8/27/13 Review

Author Lorieen D. Henry "There Is a Miracle in 21: God Completes!" reviewed C Through Marriage 1 of 1 people found the following helpful A Marriage Best Seller August 27, 2013 Buy Now! C Through Marriage is an anointed book written as a resource to aid marriages. The author cleverly uses words that begin with "C" to first steer you to Christ as the gel for your marriage. I was so blessed to read this book as I quickly approach my 10th year wedding anniversary. There is always room for improvement and the author highlights so many topics that I feel the need to meditate on one daily. I will begin that...Read More Buy Now! C Through Marriage is an anointed book written as a resource to aid marriages. The author cleverly uses words that begin with "C" to first steer you to Christ as the gel for your marriage. I was so blessed to read this book as I quickly approach my 10th year wedding anniversary. There is always room for improvement and the author highlights so many topics that I feel the need to meditate on one daily. I will begin that in October. Therefore, I recommend this book to engaged couples, married couples, men and women groups. This is the ultimate marriage study resource as it provokes you to think deeper than the general counseling most receive before marriage.

Review 9/9/13

IstandAmazed reviewed C Through Marriage

Christian Marriage Advice at its Best September 9, 2013

C Through Marriage is a work that is both biblical and insightful. The author uses various C words to highlight areas of concern for couples who are married and those who may be considering marriage. I found this work to be useful to all relationships, not matter what stage they were in. I recommended this work to my parents who have been married over thirty years and to my best friend who is currently engaged. The advice is...Read More

C Through Marriage is a work that is both biblical and insightful. The author uses various C words to highlight areas of concern for couples who are married and those who may be considering marriage. I found this work to be useful to all relationships, not matter what stage they were in. I recommended this work to my parents who have been married over thirty years and to my best friend who is currently engaged. The advice is appropriate and helpful to any and all. The chapters are short and easy to understand, but their content is deep and thoughtful. My husband and I decided that this book would be a great devotional for our marriage, and gained a lot of knowledge and great suggestions on how to deal and work through some of the harder issues that we face as a married couple.

Jim Hughes has an obvious calling to counsel others, and his calling is made evident in his useful book. I would recommend this work to any and all couples who are married, considering marriage, or anyone who may be giving counsel or advice to those who are married or considering marriage.

Review 9/12/13

Emily reviewed C Through Marriage

Get this book for yourself or for a friend! September 12, 2013

Get this book if you and your spouse need a "pick me up" -- and don't we all need one now and again! Jim Hughes' insight and heart is evident - he is helping couples intentionally create more intimate and more god-centered marriages. Through the truths he presents in C Through Marriage, he is reminding us that happiness is not the end goal of marriage, but holiness (if we allow God to do it)! Read it on your own, with a study...Read More

Get this book if you and your spouse need a "pick me up" -- and don't we all need one now and again! Jim Hughes' insight and heart is evident - he is helping couples intentionally create more intimate and more god-centered marriages. Through the truths he presents in C Through Marriage, he is reminding us that happiness is not the end goal of marriage, but holiness (if we allow God to do it)! Read it on your own, with a study group, or use it in a devotional time with your spouse--because whether it's new information to you, or a refresher, you will be encouraged! Oh, and makes a great engagement/wedding gift!

Review 9/17/13

Anthony reviewed C Through Marriage

thoughtful but unflinching, a caring treatise on Godly marriage September 17, 2013

`C through Marriage' by Jim Hughes is an inspirational discourse on the pitfalls surrounding modern day marriages, or - more accurately - a manual for how best to avoid such pitfalls. The author, with the heart of a family minister, helps readers to navigate those difficulties while simultaneously maintaining an air of unflinchingly practicality. Nothing is held back. `C through Marriage' covers everything from the role that...Read More

`C through Marriage' by Jim Hughes is an inspirational discourse on the pitfalls surrounding modern day marriages, or - more accurately - a manual for how best to avoid such pitfalls. The author, with the heart of a family minister, helps readers to navigate those difficulties while simultaneously maintaining an air of unflinchingly practicality. Nothing is held back. `C through Marriage' covers everything from the role that sex plays in a marriage, to the responsibility of shared finances, to the need for married Believer's to share a mutual propensity toward `Christlikeness.' Each issue, or lesson, begins with the letter C (thus the title of the book) and also with a brief but personal glimpse into the lives of two hypothetical characters, "Barb and Bill." This method lends `personality' to what at times might otherwise be uncomfortable subject matter and allows for the reader to engage more casually. I would highly recommend this book as a guide to young couples who are about to begin their married lives together but I could see it working just as well for couples whose marriage may have drifted over the years. Whatever the length or condition of your marriage, you'll find `C through Marriage' by Jim Hughes to be flexible enough, and poignant enough, to be a valuable source for reference and inspiration.

