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Podcast: Christian Sex Books & the Backlash Against the Sexual Revolution

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 22, 2021 | Podcasts

How did the 1950s Kinsey Report & the 1960s and 1970s sexual revolution all contribute to the earliest Christian sex books? We talk about it in today’s podcast! And I do need to say, TRIGGER WARNING: We did talk about some pretty intense examples of sexual...

How to Reclaim Sex and Not Make it Ugly

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 29, 2021 | Sexual Intimacy

Sometimes, the way we talk about the purpose of sex makes it clear that we don’t understand the beauty of sex at all. And that needs to stop! Just a quick post today (or what I hope will be a quick post) with a comment about a news story in the Christian world...

Fixed It For You! We Fix a Survey Question So It Doesn’t Enable Date Rape

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 25, 2021 | Abuse, Parenting Teenagers

When research is poorly done, and then that research is used to “prove” something in Christian circles, everything can go awry. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be telling you some of the things we learned in our survey of 20,000 women last year,...

The “Watch Out for Boys Who Want to Push Your Sexual Boundaries” Podcast

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 21, 2021 | Abuse, Podcasts

I believe that we can eradicate rape culture from the evangelical church. In fact, I’m committed to it! And in this week’s podcast we’re looking at how to do that. But first, some background. Today marks the beginning of our debunking series, where...

The Sexual Abuse Questions Podcast: Pointing to Recovery

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 1, 2020 | Podcasts

Sexual abuse is one of the most damaging and traumatic things a person can go through. Warning: This podcast and post may be disturbing to people with sex abuse in their past, but we didn’t go into great detail about anything specific . God designed sex to...

Resources to Help Kids & Adults Understand Consent and Sexual Assault

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 24, 2020 | Abuse

In church, we simply don’t have a good working understanding of the importance of consent in sex. I think it’s because we tend to operate with the idea that women aren’t allowed to say no to sex, and that sex is an entitlement upon marriage. As we...