The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love

Tim LaHaye, Beverly LaHaye

Zondervan, 1998 - Family & Relationships - 304 pages

OVER 2.5 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT

Discover the secrets to new joy and sexual fulfillment in marriage that have helped millions of Christian couples maximize their intimacy.

Here are the insights into your spouse's body, psychosexual makeup, and need for tender, unselfish affection that can help you discover new depths of intimacy. It's the perfect book for:

• Engaged couples and newlyweds who want to make lovemaking a joy from the start
• Couples who have been married for years and want to maintain the flame or rekindle the embers
• Every husband or wife who wants to be a better lover

The Act of Marriage enriches you and your spouse's physical relationship by offering biblical principles, goals, guidelines, and charts that cover an array of vital topics, such as:

• The sanctity of sex
• What sex means to a woman
• What sex means to a man
• The art of lovemaking
• Sane family planning
• Practical answers to common sex questions
• And more!

Plus, this updated and expanded edition features sections that discuss "sex after sixty" and five reasons why God created sex, all supported by the very latest findings in the fields of medicine and sociology.

Contents

• Acknowledgments: 9
• Introduction: 11
• The Sanctity of Sex: 19
• What Lovemaking Means to a Man: 33
• What Lovemaking Means to a Woman: 48
• Why God Created Sex: 62
• Sex Education: 72
• The Art of Lovemaking: 93
• For Men Only: 122
• For Women Only: 134
• The Unfulfilled Woman: 148
• The Key to Feminine Response: 195
• The Impotent Man: 218
• Sane Family Planning: 256
• Sex Survey Report: 275
• The Missing Dimension: 300
• Practical Answers to Common Questions: 319
• Bibliography: 395

About the author

Timothy LaHaye was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 27, 1926. He began preaching while working at a summer camp. In 1944, he joined the Army Air Force and was a machine-gunner on bombers in Europe. He received a bachelor's degree from Bob Jones University in 1950, doctor of ministry degree from Western Theological Seminary, and a doctor of literature degree from Liberty University. He served a congregation in Minneapolis until 1956, then became the pastor of the Scott Memorial Baptist Church in El Cajon, California for 25 years. He wrote or helped write over 50 fiction and non-fiction books. He is the co-author of the Left Behind series and the Left Behind: The Kids series with Jerry B. Jenkins. His non-fiction works cover a wide variety of subjects including marriage, family life, depression, homosexuality, anger management, education, and politics. He died days after he had a stroke on July 25, 2016 at the age of 90. Beverly LaHaye (www.cwfa.org) is the bestselling author of the Seasons Series (with Terri Blackstock) and The Act of Marriage (with her husband, Tim). She is the founder and chairwoman of Concerned Women for America and shares a daily devotional commentary on the nationally syndicated radio show Concerned Women Today. She and her husband live in southern California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love
• Authors: Tim LaHaye, Beverly LaHaye
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Zondervan, 1998
• ISBN: 0310211778, 9780310211778
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Love & Romance; Family & Relationships / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships; Health & Fitness / Sexuality; Religion / Christian Living / Love & Marriage; Religion / Christian Rituals & Practice / General; Religion / Sexuality & Gender Studies; Self-Help / Sexual Instruction