by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 9, 2020 | Resolving Conflict
Have you ever experienced stonewalling in your marriage? If you’ve ever said something like, “He refuses to talk about it,” “every time I bring it up he shuts me down,” “She walks out of the room if I mention it.” “He...
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 | 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 | Jan 22, 2020 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Can you change an abusive marriage just by praying hard and having enough faith? A while ago a woman sent me in a letter criticizing me for saying that it’s okay for women to divorce in cases of abuse, because I should be telling women to have faith for a...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 15, 2020 | Bare Marriage, 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....
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...