Latest review 12/4/13

Five Stars

 

C for SEE Through Marriage.

 

Seeing with greater clarity -under the light of God- the common issues that arise in a marriage, is what this book is all about. It is a very helpful text that does a great service in furthering the correct understanding of the love of God. The love that must be enlivened by a man and a woman when they enter the covenant of marriage despite all its possible conflicts and difficulties. In this sense, this book is neither naïve nor legalistic in its advice; it recognizes our very human weaknesses and empathetically addresses them according to sound Bible principles. I particularly enjoyed how it underlines over and over again how the marriage union must lead a couple to Oneness in Christ. Nothing less. This, of course, is a necessary step to take for many of us who also hope to achieve oneness in the Church of Christ, for how can any married person aspire to reach communion with the body of Christ if he or she cannot be on the path to union with his/her spouse? Indeed, many of the problems and blunders that prevent us from having a unified church are what prevent us from having unified marriages.

 

A marriage is, for many of us, a training ground where if we truly want to do so, we learn how to be humble, forgiving, patient, self-controlled, steadfast, kind, wise, discerning, content, grateful and hopeful in Christ. In brief, a marriage can help us learn the love of God by loving. However, there are many times when we stumble and far from love we dwell on jealousy, selfishness, resentment, anger and fear. During these moments we need sound advice and a helping hand to get out of our rut. This book provides just that. The lesson pertaining each word is concise and easy to read. I also found the use of c-letter words for each concept to be a helpful mnemonic technique. And, above all, the self-examining questions that the author makes at the end of each chapter are particularly useful in discerning the darkness of some of our intentions and behaviors. Of course, this is so for as long as we ponder them seriously and desire to answer them with honesty, no matter how painful our conclusions may be. After all, it could be that the reason why we married in the first place was not true love or charity as the author names it. But love (or charity) defiled as he also very well points out. Something that we believe is love but in fact is far from it. But if this is the case, we must muster the strength in God to address and repent from our delusion and this book can also help us do that.

 

On the other hand, I did find myself disagreeing with a few of the words and sentences used by the author to describe some issues, but after reading the whole book and knowing how hard it sometimes is to choose the correct words to express something, I also found that what I understood through those words and sentences is not what the author advices as a whole. For example this sentence: “Many marriages built without Christ do survive, and some of those with him do fail.” I believe that no marriage that is being built by a couple with Christ as its foundation and direction will ever fail. Truly, as the author also points out: “Divorce is a concession to our sinfulness.” And “No one just falls out of love. It takes much time and effort to get it done.” So, except for those reasons stated in the Bible about separation from a spouse, if any people renounce the covenant of marriage out of sinfulness, they better examine what they have believed and to what they have given their heart instead of Christ. Perhaps to idols? If they do this with sincerity, repentance and a lesson on charity defined will then be in order.

 

Finally, I think that the greatest praise I can give this book is this: Of the myriad of “christian” books out there, I hardly read a few because most of them are precisely that: “christian.” Appealing lies mixed with truth that ultimately lead people to a hole. This book, however, I found it to be written in love for Christ and for the edification of His church. I thank the author for that.

 

 

 

Kind regards and best wishes,

 

Luis

 

 

 

Book Review

Khamneithang Vaiphei "A good life is a collection of beautiful memories and enjoying those moments with wonderful books!" reviewed C Through Marriage A BOOK FOR ALL MARRIED PERSONS! October 14, 2013 Every once in a while we come across a book that offers practical helps to rebuild redundant lives - marriages included. C Through Marriage by Jim Hughes (Tate Publishing (May, 2009) is both biblical and insightful. You will find helpful tips to start afresh in life and make a beautiful home where your spouse and children can enjoy wonderful moments, if not an extraordinary one. If you aren't happy at home, you probably won't...Read More Every once in a while we come across a book that offers practical helps to rebuild redundant lives - marriages included. C Through Marriage by Jim Hughes (Tate Publishing (May, 2009) is both biblical and insightful. You will find helpful tips to start afresh in life and make a beautiful home where your spouse and children can enjoy wonderful moments, if not an extraordinary one. If you aren't happy at home, you probably won't be happy outside your home. Find out how you can improve your marriage in practical ways by using the valuable biblical tips Jim Hughes offered in the book.

