"When I grow I want to be a mommy like you and marry a daddy like mine." Grace spoke these words to me last week.  I gave her a squeeze and said "Honey I pray that the Lord blesses you as you go after that dream."  And I do pray daily and desire with all of my heart that our daughters do grow up to be mommies that have a husband who desires to be a great daddy.  But sometimes those wonderful words need some meat behind them.  In this great book there is that meat for Christian parents to be equipped lead our daughters into solid Godly marriages.

Publisher: Crossway Visit Crossway's book blog @ Crossway Blog.

Price: $15.99

From the backcover:

What will you say when that certain young man sits down in your living room, sweaty palmed and tongue-tied, and asks permission to marry your daughter?  What criteria should he meet before the two of them join together for life?
Fortunately, God has given us a clear picture of the role of the husband/father in the home, and in What He Must Be..If He Wants to Marry My Daughter  Voddie Baucham breaks this picture down into ten desirable qualities.  Not only should parent of young women seek these qualities in a son-in-law, but parents of young men should strive to cultivate these qualities in their sons.  Baucham, one of the architects of the Family Integrated Church movement, follows up on his popular book Family Driven Faith with this compelling, down-to-earth apologetic of biblical manhood.

First Chapter preview: HERE

My Thoughts:

This summer I stood in a crowd of over 100 people waiting to get the conference CD's of Voddie Baucham.  Our Iowa Christian homeschool conference was blest to have Mr. Baucham speak for two days and it was evident that parents were hungry for the truth that Mr. Baucham spoke.  It isn't any marshmallow truth either, it is get the steak knife out we're eating meat, truth.  This book didn't disappointment me it was packed in the truth.  Great, biblical, applicable truth.

I believe that this book should be read first by all father's.  Mr. Baucham is writing in this book to the father, to protect, guide and teach his daughter and the father's of son to teach, guide and protect their sons'.  But from a mother's perspective I appreciated the wisdom and knowledge that I've gleaned/will glean from this book.  Biblical knowledge of how to lovingly guide our daughters into the marriage covenant is something both my husband and I desire.

Perhaps my favorite part of the book is the pages where Mr. Baucham breaks down what it truly means to be a Christian.  He details in eight page what is a Christ follower: "a true believer is  regenerate, a true believer is repentent, a true believer is reformed."   

I highly recommend this book and give it an A+ for it's applicable style of biblical truth.