Jerry Jenkins - Love Your Wife, Protect Your Marriage

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How do you protect your marriage from the many temptations surrounding you? New York Times bestselling author Jerry Jenkins has found a way to protect his marriage of more than 40 years. He shares how husbands can love their wives and protect them by planting hedges - not in your garden, but in your heart. Jerry shares from his book, Hedges: 7 Ways to Love Your Wife and Protect Your Marriage. On today's episode, you'll learn:

2:50 Meeting his spouse… love at third site

9:06 How to “build a hedge” in your marriage

15:00 The difference between a male and female mindset

20:15 How do we help the younger generation appreciate the vow of marriage

23:23 Leaving the legacy of “building hedges”

27:00 How to keep loving your spouse, even when you don’t feel like it

Jerry Jenkins is the author of more than 195 books with sales of over 70 million copies, including the best-selling Left Behind series. Jerry's writing has appeared in Time, Reader's Digest, Parade, Guideposts, and dozens of Christian periodicals. Twenty-one of his books have reached The New York Times best-seller list (seven debuting number one). Jerry trains writers online at http://jerryjenkins.com/

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