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The “Find One, Build One” blog tour is off to a great start! Several bloggers hit the ground running today with introductory posts, background information, and even with full reviews. If you want to participate in the conversation—or just to listen in—here are a few sites you should check out:

In his first post on What He Must Be, Tom Ascol at Founders Ministries blog summarizes the book’s message like this:

“Voddie’s overall concern is to help parents—especially fathers—shepherd their daughters through the process of arranging a marriage to the “right” man. This is not the same as an “arranged marriage” in the sense that the parents simply do it. Rather, it involves teaching and preparing daughters to enter into marriage as spiritually, emotionally and physically intact as possible.”

Tom promises to post some excerpts from the book throughout the week, so check back frequently!

Terry Delaney of Going to Seminary offers a full-fledged review in which he highly recommends the book to parents, singles, and pastors. He’s also posed a question to his readers: “Do you think it is right to set standards for who your children (especially daughters) will marry?” Answer this question on the blog for a chance to win a free copy of the book.

Andy Naselli has a fun contest going on his blog: he’s offering a free copy of the book to the two fathers with the most unmarried daughters. The frontrunners, at last count, had four each. Andy also does a great job of pointing out some interesting tidbits in the book, and he includes page numbers. So those of you who already have a copy of the book, take advantage of his guided tour!

Finally, Brian Thornton of Voice of the Sheep offers a fervent endorsement of the book. We’ll just let Brian speak for himself:

I am not the best or fastest or most efficient reader in the world. I’m not even close. Honestly, while I try to read a lot of books, and many are really good, I usually get to a point somewhere in my reading of any given title when I begin to struggle and start wishing that I was already done with the last page and can move on to the next one. With Voddie Baucham’s new book from Crossway, What He Must Be…If He Wants to Marry My Daughter, I found myself becoming more and more disappointed as I read because I knew that with every turn of a page I was nearing the end of the book. But I didn’t want this one to stop. I needed it to not be done yet. As the father of one incredibly special and quickly maturing daughter and three rambunctious sons, I needed Baucham to keep going in this book. I was not ready for it to be over. It was that good. For present and future fathers, this is a must read.

Stay tuned to these blogs and the Crossway Blog for more news from the tour.