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Tender Truths for the Evangelical Woman Who Feels Trapped

Tender Truths for the Evangelical Woman Who Feels Trapped

A few weeks ago I got involved in a conversation on X (I still think of it as Twitter) about how to reach women in evangelical spaces who are miserable--but would never Google the problem. How do we let them know that there are other ways to see God? That their misery...

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How the 93% Myth Affects Women’s Ministries

How the 93% Myth Affects Women’s Ministries

The myth that men matter more than women in churches hurts people. Yesterday on the podcast I was talking with Beth Allison Barr and Miranda Zapor Cruz about the myth of the 93%, which goes something like this: The Myth of the 93% When dad comes to Christ first, 93%...

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The Evangelical Sex Report Card

The Evangelical Sex Report Card

What quality of sex do evangelical couples tend to have? This was one of the questions that we set out to answer when we launched our ground-breaking survey to 20,000 married evangelical women and our followup survey with 3000 evangelical men. We used the data from...

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Does Spanking Actually Work?

Does Spanking Actually Work?

Does spanking help kids obey? Yesterday on the Bare Marriage podcast I had an amazing conversation with David and Amanda Erickson about their new book The Flourishing Family. One thing I especially appreciated about their book is that they brought in the data about...

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The Marriage You Want Is Available for Pre-Order

The Marriage You Want Is Available for Pre-Order

Our new marriage book is available for pre-order! The Marriage You Want is out in six months! But you can pre-order it now!For years, one of the most frustrating emails I’ve gotten is someone asking for a recommendation for a marriage book. And I haven’t had anything...

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Are You Trying to Reach Orgasm Backwards?

Are You Trying to Reach Orgasm Backwards?

Maybe orgasm is elusive because we're going about it wrong. I’m pretty sure that when most people start The Orgasm Course, they’re going to head right to Module 4. That’s where we talk about sexual technique and how to figure out arousal and orgasm. That’s where we go...

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