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I NTRODUCTION

1. David Viscott, How to Live with Another Person (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976).

2. Proverbs 14:4 (NASB).

3. 1 Corinthians 7:1.

4. 1 Corinthians 7:28.

C HAPTER 1

1. Proverbs 13:12.

2. Genesis 24:2627.

3. James 2:26 (KJV).

C HAPTER 2

1. Genesis 2:25.

2. Genesis 3:12.

3. Charles Stanley, Forgiveness (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1987).

C HAPTER 3

1. Luke 9.

2. Ephesians 3:20.

3. 1 Corinthians 15:10.

C HAPTER 4

1. Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989), pp. 3031.

2. Genesis 2:24 (authors paraphrase).

C HAPTER 5

1. Matthew 7:1

2. John Scalzi, What Are You Thinking? www.geocities.com/Wellesley/2052/menthink.html, November 30, 2007.

3. Ibid.

C HAPTER 6

1. Dr. Dave Currie, You Make No Sense. www.growthtrac.com

2. Ephesians 4:26.

3. 1 Samuel 16:7.

C HAPTER 7

1. Genesis 2:24.

2. Proverbs 14:1.

3. Proverbs 12:4.

4. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, What a woman wants. www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp? ARTICLE_ID=50735, June 22, 2006.

C HAPTER 8

1. Luke 6:38.

2. John Gray, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), pp. 26768.

C HAPTER 9

1. Deuteronomy 11:21. (KJV)

2. Hebrews 13:56.

3. Romans 5:8. (NASB)

4. Virginia Lively, Healing in His Presence (Grand Rapids, MI: Chosen Books, 1984).

5. Matthew 23:3738 (authors emphasis). (NASB)

6. 1 John 4:19. (KJV)

7. Proverbs 13:12.

8. Matthew 18:7.

9. Matthew 6:21. (KJV)

10. Philippians 4:8. (NASB)

11. Matthew 5:44.

12. Matthew 19:68. (NASB)

C HAPTER 10

1. Romans 12:18.

2. John 3:16. (NASB)

3. 1 Corinthians 11:2325

4. Matthew 19:6.

5. 1 Corinthians 6:19.

6. Romans 5:5 (authors emphasis). (KJV)

7. John 17:26.

8. 1 Corinthians 15:31. (KJV)

9. John 12:2325.

10. Philippians 2:9. (NASB)

11. I Peter 5:56 (authors emphasis) (NASB).

12. Hebrews 13:21.

13. Philippians 2:13. (AMP)

14. Luke 6:3638. (NASB)

15. Pat Robertson, The Secret Kingdom (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1982).

16. Acts 20:35.

17. Romans 12:21.

18. Galatians 6:9. (NASB)

19. 1 Corinthians 13:48. (AMP)

20. Proverbs 27:2.

21. 2 Corinthians 5:17.

22. 2 Corinthians 5:14. (NASB)

C HAPTER 11

1. Genesis 3:22.

2. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy (New York: Main Street Books, 2000), p.10.

3. Ephesians 5:31-32.

4. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Kosher Sex, pp. 3536.

5. 1 Corinthians 7.

6. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Kosher Sex, pp. 3637.

7. Genesis 2:24 (authors paraphrase).

8. Song of Solomon 8:6.

9. 1 Thessalonians 4:35. (NLT)

10. 1 Corinthians 7:35. (NLT)

C HAPTER 12

1. Michele Weiner Davis, The Sex-Starved Marriage: A Couples Guide to Boosting Their Marriage Libido (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004), p.56.

2. Ibid.

C HAPTER 13

1. Desmond Morris, Intimate Behavior (New York: Random House, 1971).

2. The art of kissing a woman. www.farmersalmanac.com/best_days/a/the_art_of_kissing_a_woman, November 30, 2007.

3. Song of Solomon 7:78.

4. Song of Solomon 2:8.

5. Song of Solomon 5:45.

6. Song of Solomon 4:6.

7. Naomi Wolf, The Porn Myth, New York magazine, October 20, 2003.

C HAPTER 14

1. I John 2:17. (NKJ)

2. Romans 7:5.

3. Romans 7:6.

4. Judith A. Reisman, Edward W. Eichel, J. Gordon Muir, and J.H. Court, Kinsey, Sex and Fraud: The Indoctrination of a People (Vital Issues Press, 1990).

5. Naomi Wolf, The Porn Myth, New York magazine, October 20, 2003.

6. Proverbs 5:18-19.

7. Dr. Mary Anne Layden, The Science Behind Pornography Addiction and the Effects of Addiction on Families and Communities, www. obscenitycrimes.org/Senate-Reisman-Layden-Etc.pdf

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid.

10. Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant, Aletha C. Huston, Media, Children, and the Family; Social, Scientific, Psychodynamic, and Clinical Perspectives (Hills-dale, NJ; Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994).

11. Pamela Paul, The Porn Factor, Time magazine, January 19, 2004.

12. Is the Internet Bad for Your Marriage? Online Affairs, Pornographic Sites Playing Greater Role in Divorces, PR Newswire, November 14, 2002.

13. Robert T. Michael, Edward O Laumann, John H. Gagnon, Sex in America: A Definitive Survey (New York; Grand Central Publishing, 10995).

14. Ibid.

C HAPTER 15

1. Dr. Thomas Szasz, www.quotationreference.com/quotefinder.php.

2. New Scientist (print edition), Sex with a Partner is 400% Better, February 22, 2006.

3. Ibid.

4. Bill Perkins, When good Men Are Tempted (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1997), pp. 192-93).

5. The Science of Dysfunctions of the Male Reproductive System http://www.andrology.com/ejaculatorydisorders.htm.

6. New Scientist (print edition), Semen acts as an antidepressant, June 26, 2002.

C HAPTER 16

1. Eric J. Keroack, M.D., and John R. Diggs Jr., M.D., Bonding Imperative, A Special Report from the Abstinence Medical Council. As quoted by Abstinence Clearinghouse, 30 April 2001.

2. National Review Online, February 14, 2007, by Patrick F. Fagan.

3. Romans 12:2.

C HAPTER 17

1. Matthew 18:15 (TLB).

2. Bill Hybels, Who You Are When No Ones Looking: Choosing Consistency, Resisting Compromise (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1987), pp. 7071.

3. Science proves that love is blind, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3804545.stm.

4. Ecclesiastes 3:2.

5. Galatians 6:1.

6. Leo F. Buscaglia, Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships (Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Inc., 1984).

7. Ephesians 5:25.

8. Richard B. Stuart, Helping Couples Change (New York: Guilford Press, 2003).

9. Charles A. Kiesler, The Psychology of Commitment: Experiments Linking Behavior to Belief (New York: Academic Press, 1971).