Evangelical Advice Saying Expectations in Marriage are Sinful Is Crazy-Making

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 18, 2026 | Resolving Conflict, Theology of Marriage and Sex

A funny thing happened last week for Mother’s Day. The Gospel Coalition, a rather mainstream evangelical organization founded by the late Tim Keller and having entirely male leadership, published a Facebook post. And what was their message for Mother’s Day? Was it...

Expectations in Marriage: 4 Things You Should Expect from Your Spouse

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 12, 2025 | Marriage

The Double Standards of Sexual Expectations in Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 16, 2023 | Sexual Intimacy

We need to deal with our double standards of sexual expectations in marriage. This month we’re looking at entitlement in marriage, and how the entitlement mentality can kill a marriage. One of the things we were talking about last week was that reasonable...

Do You Ever Feel Rejected When Your Husband Seems to Prefer Sleep to Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 13, 2021 | Libido

I wonder: since we’ve grown up believing so much that men want sex all the time, then when he doesn’t initiate sex, do women feel rejected? I’m not talking about the rejection that higher drive wives feel (that’s real, and that’s...

Are Expectations in Marriage Wrong? 3 Things You Should Expect from Your Spouse

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 10, 2020 | Marriage

Is it wrong to have expectations in marriage? We’ve been talking about emotional maturity this month, and yesterday, as I was writing about how to have a conversation when a spouse is stonewalling, it reminded me of a post I wrote a while back about how...