PODCAST: Francine Rivers’ And the Shofar Blew–Let’s Look at Christian Fiction (Part 1)

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 6, 2025 | Podcasts

Let’s look at fiction–something we’ve never done before! Here at Bare Marriage we’ve looked extensively at the nonfiction, self-help books about marriage and sex in evangelicalism, and how the messages in them actually lead to worse outcomes...

PODCAST: The Problems with The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 8, 2024 | Abuse, Podcasts

There are few books as harmful to women as The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace sells like hotcakes in biblical counseling/ fundamentalist/ homeschooling circles, and even though it seems like a “fringe” book, it’s affecting tens of...

PODCAST: Deep Dive into Shaunti Feldhahn’s For Women Only

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 21, 2023 | Podcasts

Why Complementarian / Egalitarian Labels Matter: A Response to Nancy Pearcey

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 15, 2023 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Do complementarian men make the best husbands? Last June and July I was really burned out. I had been engaging in a Twitter back and forth with Nancy Pearcey, the author of the new book The Toxic War on Masculinity. Her thesis is a simple one:  “The happiest of...

Jill Duggar’s Counting the Cost: When Christianity Has No Christ

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 13, 2023 | Faith

I love Jill Duggar’s authenticity in her new memoir Counting the Cost. I love Jill Duggar’s (or Jill Dillard’s!) growth that she shows in Counting the Cost. I love how Jill models getting help when you need it. I love how she obviously struggled to...