31 Powerful Books on Christian Marriage for a Devoted Life

As faithful partners, we want to take care of our spouses and children. But where do we draw the line and begin to take care of ourselves? This book uses Biblical references to help you set healthy boundaries in your life. You’ll find that it applies to more than just your marriage.

Stop feeling guilty about taking care of yourself and start setting healthy boundaries with this helpful guide. This book even addresses what to do if someone is upset by the boundaries you set. With a 4.7 out of 5 rating and almost 25,000 reviews on Amazon, this is a great book to help strengthen your marriage!

Blended families come with their whole own set of challenges and obstacles. You begin a marriage with baggage from your previous failed unions. You’ll inevitably carry fear and uncertainty in your new marriage. This book will guide you through that process along with how to parent your new stepfamily together.

The author of this book, Gary Chapman, is widely known for his book The 5 Love Languages. (Don’t worry, it’s mentioned below!)

Is your marriage struggling? This book uses examples from real life clients to help you relate to the material. You’ll find out how they identified issues in their relationships that caused turmoil in their marriages. With practical advice on how to fix these common problems, this is a book you won’t want to miss.

No list of books on Christian marriage would be complete without The 5 Love Languages. Over 20 million copies have been sold. It has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over a decade. There’s a reason why this book has become so iconic.

Gary Chapman helps you figure out how to best give and receive love to your spouse. He explains that not everyone receives love the same. Some may feel love through touch, others through acts of kindness. Knowing your spouse’s love language can truly transform your marriage and help you form a deeper bond.

This book dives into your childhood to show you how it affects your relationship with your spouse. If you and your spouse have been fighting about the same things over and over again, this book is for you. You’ll discover how deep these issues really can go.

When you are working on conflict resolution, it can be truly helpful to understand the source of the issue. This book will help you look past the symptoms of conflict and help you uncover what’s really going on in your marriage.

This book uses a combination of Bible teachings, marriage research, and examples from real couples to help spouses solve common problems. Improve your marriage through helpful strategies that tackle communication, how to have fun together, and more.

This book has prayers for all stages of marriage, from engagement to a golden anniversary. It touches on everything you could possibly go through in your marriage: issues with health or parenting, losing a job, a big move, and more.

Jodie Berndt has been married for over 40 years and uses personal stories to share her wisdom. This is a great book to read by yourself or with your spouse.

If you’re having communication issues in your marriage, this book is for you! It dives into the best ways to communicate so that you and your spouse can understand each other better.

Communication is such an important part of your marriage. This book is filled with practical examples that will help you strengthen your marriage.

This is a great book on Christian marriage. It explores what the Bible says about marriage and how it should be.

Marriage has changed a lot in our culture of high divorce rates and instant gratification. Learn about what God expects out of your marriage through this deeply insightful book.

If you’re looking to deepen your relationship with God and your spouse, this book is for you.

This book directly uses wisdom from the Bible to help couples strengthen their marriage. It explains how men and women think differently … and that’s ok! Understanding your spouse better will lead to more meaningful conversations and deeper patience with each other.

With over 300,000 copies sold, this book has already helped a lot of couples. It provides strategies that you can start implementing in your marriage today.

This book changes the focus from you and your spouse to God. Who is marriage really about? Explore this question in this insightful book by Gary Thomas.

Can you use your marriage as a tool to love God more and grow in your relationship with Him? Help your spouse grow spiritually with the practical advice from this book.

One of the things I like best about this book is the addition of discussion questions. Use these to start a conversation with your spouse and see what insights they have gotten from the book.

This book has sold over 1 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 15 languages. It tackles common issues in marriage such as:

• Communication
• Conflict resolution
• Money management

Even better, the authors of the book also wrote workbooks for men and women to help further their journies together.

This book focuses on how to use both tough love and tender love in your marriage. They describe tough love as “the protective, consistent, hard side of love”. Tender love is the “understanding, soft side of love”.

The book does dive into how to use these two sides of love in other relationships as well. You’ll also learn about your personality type and how to use it to better show your love.

It can be easy to focus on what your marriage as a whole needs to work on. But this book takes you down a different path. It poses the question “How can I be the best wife I can be?”.

This book will empower wives to make changes in themselves that will have a positive impact on their marriages and families.

