I hope they grow up seeing their bodies as powerful and precious, not dangerous or threatening. I want them to glory in the majesty of being a “daughter of Eve,” to delight in their high calling to rule and reign with Christ, and to revel in their ability to uniquely show the world what God is like as his image bearers. I want them to fight back

I want my daughters to grow up knowing, deep in their bones, that they are worthy, precious, and loved beyond measure, just like Rachael’s book says.

Finally, free people up to say no to harmful resources. Nobody can review every book, blog post, or radio program, but you can empower your congregation to exercise discernment. Say clearly and often from the pulpit, “Not all advice or ‘Christian’ instruction is actually Christ-centered. We’re trying to point you in the right direction, but we

Do you believe that men are not capable of remaining sexually faithful during a woman’s period or postpartum phase? Do you think guys are so fragile that they can’t have sexual integrity without women dressing in baggy turtlenecks or without their wives giving them frequent release? Do you think the Holy Spirit isn’t enough for men? We don’t think

As Leslie Vernick says, “A wife is not a body to use but a person to love.”

biblical principle is that God does not hold a sin against you if you do it in ignorance. Once you have been warned, though, you are now responsible for those you could have helped.

How have we gone so wrong that so few of our bestselling Christian books contain healthy teachings, and so many contain the most harmful ones? Why is it that the bestselling secular marriage book scores near perfectly, while the bestselling Christian marriage book that met our criteria fails abysmally?7 Where is discernment in the evangelical

We needed to give people explicit permission to reject the aspects of the evangelical zeitgeist that were holding them back.

Passion flows from the ability to be vulnerable, which flows from the ability to trust, which flows from a safe relationship. With so much of the Christian advice telling us good marriages are built by having passionate sex, no wonder we’ve gone adrift—we were doing it backward.