In this review, I want to also respond to the Persistent Widow. It is unfortunate this person had a bad experience, but her experience must have been from her and/or her church misapplying the principles in this book. This book does NOT encourage people to remain in an abusive situation. In fact, it encourages the use of the legal system where abuse is present. If the Persistent Widow was in a physically abusive situation (and we know that physical abuse is against the law) she should have removed herself and had her husband processed through the legal system, while still adhering to the biblical principles of forgiveness and the possibility of reconciliation, which this book encourages. I just wanted to make this point clear so that others are not misled by what the Bible teaches, which is the foundation for this book.

I found the book to be extremely informative, biblically sound, and useful for teaching/reminding how much reconciliation is the heart of God. But as with anything that is righteous, it must also be applied wisely.

This is a fabulous book whether you need to solve little problems or big problems. This is a must read book for Christians. It is biblically accurate, encouraging, and life changing. As far as the allegations that its not safe if you are in an abusive relationship, that is simply not true. The book VERY clearly discusses that in an abusive relationship, it is important to seek help, how to seek help, and tells you to notify authorities. It does follow biblical principals direcctly from Matthew 18. I have read this book, continue to read it again and again, and am growing each time I pick it up. Very thankful.

This is an excellent tool for developing skills in conflict resolution with a Biblical basis.

What a practical, easy to understand and biblical method of resolving human conflict by Ken Sande. It is not hard, but it is humbling and reveals how broken we are as people who need the loving teachings of Jesus to be the people God intended us to be. It will be a life-changing book and will be constantly referred to as you live out its biblical principals. A worth while read!

This is one of the best books on Christian living that I have read in years. In fact, I will be leading a small group study on this book, because I believe the principals are so life changing.