Review

Becky Adams reviewed C Through Marriage

A Must Read Book for Young Couples October 19, 2013

This well written book should be read by every young couple contemplating marriage. This is the best marriage manual ever written. I would recommend the book not only for young couples, but also for newlyweds or anyone who wants to strengthen their marriage. I wish I had read this book many years ago. From calamity to cash to challenges, this book covers every issue a married couple might face. In spite of changes, couples always...Read More

This well written book should be read by every young couple contemplating marriage. This is the best marriage manual ever written. I would recommend the book not only for young couples, but also for newlyweds or anyone who wants to strengthen their marriage. I wish I had read this book many years ago. From calamity to cash to challenges, this book covers every issue a married couple might face. In spite of changes, couples always need to remember that marriage is "for better or for worse". Love is patient, and true love never gives up. Chivalry is not dead (although it seems that way many times). It was refreshing to read that "marriage is between a man and a woman". I especially liked the chapter on clemency, going the extra mile and the need to get rid of clutter, both mental clutter and physical clutter. No one just falls out of love. The author has a good understanding of women, what makes them tick, and what they are looking for in a marriage. Many men don't "get it". This book would be an appropriate wedding gift for young couples.

Review 11/13/13

Thomas Baker reviewed C Through Marriage Extraordinary Book: Promotes Reflection November 13, 2013 C Through Marriage' by Author Jim Hughes is an extraordinary book that promotes reflection on marriage for couples or future married couples. I liked that its message is supported by holy scripture. "C Through Marriage" is written using scenarios which could easily be real if they were not hypotheticals. The intention is to exemplify what God intended marriage to be like. Thus, a point of reference is given for the reader to compare and contrast your own reality with. In my case, I found this book to be a must-read for every married couple, especially if your marriage does not need help. In my opinion, that's the best time to read this book, but if your marriage is not everything you want it to be, this book will be a source of inspiration for you. I most enthusiastically recommend this book. I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

11/20/13 Review of C Through Marriage

commentmama reviewed C Through Marriage

Five Stars And Thumbs Up For This Much Needed Book For Married Couples November 20, 2013

This book is so thorough on the needs of marriage. Jim Hughes' insight about marriage can benefit husbands and wives alike. His views are so balanced, not placing more accountability on men than women or women than men. It's so refreshing to find a read like this. And there are other good books out there like this. But as a wife, I find that there aren't enough marriage books that examine the hearts and needs of a woman in the...Read More

This book is so thorough on the needs of marriage. Jim Hughes' insight about marriage can benefit husbands and wives alike. His views are so balanced, not placing more accountability on men than women or women than men. It's so refreshing to find a read like this. And there are other good books out there like this. But as a wife, I find that there aren't enough marriage books that examine the hearts and needs of a woman in the same regard as they are examined for the husbands. Well, this book does that - while remaining Biblical. I appreciate this author's diligence in validating the unspoken issues that can too often plague a marriage.

This is actually formatted for private devotion as well as for couples' group devotions. The chapters, which are all very relevant and essential discussion points, takes readers through lessons of reality and encouragement. As a lengthy book, it serves as a timely read. I'd recommend it, not only as a excellent read for couples (preferably as devotion together), but also as a much needed reference. Couples who could greatly benefit, learn, mature, and especially develop self-examination through reading C Through Marriage would be those who are in troubled marriages (even in crises), engaged couples, and even happily married couples. Keep it. Shelve it. Refer back to it. And by all means, tell other couples about it.

Now, I have to go back and re-read it out loud with my husband.

It has been quite awhile since I last wrote on this blog.  I seem to forget that I need to write here.  A lot has happened in my life since I last wrote here.  I just thought I would share with you a few thoughts that I have regarding my life as an author.

For me, it is so much easier to write than it is to market.  I spend an enormous amount of time and energy on marketing with very little to show for it.  It is not unusual considering the amount of available books there are now on the market.  No matter how well a book may be written, it is very hard to get a following unless you have an easily recognizable name in the public eye. 

There are many different ways to market a book.  A lot depends on one's personality and resources.  If an author is limited on both, it becomes a difficult process.  What I have learned is that for me, my writing is more of a ministry than it is a means of making money.

I am so thankful for the many opportunities the Lord has given me to touch the lives of others.  I am so thankful for those marriages that have been helped because of what I wrote and for those who benefit from my daily devotionals posted online.   I don't know what the future holds for me as an author, but I do know that as long as the Lord gives me breath and opportunity, I will continue to share with the world what the Lord lays upon my heart.

You may see some of my postings at www.cthroughmarriage.blogspot.com.  I also post my devotions on facebook.  I also like to tweet and can be found at 4248 or under my name. 

My prayer is that the Lord will touch many lives for Him through my writings.  I give Him all the praise for whatever good I am able to do.