Just married or engaged? You’re probably over the moon right now with love and affection!
Marriage is fun and wonderful, but it also takes work. And it takes intentionality to keep the fire going and keep your marriage on the right track.
Luckily, there are many amazing resources available to help you and your spouse to grow individually and together.
Keep reading to discover the eight best marriage books for Christians, so you can learn how to effectively talk to your spouse, improving your marriage on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
Sacred Marriage – Gary Thomas
In Sacred Marriage, most couples realize for the first time that their marriage isn’t actually about them. It may come as a shock, but marriage is not about your personal happiness and contentment. Your marriage is actually about God, and the way he longs to relate to his people. Marriage is intended to drive people closer to God, helping us to better reflect Jesus to the world around us. The book provides insight into how marriage is a discipline that cultivates holiness in our lives. And this holiness leads to greater happiness and a stronger marriage.
The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Wray Gregoire
The Great Sex Rescue pulls back the curtain on what is happening in Christian bedrooms and exposes the problematic teachings that wreck sex for so many couples and the good teachings that leave others breathless. In the #MeToo and #ChurchToo era, not only is this book a long overdue corrective to church culture, it is poised to free thousands of couples from repressive and dissatisfying sex lives so that they can experience the kind of intimacy and wholeness God intended.
The Meaning of Marriage – Tim and Kathy Keller
In The Meaning of Marriage, New York Time’s bestselling author, Timothy Keller, and his wife Kathy Keller provide a roadmap on what marriage was originally intended to be. He shares the Biblical framework of why marriage exists and what it should look like. If you are looking to build a marriage that lasts forever, is full of wonder, mystery, and contentment, then you need to understand God’s plan for a holy and lasting marriage.
Marriage After God – Aaron and Jennifer Smith
What if God has purposed your marriage for something so much more than happily ever after? That’s the question that popular marriage authors Aaron and Jennifer Smith ask in the book Marriage After God. We appreciated the honest and authentic stories and their vision of doing life as a team. We read This book together separately and then came together to discuss everything from “our first ministry” to how is going to make our “marriage unique.” We highly encourage you to write our your questions/comments/observations and then take the time to discuss over coffee, the book is definitely worth diving into together.
You and Me Forever- Francis Chan
In You and Me Forever, Francis Chan flips the idea of marriage on its head. The best-selling author, pastor, and church planter shows us that the best way to cultivate a healthy, thriving marriage is to not focus on marriage. As is often the case, the wisdom of Jesus seems upside down. When we focus on our marriage and striving to find fulfillment, we will be left empty. But when we devote ourselves to the purposes of God as a married couple, then we discover the true joy that the loving relationship of marriage provides.
Loveology – John Mark Comer
John Mark Comer is writing for anyone who wants to learn and understand God’s design for marriage, relationships, sexuality, and singleness. In Loveology, Comer starts with a marriage and works backward as he talks about the most asked questions regarding relationships and sexuality. Comer is an approachable author who speaks with humanness and compassion to those who want to understand a real theology of marriage.
The Mingling of Souls – Matt Chandler
The Mingling of Souls is Matt Chandler deep dive into marriage through one of Scripture’s most valuable relationship guidebooks: Song of Solomon. The Song of Solomon offers strikingly candid—and timeless—insights on romance, dating, marriage, and sex. We need it. Because emotions rise and fall with a single glance, touch, kiss, or word. Chandler navigates these issues for both singles and marrieds by revealing the process Solomon himself followed: Attraction, Courtship, Marriage … even Arguing.
The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
The Five Love Languages is one of the foundational books on marriage. In the book, you’ll discover the five main ways that people long to receive love, and how you can express love to others, and your spouse. By discovering the ways your spouse feels most loved, appreciated, and known, you can start to communicate love in fresh, simple ways today.
Cultivate a Better Relationship With the Best Christian Marriage Books
With so many marriage book options available these days, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and never pick up a marriage book. But these 8 should get you started on deepening your relationship with your partner and growing together.
