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David Raped Bathsheba: Why It’s Important that We Allow for This Interpretation

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 18, 2019 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Rachael Denhollander said that David raped Bathsheba. And then everything broke loose. She said it two weeks ago at the Caring Well conference from the Southern Baptist Convention, talking about how to recognize sexual abuse. But after she said it, a pastor from...

The Micah 6:8 Marriage: Finding the Balance Between Mercy and Justice

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 10, 2019 | Emotional Connection, Theology of Marriage and Sex

What’s the best way to grow towards intimacy with your husband? Hint: that’s a trick question. There’s actually not a correct answer to that question, because there’s not a universal BEST way. There is only what God would have you do, in this...

My 40% Modesty Rule: A Better Way to Look at How to Dress

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 25, 2019 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

What does it mean to be modest? What are proper modesty rules? I’ve been talking all month about how the message that “men lust all the time so women have to have sex to stop men from lusting” is so dangerous and unbiblical. Yet in far too many...

10 Times You’re Allowed to Say No to Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 12, 2019 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

You’re allowed to say no to sex. Unfortunately that can be a radical thing to say in some church circles, and I’ve been writing lately about God created sex to be a mutual experience, not just a one-sided experience. Women’s pleasure matters, too,...

Our Submission Series: Do We Know What it Means to Serve our Husbands?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 26, 2018 | Marriage, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Have you ever really studied your husband?I mean really studied him? Do you know what makes him tick? Do you know what makes him discouraged, and what makes him feel like he can take on the world? Do you know what his biggest fear is, and what his biggest...

Our Submission Series: Does Jesus Value Marriage Over the People in It?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 12, 2018 | Marriage, Theology of Marriage and Sex

One of the interesting phenomena I’ve encountered when blogging is that the angry men who leave “drive-by” comments quoting Bible verses about how women must obey and remain silent so rarely talk about Jesus. They take verses out of context from New...