by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 10, 2023 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex
John MacArthur has sent abused women back to their husbands. It is horrific. Julie Roys broke a story last year about Eileen Gray. Twenty years ago she came to the church leadership at Grace Community Church for help for her abusive marriage. Her husband was abusing...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 28, 2020 | Abuse
One of the most damaging and unbiblical “Christian” books on marriage is Debi Pearl’s Created to Be His Helpmeet. Debi Pearl’s view of submission teaches women to allow themselves to be abused, rather than teaches women to seek God’s...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 24, 2017 | Abuse, Bare Marriage, Resolving Conflict
How do you know if you’re being abused? One of the hardest parts of blogging is reading so many heartbreaking emails and comments that come in from people in truly destructive marriages. I find myself wondering, why do people treat each other this way? And even...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 5, 2016 | Abuse
Are you married to a controlling husband? I wrote a big post recently about how too often our Christian culture promotes a version of church and marriage that makes women powerless–and that this inevitably leads to abuse. Not that EVERY woman will be abused, but...
