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  • Love Must Be Tough

  • New Hope for Families in Crisis
  • By: Dr. James Dobson
  • Narrated by: Rick Rohan
  • Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (384 ratings)

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Love Must Be Tough

By: Dr. James Dobson
Narrated by: Rick Rohan
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Boasting more than one million copies of his works sold, conservative radio personality Dr. James C. Dobson squarely addresses the problem of troubled marriages. He targets infidelity, alcoholism, spousal abuse, and emotional distance as the primary causes of divorce. Dobson also chooses to denounce homosexuality as an abomination. With his groundbreaking theory of "loving toughness", he offers a path toward solving marital problems, building family values, and rekindling lost romance.

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Still as applicable as ever

Dr James Dobson did not disappoint ! This book is timeless . His wisdom and insight is truly remarkable.

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Ideas v Action

The ideas and strategies presented, the knowledge given is amazing. It’s helped me engage with my soon-to-be-ex in different and positive ways.

Applying this into action is much more difficult in such a highly emotional situation. I’ll give it another listen and keep working!

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Excellent life lessons.

I had to stopped several times to rewind because the content was so good. These are principles everyone really needs.

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An eye opening experience

I was enlighten and instructed in every single chapter. I particularly enjoyed chapter 18. Terrific

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Difficult Marraige? Mandatory Reading

This is required reading if you’re in a difficult marriage. Whether you’re struggling with an alcoholic, an abusive wife or husband, or infidelity, this book will speak to you. And any marriage counselor, who hasn’t read it, isn’t worth talking to.

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A wonderful book, finished in laughters and tears

Full of insightful and practical advices, very well written. I highly recommend this book to all who are suffering from their marriages.

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Good against the normal Christian book

I have dealt with an affair and this book is good about helping with that. But the last third of it was really impacting to me. The affect on children and the dads that deal with how things affect them. I’m pleased.

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Wisdom. Strait wisdom.

Doctor James Dobson is one of the people that helped my mother raise me. He is still taking me to school in this book as I learn how to not be a jerk to my wife. Thank you Dr. Dobson.

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A must read!

Fantastic book for those in crisis or the brink of it. It has really opened my eyes, like no other book has. I can see that how I have been responding to my husbands issues have been pushing him further away. I really recommend listening to this

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good content and good narrative.

I think the content is good aloy of examples and scenarios and send home fundamentals

I like the narrative too

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