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PODCAST: New Research Blows Away the Evangelical Idea about Lust

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 17, 2022 | Libido, Podcasts, Pornography

Is lust really every man’s battle? And how do we handle different libidos? It’s launch week for The Good Guy’s Guide to Great Sex and The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex, and I wanted to save some of our most important findings from our...

PODCAST: Do Authors Secretly Fear Women Just Don’t Like Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 4, 2021 | Bare Marriage, Podcasts

What if the reason authors can’t give up the obligation sex message is that they fear women won’t have sex otherwise? It’s time for another edition of the Bare Marriage podcast! (And we filmed this before Rebecca gave birth; she’s being...

PODCAST: Are You Doing Sex on HARD MODE?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 16, 2021 | Podcasts, Pornography

Are you making sex harder than it needs to be in your marriage? We’re in the middle of our doing marriage on hard mode series, and today we’re talking about doing sex on hard mode! (and, yes, I know that’s a double entendre). We’ve got a...

Don’t Tell Women to Have Sex So He Won’t Watch Porn

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 9, 2021 | Pornography

Telling a woman that the way she stops her husband from watching porn is to have sex with him is toxic. I’m getting ready to pack up our RV and leave the campground. It’s been a great few weeks relaxing, knitting, and processing, and I’m grateful....

Is Porn the New Purity Culture?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 27, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers, Pornography

Is the next thing that’s going to damage sex in evangelical circles the way that we’re treating porn? Now, please understand: I think there is no excuse for watching porn. Porn is the biggest driver of sex trafficking. Even if the porn you’re...

With Porn, We Need More Than a Gospel of Sin Avoidance

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 8, 2021 | Pornography

Quitting porn needs to be something that changes you–not just something that allows you to avoid what you find really enticing. Last week on the podcast we were talking about how women are not methadone for their husbands’ sin addictions. They can’t...