What He Must Be . . . If He Wants to Marry My Daughter Copyright © 2009 by Voddie Baucham Jr. Published in association with Yates & Yates, LLP, Attorneys and Counselors, Orange County, California Published by Crossway Books a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, Illinois 60187 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law. Cover design: Amy Bristow Cover illustration: iStock First printing, 2009 Printed in the United States of America Unless otherwise indicated, Bible quotations are taken from The Holy Bible: English Standard Version®. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations indicated as from NIV are taken from The Holy Bible: New International Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. The “NIV” and “New International Version” trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by International Bible Society. Use of either trademark requires the permission of International Bible Society. All emphases in Scripture quotations have been added by the author. ISBN PDF: 978-1-4335-0573-7 ISBN Mobipocket: 978-1-4335-0574-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Baucham, Voddie. What he must be — if he wants to marry my daughter / Voddie Baucham. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-58134-930-6 (tpb) 1. Mate selection—Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Marriage— Religious aspects—Christianity. 3. Family—Religious aspects— Christianity. 4. Parenting—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. BV835.B3485 2009 248.4—dc22 2008032937 ML 14
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