God, Sex, and Your Marriage

In God, Sex, and Your Marriage, Dr. Juli Slattery offers a biblical perspective on sexual intimacy and its deeper connection to marriage, faith, and emotional connection. Rather than focusing simply on sexual behavior or “having a better sex life,” Slattery explores sexuality as part of God’s design for covenant love. She encourages couples to move beyond ideas of sexual purity and toward sexual integrity—understanding how intimacy, vulnerability, trust, and mutual care can strengthen a marriage.

The book addresses real challenges that many couples face, including differences in desire, past sexual wounds, pornography, forgiveness, and feeling disconnected from one another. Slattery centers the conversation around four pillars of covenant love: faithfulness, intimate knowing, sacrificial love, and passionate celebration. With a combination of biblical teaching and practical insight, God, Sex, and Your Marriage invites couples to view sexual intimacy not as an isolated part of marriage, but as an opportunity to grow in connection, trust, generosity, and love.