"Hero, Becoming the Man She Desires" by Fred Stoeker and Jasen Stoeker is a great book!
Having four sons and a Hero husband, I was interested to see what they would say that I desired. I wasn't disappointed!
This book talked about God's standards for singles and married men, but I think it did more than that. It exposed the lies in some of the popular beliefs like "If you don't date a lot, you won't know what you want in a wife." It talked about being a "real man." Being a leader in his own life, and his relationships with women.
At the beginning of the book, Fred Stoeker, author of "Every Man's Battle," shares his story, and then his son, Jasen, shares his. I enjoy reading a book where the authors are not merely setting forth a wonderful idea, they have lived the idea and passed it on to their children.
I agree with the words on page 194, "I believe a good testimony is just as important as the teaching because of what it can do for your faith. Testimonies build your faith and guard your commitment." When we read how someone else did it, we are encouraged to do it ourselves.
Jasen shares, "My dad says what gave him the courage and the faith to step out in such radical obedience to God was the testimony in Job 31:1 where Job makes this startling revelation: "I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl." And the reason we know it worked for him can be found in the beginning of the book: "In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil" (Job 1:1). Job didn't just make that covenant, he kept it! The most transforming part of that verse for my dad was that Job was just an ordinary man. He thought, "If he can do it, so can I." Job's testimony gave Dad courage and faith to believe God could do it again in his life."
The posted summary does a great job introducing this book:
You already know it’s not easy being a single man in this culture today. But it is easy to be overwhelmed, to feel helpless and hopeless about living by God’s high standards for singles. It’s easy to cave in to the pressures of this sex-soaked world and accept defeat—blaming the media, the culture, even girlfriends who don’t know how tough it can be.
But many men have read books like Every Young Man’s Battle and Tactics and have committed themselves to stand strong and pure in the power of God, and to go on the offensive against the onslaught of negative stereotypes. Some have suffered. Some have fallen. But many have experienced victory—and you can be among them.
What makes those committed men so desirable to women? Be Her Hero is their motto. From best-selling author Fred Stoeker, along with his son Jasen, come the straightforward insight and real-life examples you’re looking for to help you take personal purity to its logical conclusion. Here’s straight truth with irrefutable evidence of what makes an ultimate hero to women who long for men of faith—men who stand by their convictions and make their world a safer and better place.
Are you ready to accept the challenge?
Author Bios:
Fred Stoeker is a best-selling author of several books, including Every Young Man’s Battle and Tactics, the president of Living True Ministries, and a popular conference speaker who challenges men to become sexually pure, to reconnect in true intimate relationship with their wives, and to train their sons to become godly men. A graduate of
Mike Yorkey, a writer living in
Jasen Stoeker is a popular conference speaker who challenges young men to be heroic in their relationships with women and to be a Christian, rather than just seem like one. Jasen is a graduate of
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There is also the book, "Every Man's Battle" by Fred Stoeker, and "Preparing Your Son for Every Man's Battle." Let's get our sons armed and ready, so they will be that Hero to their wives someday, and that they can leave every girl better off for having known them.
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