The Love Dare is a non-fiction

Non-fiction

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 marriage

Marriage

Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

-related book

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 written by Alex

Alex Kendrick

Alex Kendrick is an associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church, in Albany, Georgia. He has been in Albany since 1999. He oversees the movie outreach for the church, which includes Sherwood Pictures, the movie-creating entity that produced Flywheel , Facing the Giants , Fireproof , and Courageous ....

 and Stephen Kendrick

Stephen Kendrick

Stephen Kendrick is an American film writer and producer, co-writer of the book The Love Dare with brother Alex Kendrick, and senior associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia.- Filmography :- External links :* *...

. It is a 40-day Christian devotional

Bible study (Christian)

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 designed to strengthen marriages. Each daily devotion includes scripture

Bible

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, a statement of principle

Principle

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, the day’s "dare," (such as "Resolve to say nothing negative to your spouse at all") and a journaling

Diary

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 area and check box to chart progress. It is used in the storyline for the 2008 film, Fireproof

Fireproof (film)

Fireproof is a 2008 American Christian drama film released by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Affirm Films , directed by Alex Kendrick, who co-wrote and co-produced it with Stephen Kendrick...

, which is directed by author Alex Kendrick. For Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

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, Day 1 and Day 2 of The Love Dare were published on the Baptist Press

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' website, with permission of B & H Publishing Group.

The Love Dare has sold over 3.5 million copies, with at least four million copies in print. It has spent over 80 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list

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, and received the Platinum Award (more than 1 million sold) from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association

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 (EPCA) in April 2009. Now translated into over 20 languages, The Love Dare is quickly expanding to other countries. Alex and Stephen Kendrick have written a second book released in the fall of 2009 called "Love Dare Day by Day", a one year devotional for couples.

Charts

• #1 twice on the New York Times Best Seller list
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• #7 non-fiction on Amazon.ca (Canadian
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• #9th on the USA Today
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  best-seller list.

External links

• The Love Dare Book – official book website
• Love Dare Journals