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An Open Letter to Focus on the Family about Love & Respect and Emerson Eggerichs

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 15, 2020 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Focus on the Family initially had its logo on the book Love & Respect, and heavily markets it through their website and emails, often giving it as a freebie to people who donate. As I have talked about at length on this blog, I have grave concerns about the book....

Is It Okay if Christian Marriage Books are Just a Little Bit Harmful?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 14, 2020 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Christian marriage books should not harm people. That seems to me to be a no-brainer, but often in discussions about books that I believe spread a toxic teaching, people will say something like: Well, I got a lot of out of it. I didn’t agree with all of it, and...

An Example of What Gaslighting Women Using the Bible Looks Like

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 19, 2019 | Abuse, Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Tragically, too often in “Christian” teaching women’s views are ignored, or “gaslighted”. It’s time for a new To Love, Honor and Vacuum podcast, and this one’s a doozy, and a bit of a departure from my normal podcasts....

Can an Emotionally Abusive Marriage Heal?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 21, 2019 | Resolving Conflict

Can a marriage emerge from emotional abuse to be healed–to feel whole and intimate? Last week was a depressing week on the blog. It really was a hard slog. I took an in-depth look at the book Love & Respect, and talked about how the Love & Respect...

Your Stories of Women and Marriages Damaged from Love and Respect

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 18, 2019 | Book Reviews, Resolving Conflict, Theology of Marriage and Sex

This has been a wild week on the blog as we have looked at Love & Respect by Emerson Eggerichs, one of the best selling Christian marriage books. I intended originally to write only a post about how the book approached sex, but the outcry was so immense that I...

And…This is Why Abuse Flourishes. Can We Provoke Someone to Abuse?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 2, 2018 | Abuse, Resolving Conflict

When there’s abuse in marriage, are both parties to blame? Or is just the abuser to blame?I honestly wish I didn’t have to ask that question, but last week a commenter left this comment on my post about emotionally destructive marriages: I believe almost...