As Good as It Gets: Love Life and Relationships: Fifty Days in the Song of Songs

Of all the famous books ever written The Song of Songs has been designated as the finest ever produced or ever to be read on the subject of finding love developing relationships and experiencing life. Its title The Song of Songs is a superlative an almost exaggerated expression of praise which insists that this book is the best of the best. Designed to be read over fifty days As Good as It Gets takes the reader through this greatest of love songs delighting in its beauty and exploring its passion while discovering its insights into aspects of love and life such as praise intimacy affirmation identity insecurity community friendship transformation disruption resolution restlessness rapture confidence dignity disclosure and freedom. In the end the reader will discover much more than a manual on relationships or even what it takes to live a passionate and purposeful life. While remaining entirely honest about the realities of life love and relationships The Song retains the remarkable ability to bring us into a life that is filled with joy and grace beauty and poetry. Stephen Clark in his book As Good as It Gets communicates a clear perceptive and yet practical approach to interpreting the complex book of the Bible the Song of Songs. Clark artfully takes the reader on a creative sensitive and God-centered voyage. He masterfully guides us through the many human emotions represented in the Song of Songs with his thoughtful insightful and instructive pen. --Don Harwood Member New York Philharmonic Orchestra retired As Good as It Gets doesnt get any better. Stephen Clarks new book based on the Bibles ultimate love story Song of Songs is an opera without the tragedy. Who says love and passion are pleasures to feel guilty about in Stephen Clarks beautiful written and heart-felt rendering they are pleasures that go to the very core of love: Gods love. --David Dewey Painter Professor Emeritus It is a rare achievement that can advance scholarship and yet connect with the person in the pew. It is a rarer achievement yet that a homiletical and devotional commentary should serve this purpose. Steven Clarks commentary on the Song of Songs is a unique and stunning accomplishment that will edify the scholar and challenge false conceptions of spirituality. This is simply a sparkling exposition of a mostly unstudied and unread part of the Bible. --John L. Vance Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy State University of New York at New Paltz Stephen Clark is the Senior Pastor of Old Cutler Presbyterian Church in Miami Florida. A native of Jamaica he holds diplomas and degrees from the University of London Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Princeton Seminary and Drew University.