The response to her tweet - and a growing concern she had about the quality of marriage advice being given to Christian couples - convinced her to give the book a closer look. Gregoire, author of “The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex” and “To Love, Honor and Vacuum,” said she’d been asked to endorse “Love & Respect” from the stage while speaking at marriage conferences in the past. “When you respect someone, then you treat them as a real, whole person. That feels horrible,” she wrote in January 2019. But you can love someone and also take them for granted. “You know what I appreciate a ton about my husband? That he respects me. Gregoire, who has just over 16,000 followers on Twitter, posted a message that seemed to be a direct challenge to the main theme of Eggerichs’ book: the idea that a woman’s greatest need is for love, while a man needs respect. The dispute between Gregoire and Eggerichs and Focus on the Family started - as so many current debates do - with a tweet. Photo by Dawn Stafford, courtesy of Sheila Gregoire Gregoire has shared examples of marriages that have been harmed by Love & Respect, we would submit that the damage has come as the result of one or both spouses twisting and misapplying the text, not as the result of the book’s actual message,” the statement read. Gregoire has seriously misread and misjudged various aspects of Love & Respect, and we further maintain that its central message aligns both with Scripture and with the common-sense principles of healthy relationships,” Focus said in a statement.įocus also said any book, including the Bible, can be misapplied. “The fact of the matter is that we believe Mrs. According to the statement, Focus continues to endorse Eggerich. Focus issued a statement last week saying Gregoire had “orchestrated a campaign” to discredit Eggerich’s book. The dispute over the book has raised enough controversy that Focus on the Family weighed in. Like any book, he said, “Love & Respect” could be misused by people with bad intentions. He believes the book and the ministry that shares its name have helped thousands of couples. She wants Focus on the Family, which originally published the book in partnership with Integrity Publishing, to drop its endorsement.Įggerichs rejects any claim that “Love & Respect,” which has sold more than 2 million copies since 2004, has contributed to abuse. Gregoire says she’s heard from hundreds of women who say one of the book’s main themes - that giving a husband “unconditional respect” can lead to a happy marriage - contributed to abuse in their marriages. The two - both of whom have been featured on Focus on the Family broadcasts - have been feuding for a year over Eggerichs’ bestselling book, “Love & Respect.” (RNS) - There’s not much love lost between Christian marriage and sex blogger Sheila Wray Gregoire and pastor turned marriage expert Emerson Eggerichs.
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