Episode 339: Look Like a Lady--the 5 Visual Tropes of Womanhood that Keep Us Small
Send us Fan Mail What if some of the messages we've absorbed about “what it means to be a woman” have less to do with the Bible and more to...
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Episode 338: What if God is Like a Mother Too? (Love Like a Mother)
Send us Fan Mail What if the Bible has been giving us maternal pictures of God all along—and we've simply been overlooking them? Today we ta...
Episode 337: Why Do Evangelicals Ask Women to Do Such Risky Things if They Say They Protect Women?
Send us Fan Mail What happens when “protecting women” actually leaves them with fewer choices, less financial security, and nowhere to go wh...
Episode 336: The Problems with The Empowered Wife by Laura Doyle
Send us Fan Mail Bethany Jantzi and Dr. Merry Lin join us in taking a very close—and occasionally incredulous—look at Laura Doyle’s The Empo...
Episode 335: If Men Are Leaders...Why Do They Need Women to Fix Them?
Send us Fan Mail What happens when “Christlike manhood” starts sounding suspiciously like Victorian gender roles, male entitlement, and a wh...
Episode 334: What Should Accountability for Purity Culture Authors Look Like?
Send us Fan Mail Buckle up for the final episode of our 3-part series on purity culture! In this episode we dig into what genuine accountabi...
Episode 333: Good Fruit - Are We Measuring It Right When It Comes to Christian Marriage Teaching?
Send us Fan Mail What does Jesus actually mean when he tells us to judge a tree by its fruit - and what happens when we apply that idea to m...
Episode 332: When Purity Culture Supporters Try to Rewrite History (Dannah Gresh Case Study)
Send us Fan Mail And….we’re BACK with a fresh new season of the Bare Marriage podcast! We’re kicking things off with a lively deep dive into...
Episode 331: Keith & Sheila Respond to Crazy Clips (Is it That Jezebel Spirit Again?)
Send us Fan Mail In this season finale we take a dive into social media, examining the messages behind viral clips from popular marriage and...
Episode 330: Men of Virtue with Zachary Wagner
Send us Fan Mail What does it actually mean to be a “good man” in today’s world—and does Christianity offer something deeper than dominance,...
Episode 329: Parenting With Confidence Without Messing Up Your Kids with Wendy Snyder
Send us Fan Mail What happens when you know the old “because I said so” parenting style isn’t healthy…but you also don’t want to raise entit...
Episode 328: The Billy Graham Rule and What It Does to Men Too
Send us Fan Mail What if the “Billy Graham rule” (or the evangelical distortion of it) says more about fear than integrity? In this episode,...
Episode 327: For Men Only by Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn Talks Lust and Sex
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Part 2 of our breakdown of For Men Only! This episode dives headfirst into the sex chapter — and quickly exposes...
Episode 326: The Problems with For Men Only by Jeff & Shaunti Feldhahn
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive into For Men Only, by Shaunti & Jeff Feldhahn, and let’s just say…we have many thoughts! We unpack...
Episode 325: I Belong to Me with Tia Levings
Send us Fan Mail Tia Levings is back, and this time she's brought the book so many of you have been waiting for — I Belong to Me , a su...
Episode 324: Who Bears the Emotional Labor and Mental Load for Sex?
Send us Fan Mail Who's carrying the mental and emotional load when it comes to sex? Today Keith and I are breaking down all the ways ev...
Episode 323: A Step-By-Step Guide to Vetting a Church's Website to See if They're Heathy!
Send us Fan Mail Finding a healthy church after being hurt is hard — especially when toxic churches have learned to hide what they really be...
Episode 322: Why Is Every Man's Battle So Creepy? A Harrowing Example
Send us Fan Mail A close look at how Every Man’s Battle ignores the impact of predation on women and girls–and is just plain creepy! Plus a...
Episode 321: New Research into Modesty Messaging, Sexual Harassment in Church, Plus We Answer Your Questions!
Send us Fan Mail Keith and Rebecca are taking over the podcast this week and are answering your questions — from how to find a healthy churc...
Episode 320: Let’s Talk Adult ADHD and GENDER ROLES!
Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to have realistic expectations of a spouse with ADHD? How does gender play into how ADHD impacts a relati...