Even IF Women Want Love More than Respect–Is That a Good Thing?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 16, 2021 | Connecting

We’ve all heard the trope that men need respect while women need love. It’s in the best-selling book Love & Respect, which I have critiqued copiously.  And as we pointed out in a podcast on the problems with unconditional respect, the whole foundation...

Can Research and Christian Relationship Advice Go Hand in Hand?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 17, 2021 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Why is it that so many Christian books steer clear of actual research? Today’s post is a little self-serving (well, maybe a lot) because we’re about to close our latest survey for women, and we’d love about 1000 more responses today! So if...

The POWER and STATISTICS Podcast! Science Shouldn’t Be That Hard

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 1, 2021 | Podcasts

Let’s talk power, science, and statistics! They say that 68% of statistics are made up on the spot–and unfortunately, when you look at the way many of us evangelicals handle stats, it would be easy to believe it.  Today we’re taking a bit of a...

An Open Letter to Evangelical Marriage Authors, Influencers and Speakers about Toxic Marriage Teaching

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 26, 2021 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

To my regular blog readers: This is something that I needed to say, and the place to publish it where it will get seen the most is right here on the blog. So excuse me for injecting more discussion of toxic marriage teaching into the blog! I thought, though, that this...

Emerson Eggerichs and the Gaslighting of Emotional Abuse Victims in a Sermon Series

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 24, 2021 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Last year, I looked at some rather alarming clips from some sermons Emerson Eggerichs–the author of Love & Respect–gave where he essentially gaslighted emotional abuse victims. I was prepared to let it go–I’ve talked about it, and...