What If the Church Emphasized Emotional Wholeness Rather Than Marriage?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 8, 2025 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Scripture does not say that our goal in life is to be married. If anything, 1 Corinthians 7 says the opposite, that people should remain single if they can. Marriage is nowhere mentioned as the main reason that God created us, and is certainly not mentioned as a...

Why Do Women Often Create the Most Toxic Content?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 3, 2025 | Marriage

Why is it that the worst messages are often shared by women? Why is it that it’s often social media accounts run by women, and books written by women, which are the most adamant about preaching obligation sex, women’s unilateral submission, women having subordinate...

Complementarianism’s “Equal but Different Roles” Hypocrisy

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 24, 2025 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

With thanks to Zondervan and the book For the Love of Women for sponsoring this post! Complementarianism has a big problem. For those of you who don’t know, complementarianism is the belief that God placed men in authority over women, in marriage and the church (some...

PODCAST: The Problems with Complementarianism in a Nutshell

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 20, 2025 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Complementarians often use pretty words to obscure what they believe. They say things like “men are meant to be the protectors!”, or “men bear the burden of responsibility” or “we are all equal, but we just have different roles.”...

Did Women Ruin the Church Too? Dorothy Greco, The New York Times, and Jesus

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 10, 2025 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Thank you to Zondervan and For the Love of Women for sponsoring this post! Last week, The New York Times had a ridiculous headline asking if women ruined the workplace. I bet that Dorothy Greco, who wrote the book For the Love of Women that we talked about on a recent...