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PODCAST: Are Soul ties Real? And is the Purity Culture Belief Harmful or Helpful?

PODCAST: Are Soul ties Real? And is the Purity Culture Belief Harmful or Helpful?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 29, 2025 | Podcasts

The iea of soul ties was commonly taught in purity culture. Basically, it boils down to the thought that when you have sex with someone, your souls are joined in the spiritual realm. If you have sex with someone that’s not your spouse, then, part of you will...
Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Have Unhealthy Emotional Bonds with Your Kids?

Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Have Unhealthy Emotional Bonds with Your Kids?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 27, 2019 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Are you becoming codependent with your children? Do you have unhealthy emotional bonds with your parents? This month we’ve been talking about the concept of “soul ties”, which was preached a lot in Christian circles in the 1980s and 1990s, but which...
Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Form Soul Ties By Having Sex with Somebody?

Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Form Soul Ties By Having Sex with Somebody?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 13, 2019 | Sex

Does having sex with somebody mean that you have a soul tie with them–a spiritual bond that is hard to break? This month at Bare Marriage we’re doing our Wednesday series on soul ties and emotional bonds, because it’s a topic that seems to come up a...
Our Soul Ties Series: What Are Soul Ties? And Do We Need to Break Soul Ties?

Our Soul Ties Series: What Are Soul Ties? And Do We Need to Break Soul Ties?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 6, 2019 | Spiritual Intimacy

I often get asked if soul ties exist, and, if so, how do you break them? It’s a common enough query that brings people to the blog that I thought it would be worth exploring some of what we mean by “soul tie” for our November series, and talk about...

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Have you ever noticed that a lot of common Christian sex advice just sounds really icky?

Sex is supposed to be great. Like, really great. So great that it’s hard to keep your hands off each other great. 

So why do so many Christian marriage books present it as another chore to check off of a woman’s to-do list? 

Why do so many Christian sex books portray men as doomed to sexual deviancy? 

We’re on a mission to change the conversation about sex in evangelical spaces. And to do that, we started by scoring our current best-sellers based on a Healthy Sexuality Scorecard. 

Want to see how your favourite book scored? 

You can download the rubric and scorecard (including quotes that explain the score) here, for free!

Get the rubric and scorecard--for free!