries and for public libraries serving a sizable
Christian population. Mary Prokop, Savannah Country Day Preparatory Sch. Lib.,
GA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Lee Strobel, whose bestselling The Case for Christ has become a standard work
of evangelical apologia, was once not a Christian at all, and was openly
hostile to the faith. When his wife, Leslie, became a Christian several years
into their marriage, he was furious, and their union seemed doomed until
"Leslie figured out how to live out her faith in a way that began to attract
rather than repel [him]." In Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage, the
Strobels describe their experiences in order to help other Christians
particularly women who are married to nonbelievers. Although their own ending
(culminating in his conversion) followed the Christian storybook, they caution
readers that it is better to concentrate on one's own spiritual growth and
example than to have unrealistic expectations about a spouse's future
conversion. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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Reviewed by Debbie Griffin (Queen Creek, AZ), April 22, 2009
This book is amazing! It is exactly what I needed to read to help me with my spirtually mismatched marriage. It provides good insight into each other's view points when one spouse is a believer and it gives the believer tools in know to survive in the mismatched marriage. Thank you Lee and Leslie for writing this book!!!
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Reviewed by Christin (owings, md), April 20, 2009
Great book for women with unbelieving husbands. It helps you to realize to not blame yourself so much for your husbands salvation. And that it is Gods timing not ours.
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Reviewed by C. (USA), December 29, 2008
Just what I needed! Through scriptural references and insight into what my husband is likely experiencing my strength has been renewed. This book has given me fresh ways to pray for my husband, his salvation, my attitude, and our marriage. Also includes great tips that I will share with my son when he reaches his pre-teen years about dating Christians and the dangers of not doing so. Highly recommend this book!
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Reviewed by Christina Demmings (Barrie, On,), February 08, 2008
This is an awesome book, highly recommend for anyone in an equally yoked marriage... very encouraging as we learn what Leslie went through.
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Reviewed by Denise (Burlington CT), November 20, 2006
This is an excellent book! One that I'd recommend to anyone who is in this same situation. It also gives so much hope. Especially because Lee Strobel was an atheist prior to becoming a Christian. Leslie also does a great job of telling her story and the struggles she went through before Lee decided to become a Christian.
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Reviewed by Gloria Gerber (Kenosha. WI), April 27, 2002
This book is helping me see things the way God really wants me to see them. I don't feel alone in how I'm feeling anymore. I feel as though I finally have answers to questions I didn't know how to ask. God bless them for pouring their hearts into such a personal matter between them and God. Thank you for sharing.
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