by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 22, 2026 | Abuse, Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Have you ever felt uncomfortable with the treatment of women in the Old Testament? I was recently sent a note from a woman that said this: I’ve been really seriously struggling as I’ve been leaving the evangelical church recently and what has spurred a lot...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 15, 2026 | Books
Eric and Leslie Ludy completely distort the trauma of sexual assault This husband and wife team (who got together first when he was 21 and she was 16) wrote one of the “Bibles” of purity culture–When God Writes Your Love Story. We talked about it at...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 30, 2026 | Parenting Teens, Research
Teaching modesty messages makes church more dangerous for teen girls. That’s what our newest paper, out in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, shows. It’s based on our dataset for our book She Deserves Better, and the lead author on it...
