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PODCAST: Why John Piper Should Stop Talking about Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 23, 2022 | Podcasts

Recently John Piper had a podcast telling a woman how to deal with a “harsh” husband. It was atrocious advice–especially since women in emotionally abusive relationships would listen to this advice and think that it pertained to them (since most...

Why Is Marriage Advice Aimed at Healthy Couples?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 15, 2022 | Abuse

Do you know who reads marriage books and seeks out marriage advice? Usually it’s people having trouble with their marriage! And yet often the advice that’s given isn’t helpful for unhealthy couples, and can even be harmful. And then authors say,...

Can We Talk about Mutual Respect?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 31, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

If you’re reading this as it’s being published, Keith and I are getting on a cruise ship in Buenos Aires to head to Antarctica! But a lot of interesting things happened this week, and I wanted to chime in while I still have good wifi. The theme of all of...

When to Walk Away Review: How to Deal with Toxic People–and Toxic Marriages

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 29, 2020 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

When it comes to toxic people–and toxic marriages–do we have the courage to walk away? Alice had endured being married to Alex for over 20 years. She had kept trying to make the marriage better–being nice to him; keeping a nice house; studying all...

Iron Sharpens Iron: How to Draw Firm Boundaries in Marriage with a Spouse’s Bad Behaviour

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 27, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

What do you do if you’ve tried confronting your spouse on bad habits that they have, but nothing is changing, and it’s damaging the marriage? Let’s look today at how to draw boundaries and actually see progress in messy areas of marriage. We’re...

Iron Sharpens Iron: How to Speak Up when Something’s Bugging You in Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 20, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

How do you ACTUALLY confront your spouse when something’s bugging you? We’re in the middle of our iron sharpening iron series on the blog this month, where I’m talking about how marriage is supposed to make us better people. We’re supposed to...