Expose the Lies. Understand the Truths. And Make Your Marriage Better than Ever! Lies about marriage are rampant in our culture—and in our churches. But the corresponding truths can strengthen your marriage and even save it from collapse. 9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage identifies the lies, explains how they can disintegrate your marriage, and reveals truths that can rescue it and help it to become the marriage of your dreams. Greg Smalley, a general marriage expert, and Robert Paul, the therapeutic director of Hope Restored, a renowned crisis marriage program created for Focus on the Family, combine to offer an unusual and powerful combination of perspectives that can restore hope and healing in any marriage, including yours. What Are the 9 Lies about Marriage? Love Lie #1: And They Lived Happily Ever After Love Lie #2: 1 + 1 = 1 Love Lie #3: All You Need Is Love Love Lie #4: I Must Sacrifice Who I Am for the Sake of My Marriage Love Lie #5: You Must Meet Each Other’s Needs Love Lie #6: Our Differences Are Irreconcilable Love Lie #7: I’m Gonna Make You Love Me Love Lie #8: “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy!” Love Lie #9: You Win Some, You Lose Some Do any of these lies resonate with you? Read 9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage and start exposing the lies and living the truth. Includes several self-tests to help you and your spouse assess the extent to which your marriage has been affected by each of the nine lies.

本書の白眉は、私たちが無意識に内面化してきた「結婚の神話」を、冷徹かつ慈愛に満ちた筆致で解体する点にあります。幸福への強迫観念や通俗的な愛の幻想を剥ぎ取っていく過程は、まさに魂の外科手術。著者の専門的知見が、単なる教訓を超えた人間理解の深淵へと読者を誘います。 愛を「受動的な運命」ではなく「能動的な真理」として再定義する本作の試みは、閉塞した関係に救済をもたらします。自己を殺さず他者に依存しすぎない絶妙な均衡を模索するその洞察は、全ての夫婦にとって、暗闇を照らす痛切で情熱的な福音となるはずです。