by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 27, 2024 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex
With thanks to Brazos Press for sponsoring this post. Forgiveness is possible only after we’ve had the opportunity to name our losses. That’s how Susannah Griffith opens the chapter on lamentations in her book Forgiveness After Trauma. We talked about the book on the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 20, 2022 | Abuse, Podcasts
The evangelical church needs more discernment. I’ve been saying this for years, but we have a huge problem with celebrity culture, where people who are unqualified and spreading toxic teachings are believed and followed because they are charismatic or popular...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 6, 2019 | Sexual Intimacy
When you discover that your husband is cheating on you, or using pornography, should you forgive right away and work on rebuilding the marriage? Or if you discover that your wife is cheating on you, should you put that aside for the sake of the marriage and work on...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 26, 2019 | divorce
If your husband has an affair, are you partially to blame? That’s been something I’ve been debating heatedly on Facebook and Twitter this week, because I saw this Facebook status by Focus on the Family: I found this rather disturbing, and posted it both on...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 12, 2017 | Marriage, Sex
Do you tell on a friend if you find out she had an affair? Every Monday I like to post a reader question, and today’s is a biggie: so a friend had an affair, and it’s gotten really complicated. Do you tell her family? I’m honestly not sure how to...