THE CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE COURSE

For couples who want a marriage that holds — and keeps growing.

A free, self-paced course for Christian couples — covenant, connection, communication, conflict, forgiveness, trust, prayer, intimacy, and building a marriage with a mission. Grounded in Scripture and in the best couples research, welcoming you at any stage of faith.

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Built by a team that counsels Christian couples every week.

This course comes out of the Christian Couples Counseling Center and the wider New Path Family of Therapy Centers — licensed therapists with a personal faith in Jesus Christ, integrating biblical truth with the best of couples research (Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman, and commitment science). It is the course version of what we say in the counseling room.

Scripture at the foundation God’s Word is the blueprint — covenant, grace, forgiveness, and love that keeps no record of wrongs.

Clinical science underneath Attachment research, the Gottman studies, and forgiveness science — every module carries a research companion.

Every couple welcome Every denomination — and marriages where one of you believes and one is unsure. No shame in either direction.

A 16-module course for building a marriage that holds — and honors God in the building.

Each module covers one topic in depth — what Scripture says, what the research shows, what it looks like in a real kitchen on a real Tuesday, and what actually helps.

Who this is for: Christian couples at any stage — engaged, newlywed, decades in, thriving or tired — including marriages where one of you believes and one is still wondering. You can take it together or start alone; one person changing their steps changes the dance.

What happens inside a module.

Every module follows the same arc. About 15–25 minutes, start to finish.

1 Read the lesson Scripture and science together, in plain language — with a picture for every idea. Roughly 8–11 minutes of reading.

2 See what helps The practical part, right after the lesson — things to try this week, plus the Faith Lens and the Science Corner on every module.

3 Take the screener — a mirror, not a verdict On many modules: a short validated questionnaire (a few minutes) that maps where you are — satisfaction, attachment, forgiveness. Never a grade on your marriage.

4 Do the workbook Short, specific prompts that turn the lesson into your marriage. Your answers save to your browser only — no sign-in, and we never see them.

5 Keep going with free worksheets Matched worksheets from the New Path couples library — printable or fill-in, free, no sign-in.

6 Download your PDF — or talk to a counselor Export your workbook as a clean PDF to keep, revisit on an anniversary, or bring into counseling.

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All modules

Part One · Foundations

1 Marriage as Covenant

2 How God Wired Us for Connection

3 Knowing Each Other Deeply

Part Two · Communication & Conflict

4 Speaking So Your Spouse Can Hear

5 Listening as an Act of Love

6 The Four Patterns That Corrode a Marriage

7 Faith-Based Conflict Resolution

8 Anger in Marriage

Part Three · Healing & Restoration

9 Forgiveness: A Process, Not a Moment

10 Rebuilding Trust After Betrayal

11 Emotional Disconnection

12 Unequally Yoked

Part Four · Growing Together

13 Praying as a Couple & Spiritual Intimacy

14 Sex & Intimacy in Christian Marriage

15 Parenting on the Same Team

16 Your Marriage Operating Manual

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This course is built to stand on its own. But if working through it makes you want a conversation — about your marriage, about counseling, or just about where to start — we are right here.

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