I would recommend this book if your husband is not particularly perceptive about changing himself just yet. Wives can work on themselves to make a positive difference right now with the help of this great book.

Francis and Lisa Chan use Scripture teachings to show readers how to have a marriage that will truly fulfill you. Instead of focusing on your marriage itself, turn to God. Focus on the spirituality of it.

This book will help change your perspective of marriage.

If you’ve seen the movie Fireproof, then you’ve probably heard of this book. It contains a 40 day challenge to help spouses practice unconditional love.

This book is recommended if your marriage is struggling. But even if you have a strong marriage, countless of couples swear by the advice and practices in this iconic book.

Strengthen your marriage through the power of prayer! Let this book guide you through prayers for your husband in all aspects of life.

Stormie Omartian uses personal experiences and Bible verses to help you relate to the content of this book. If you’ve been looking to increase your prayer life, then this book is definitely for you!

Similar to the book mentioned above, this book will help husbands strengthen their marriages through the power of prayer. The key difference between the two books is a main focus on what the spouse needs in particular. For example, in The Power of a Praying Husband, there are prayers to help their wives through motherhood. These detailed and very specific prayers are what sets these books apart.

This is another book that fights back against our culture’s view of marriage. It’s unfortunately become a disposable relationship rather than a lifelong commitment.

The authors share their own personal stories and struggles to help you relate to the material. The book covers common issues in marriage such as money, communication, and suffering.

Michelle Peterson combines teachings from the Scriptures and therapy research to help couples bond. She also has a popular blog and podcast.

This book covers real problems that couples face in their marriage. It’s framed in 30 minute discussion topics that couples can use every week. They help build a lasting framework for a stronger marriage.

This book focuses on strengthening communication in your marriage through both love and respect. It touches on how important respect is to husbands and love is to wives. Dr. Eggerichs uses his 30+ years of counseling and Biblical research to help couples.

This book is for any couple, not just those struggling in their marriages. It also includes Scripture studies that will help you deeper your spirituality.

C. S. Lewis explains that there are 4 types of human love: affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. This non fiction book dives into how love works in our lives and encourages us to be open to all forms of love.

John Piper has been married for over 40 years and brings all of his personal wisdom into This Momentary Marriage. He ties a couple’s marriage to Christ’s covenant with the church.

If you’re looking to see your marriage in a more profound, Biblical, and spiritual way, then this book is definitely for you.

Miller draws from the Book of Ruth in the Bible to help us understand a deeper meaning of love. While this book is not specific to married love, the implications that are learned here can definitely be carried into your marriage.

The more loving of a life you live, the more loving your marriage will be. What a great way to analyze a book from the Bible and apply it to your life.

Dr. Lerner studies apologies (or lack thereof). Learn how to apologize in a more meaningful way by examining what the apology means to both parties.

Apologizing is so important in marriage. That’s why this book could not be left out of this list.

This book dives into the author’s marriage and his search for faith. His wife passed sooner than expected and his faith is what saw him through this tragedy.

Explore a deeper understanding of faith, marriage and tragedy through the eyes of a good friend of C.S. Lewis.

Jackie Bledsoe writes about the different stages of marriage and how to navigate through each. Here are the 7 rings:

• Engagement RING
• Wedding RING
• DiscoveRING
• PerseveRING
• RestoRING
• ProspeRING
• MentoRING

Dr. Young has been counseling couples for decades. He uses teachings from the Bible to help guide couples through the different “commandments of marriage”. He says that God gave us marriage and a blueprint for its success.

This book is for married couples of all stages: young and old, struggling or strengthening.

Robert Wolgemuth lays out the various harmful lies that men tend to believe and how to combat them. These lies are fed from evil and keep us further from God and the spiritual connection with our spouse.

Do you believe that disciplining your children will make them rebel? Or that if you mean well, that’s good enough? Learn how to change the narrative of your life with this insightful and thought provoking book.

Are you ready to increase the intimacy in your marriage? Then grab this important book to help you and your spouse intentionally spend time with each other. Couples need to talk to each other about their hopes, dreams, and deepest thoughts.

This book guides couples through daily devotionals. It will help you grow closer together in your marriage and with God.