by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 15, 2024 | Abuse, Podcasts
What if evangelical marriage advice actually mimics coercive control? A few months ago I was emailed by Bethany Jantzi when I started talking about The Excellent Wife online. She had just done her dissertation on how The Excellent Wife actually has the same advice and...
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...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 7, 2024 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex
ONE OF THE THINGS WE’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT ON THIS BLOG IS MAKING SURE THE SELF-HELP AND RELATIONSHIP ADVICE IN THE EVANGELICAL WORLD IS HEALTHY. Over the last few years, our team has surveyed over 32,000 people, measuring how certain teachings common in the evangelical...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 1, 2024 | Abuse, Podcasts
What happens to your marriage when you get dragged into fundamentalism? Tia Levings went to a flagship SBC church. She wasn’t supposed to get sucked into fundamentalism. But Tia ended up being stuck in an abusive marriage, trying to fix things by following advice from...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 11, 2024 | Abuse, Podcasts
When you’ve been raised to submit, will you even recognize abuse? With thanks to the NIV Kingdom Girls Bible for sponsoring this podcast! Today on the Bare Marriage podcast, we’ve got such a compelling interview with Lauren Rose from Called to Peace...
