Alisa Childers Owes Evangelical Women an Apology for Dismissing Their Pain

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 3, 2026 | intimacy, Research

Alisa Childers recently critiqued The Great Sex Rescue on her podcast. Childers calls herself an apologist. She became well-known in Christian spaces as a member of ZoeGirl, and now hosts a podcast where she critiques anyone who doesn’t endorse conservative...

Why the Bare Marriage Research Studies Are So Ground-Breaking (And You Can Trust Them!)

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 20, 2026 | Research

There’s been a big uptick lately of men especially on social media accusing us of having biased research in our study of 20,000 women. I don’t normally address these issues from the blog, because, quite frankly, our work speaks for itself. We did the...

PODCAST: Thalidomide, Bad Christian Marriage Books, and a Jesus Who Laughs

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 27, 2025 | Podcasts

God is not just an angry magazine cover in the sky He’s not there saying, “here’s 7 ways you could smarten up so you don’t disappoint me so much.” But that’s often how we picture God–so terribly disappointed in us!...

How Can We Talk about Men’s Sexual Desire in a Healthy Way?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 26, 2025 | Libido, Theology of Marriage and Sex

One of the most frequent questions I get from men is this one: How can I get my wife to understand my sexual needs? He feels like he’s in a sex-starved marriage, and he’s desperate for sex. But the more he talks about sex, the more his wife pulls away. What’s the...

My Disturbing Conversation With an Evangelical Author Who Believes Men Always Lust

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

Shouldn’t authors care if their teaching harms women? I shared a story on Facebook yesterday, and I wanted to expand on it a bit today here, since it resonated so much there. The last few weeks my mind has been replaying a convo I had a few years ago with one of...