The Bible teaches that God created both sex and marriage to be very good. Christians, we need some redemption, some serious discipleship in these areas.
“We should not be ashamed to discuss what God was not ashamed to create” –Dr. Juli Slattery, Rethinking Sexuality.
No resource is perfect, but here are some books to spark ongoing discussion of sexuality, marriage, dating, etc. from a Christian and Biblical perspective. Begin reading one today.
Chandler, Matt. Mingling of Souls: God’s Design for Love, Marriage, Sex, and Redemption
Cloud, Henry and Townsend, John. Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices that Make or Break Loving Relationships
Comer, John Mark. Loveology: God, Love, Marriage, Sex. And the Never-ending Story of Male and Female
Gregoire, Sheila Wray and Lindenbach, Rebecca Gregoire, et al. The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You’ve Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended.
Jones, Stan and Jones, Brenna. God’s Design for Sex: 4 Book Children’s Series to help you begin talking with your child about sex as early as ages 3-5.
Jones, Stan and Jones, Brenna. How and When to Tell Your Kids About Sex: A Lifelong Approach to Shaping Your Child’s Sexual Character
Keller, Timothy and Keller, Kathy. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Rosenau, Douglas. A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God’s Gift of Sexual Intimacy
Schnarch, David. Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
Slattery, Juli. Rethinking Sexuality: God’s Design and Why it Matters
Sprinkle, Preston. Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say
Stuart, Ben. Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love In the Modern Age
Thomas, Gary. Sacred Marriage: What if God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More than to Make Us Happy?
Welcher, Rachel Joy. Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality