Love and Respect is a huge best-selling book, but instead of producing happy marriages, my guest today says it can lead to abuse.

Welcome to The Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church.

I'm Julie Roy's, and today I'm going to be speaking with

Sheila Ray Gregor, a popular author and marriage blogger. She's also someone who, for the past few

years, has been warning the church that the popular book, Love and Respect, is harmful, and in some

cases can lead to abuse. The author of Love and Respect, Dr. Emerson Egericks, denies the

claim, and he instead says that his book, which has sold more than two million copies, has

helped scores of Christian couples. Yet Gregor now says she has documented evidence to support her

claim. For her new book, The Great Sex Rescue, Gregor conducted a comprehensive study

involving 20,000 women. And she says the study conclusively shows what she's suspected all along

that teaching women to unconditionally respect their husbands and give sex as a duty to them

can lead to abuse. Today, I'll explore the study and Gregor's objections to the

book. I'll also explore Gregorre's claim that focus on the family, which promotes Dr.

Agarik's book, has turned a blind eye to the harmful messages the book conveys.

Gregor will also explain why she's been willing to confront focus publicly and take on what I've often referred to as the evangelical celebrity machine.

When you do this, folks, the consequences can be devastating to your career, but Sheila did it anyway.

So I can't wait to have this discussion with her.

But before I get into that, I want to thank the sponsors of this

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