The First Five Years

Bill and Pam Farrel write with the credibility of a couple who did the hard work early and have spent decades helping others do the same, and that personal authenticity keeps the book from feeling like generic advice. It covers the full practical terrain of a new marriage — conflict, money, sex, emotional closeness — through a biblical lens, with enough humor to stay readable. The evangelical framework is explicit and central, which is precisely the point for its audience, but readers outside that worldview will find little common ground.