Bible Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

Why Evangelicals Can’t Influence the World about Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 19, 2022 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

For the last three years I’ve been trying to change the evangelical conversation about sex. I’ve been pointing out how we went so very far off track with so much of our messaging in our best-sellers–focusing on men’s satisfaction and ignoring...

PODCAST: The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible–and Research! Feat. Mary DeMuth

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 14, 2022 | Abuse, Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

We misunderstand women in the Bible–and we misunderstand gender aspects of research! So let’s talk. We’ve got Joanna visiting, so we’ve recorded a whole bunch of segments about how not to misuse research! Plus today Mary DeMuth joins us to talk...

The Problem with How Children’s Bibles Mess Up the Story of Adam and Eve

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 1, 2021 | Parenting Small Children, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Joanna, who is the mom of two littles, has had a pet peeve for years about how baby Bibles and kids’ Bibles mess up the story of Adam and Eve. I asked on Facebook last week for some pictures of how your baby/children’s Bible handled the story, and...

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...