by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 28, 2020 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex
One of the most damaging and unbiblical “Christian” books on marriage is Debi Pearl’s Created to Be His Helpmeet. Debi Pearl’s view of submission teaches women to allow themselves to be abused, rather than teaches women to seek God’s...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 15, 2020 | Abuse, Making Sex Feel Good
The title of this post may sound corny, but do you remember that verse about awakening love in Song of Solomon? Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Song of Solomon...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 4, 2020 | Abuse, Faith
So during COVID, my husband and I, like many around North America, watched the complete and utter train wreck that is the Netflix series Tiger King. It depicts something so unbelievably awful that you almost can’t turn away (although turn away I finally did. I...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 24, 2020 | Abuse
In church, we simply don’t have a good working understanding of the importance of consent in sex. I think it’s because we tend to operate with the idea that women aren’t allowed to say no to sex, and that sex is an entitlement upon marriage. As we...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 3, 2020 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Unfortunately (in my mind), there has not been consensus in the Christian world on whether or not a person is biblically justified to divorce in cases of abuse. It’s long been held that you can divorce for adultery, but not for abuse (I explained why I think...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 26, 2020 | Abuse, Sheila Snippets
For almost two years, my mom and my husband had been planning a cruise for the three of us to take to South America and Antarctica. When we originally booked the cruise, we didn’t know that Rebecca would be having a baby just a few short months before we were...