Marriage
Whether you are married, considering marriage, or have family or friends who are married, we could all do with a refresher on God’s design, love and purpose in and for marriages. Here are four resources of increasing lengths you could check out:
1. “Marriage: Whose Dream?” by Paul Tripp
Expectations play a huge role in who we look for in a spouse, what we want and how we think we can get it. This mini book will help refocus dreams into the reality of God’s better design.
2. “Building a Marriage to Last: Five Essential Habits for Couples” by Brad Hambrick
For those married, sometimes you might get in a rut, intentionality drifts and communication wanes. This booklet won’t ‘fix’ things, but it will help prompt you to return to habits that help steward towards life and fruitfulness in our marriage.
3. “On Marriage” by Timothy Keller
Tim and Kathy Keller reset our understanding of marriage through a winsome walk through what God has said about it, and how he works in and through them. A short read for the married and unmarried alike to view and value marriage as God intended.
4. “Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make” by Paul Tripp
This is a little weightier – but marriage is weighty! Paul Tripp walks readers through 6 commitments, but it isn’t 6 steps to a better marriage, but rather he demonstrates how those 6 commitments provide wisdom in the most mundane to the extraordinary of life.