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BOOKS ON
MARRIAGE & FAMILY

General Marriage and Family Overviews

  • Christian Living in the Home by Jay Adams (P&R Publishing, 1989)

  • God, Marriage, and Family by Andreas J. Köstenberger (Crossway, 2010)

  • “The Fulfilled Family” sermon series by John MacArthur, MP3s for free download available at www.gty.org

  • Your Family God’s Way by Wayne Mack (P&R Publishing, 1991)

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Singleness

  • Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye?  Trusting God with a Hope Deferred by Carolyn McCulley (Crossway, 2004)

  • Fine China is for Single Women Too by Lydia Brownback (P&R Publishing, 2003)

  • The Holy Vocation of Singleness: The Single Person in the Family of God,” by John Chapman, Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 5, no. 2 (Fall 2000), pages 4-5

  • The Rich Single Life by Andrew Farmer (PDI Ministries, 1998)

  • With One Voice: Singleness, Dating and Marriage to the Glory of God by Alex Chediak (Christian Focus, 2006)

 

Purity

  • Help! He’s Struggling with Pornography by Brian Croft (DayOne, 2010)

  • Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ’s Control by Elizabeth Elliot (Revell, 2002)

  • The Purity Principle by Randy Alcorn (Multnomah, 2003)

  • The Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty by Dannah Gresh (Moody, 2002)

  • Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who Are Sick of Porn by Tim Challies [appropriate for older teens and adults], free e-book available at www.challies.com

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Romance, Dating, and Courtship​

  • Holding Hands, Holding Hearts: Recovering a Biblical View of Christian Dating by Richard & Sharon Phillips (P&R Publishing, 2006)

  • Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp (New Growth, 2006)

  • With One Voice: Singleness, Dating and Marriage to the Glory of God by Alex Chediak (Christian Focus, 2006)

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The Roles of Men and Women:

  • God, Marriage, and Family by Andreas J. Köstenberger (Crossway, 2010)

  • Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem (Crossway, 2006)

  • Different by Design: Discovering God’s Will for Today’s Man and Woman by John MacArthur (Victor, 1994)

  • Men and Women: Equal Yet Different by Alexander Strauch (Lewis & Roth, 1999)

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Masculinity and Biblical Manhood

  • Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes (Crossway, 1991)

  • The Exemplary Husband by Stuart Scott (Focus, 2002)

  • Fatherhood: What it is and What it’s for by Tony Payne (Matthias Media, 2004)

  • The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men by Richard D. Phillips (Reformation Trust, 2010)

  • What He Must Be…If He Wants to Marry My Daughter by Voddie Baucham (Crossway, 2009)

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Femininity and Biblical Womanhood

  • Feminine Appeal: Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother by Carolyn Mahaney (Crossway, 2004)

  • Heaven at Home by Ginger Plowman (Shepherd, 2006)

  • Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World by Carolyn McCulley (Moody, 2008)

  • A Woman after God’s Own Heart by Elizabeth George (Harvest, 2001)

  • Womanly Dominion by Mark Chanski (Calvary, 2008)

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Marriage:

  • The Intimate Marriage by RC Sproul (P&R Publishing, 2004)

  • This Momentary Marriage by John Piper (Crossway, 2009)

  • Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas (Zondervan, 2000)

  • Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage by Lee and Leslie Strobel (Zondervan, 2002)

  • What Did You Expect?: Redeeming the Realities of Marriage by Paul David Tripp (Crossway, 2010)

  • When Sinners Say ‘I Do’: Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage by Dave Harvey (Shepherd Press, 2007)

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Marital Romance and Intimacy:

  • A Biblical Guide to Love, Sex and Marriage by Dr. Derek & Rosemary Thomas (Grace, 2007)

  • God on Sex: The Creator’s Ideas about Love, Intimacy and Marriage by Daniel L. Akin (B&H Publishing, 2003)

  • Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God by CJ Mahaney (Crossway, 2004)

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General Parenting:

  • Don’t Make Me Count to Three by Ginger Plowman (Shepherd, 2004)

  • Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd and Margy Tripp (Shepherd, 2008)

  • Gospel-Powered Parenting: How the Gospel Shapes and Transforms Parenting by William P. Farley (P&R Publishing 2009)

  • Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp (Shepherd, 1998)

  • What the Bible Says about Parenting by John MacArthur (W., 2000)

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Child Conversion:

  • How Children Come to Faith in Christ, CD series interview of Jim Elliff by Dennis Rainey and Bob LePine of FamilyLife Today Radio, available for purchase at www.ccwtoday.org

  • What He Must Be…If He Wants to Marry My Daughter by Voddie Baucham (Crossway, 2009)

  • What the Bible Says about Parenting by John MacArthur (W., 2000)

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Parenting Teens:

  • Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens by Paul David Tripp (P&R Publishing, 2001)

  • Already Gone: Why Your Kids Will Quit Church and What You Can do to Stop it by Ken Ham & Britt Beemer, with Todd Hillard (Master, 2010)

  • A Baptist Catechism adapted by John Piper, available for free at www.desiringgod.org

  • Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper (Crossway, 2003)

  • Get Outta My Face! How to Reach Angry, Unmotivated Teens with Biblical Counsel by Rick Horne (Shepherd, 2009)

  • Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World edited by CJ Mahaney (Crossway, 2008)

  • God’s Technology: Training Our Children to Use Technology to God’s Glory, DVD presentation by David Murray (Reformation Heritage, 2010)

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Adoption:

  • Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches by Russell Moore (Crossway, 2009)

  • Adoption as a Ministry, Adoption as a Blessing by Michelle Gardner (Pleasant Word, 2003)

  • Reclaiming Adoption: Missional Living Through the Rediscovery of Abba Father edited by Dan Cruver (Cruciform 2010), visit www.cruciformpress.com

 

Family Discipleship:

  • Big Truths for Young Hearts by Bruce Ware (Crossway, 2009)

  • Family Driven Faith: Doing What it Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God by Voddie Baucham (Crossway, 2007)

  • Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd and Margy Tripp (Shepherd, 2008)

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Family Worship:

  • Family Worship by Joel Beeke (Reformation Heritage, 2009)

  • Family Worship: In the Bible, in History, and in Your Home by Donald Whitney (Center for Biblical Spirituality, 2004)

  • Thoughts on Family Worship by James Alexander (Soli Deo Gloria, 1998 [reprint of 1847])

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Resources to Use During Family Worship:

  • The Building on the Rock Series [5 volumes of inspiring adventure and missionary stories for kids] by Joel Beeke and Diana Kleyn (Reformation Heritage, 2003)

  • The Child’s Story Bible by Cathrine Vos (Eerdmans, 2000)

  • Expository Thoughts on the Gospels by J. C. Ryle [great to read aloud during family devotions] (Banner of Truth, 1986-97)

  • The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones (Zondervan, 2006)

  • Leading Little Ones to God by Marian Schooland (Eerdmans, 1995)

  • Long Story Short: Ten-Minute Devotions to Draw Your Family to God by Marty Machowski (New Growth, 2010)

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