Much of what passes for Christian marriage teaching has left couples confused, disconnected, and harmed—especially women. Sheila Wray Gregoire, author and researcher behind The Great Sex Rescue, joins Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to unpack how evangelical sex and marriage advice went so wrong. Drawing from large-scale survey data, Gregoire explains how obligation-based sex, rigid gender stereotypes, and authority-driven theology damage intimacy, fuel sexual pain, and erode trust. The conversation explores purity culture, entitlement, mutuality, and why equality—not hierarchy—is essential for healthy Christian marriage and faithful discipleship.

Important Links:

• BareMarriage.com
• The Great Sex Rescue – https://amzn.to/4jIqpjt
• The Marriage You Want – https://amzn.to/49A0hTa
• Bare Marriage Podcast – https://baremarriage.com/category/podcasts/
• Sheila on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/sheilagregoire/

Sheila Wray Gregoire is a Christian speaker, author, and researcher who has written multiple bestselling books on sex and marriage, including The Great Sex Rescue and The Marriage You Want. Through her blog and podcast at BareMarriage.com, she helps Christians rethink harmful assumptions about gender, intimacy, and faith in relationships. Her work is grounded in data, driven by compassion, and committed to pointing people toward wholeness and mutuality.

Follow this show and Jake Doberenz’s writings at http://jakedoberenz.substack.com.

Many Christians are trapped in a false choice between political ideologies that distort the Christian faith. Justin Giboney, political strategist, attorney, and president of the AND Campaign, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discuss his new book Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around and the Black church’s enduring witness in the face of oppression. Drawing on his grandparents’ legacy in the civil rights movement, Giboney shares how the Black church modeled a prophetic public faith that was both bold and redemptive. Together, they explore what the culture war really is, why Christians must learn to critique both the right and the left, and how moral imagination enables better engagement in politics.

Justin Giboney on X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/JustinEGiboney
The AND Campaign - https://www.andcampaign.org/
Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around – https://amzn.to/4qNyUMp
Greed, Racism, Violence, and Empire - Malcolm Foley – https://christianitywithoutcompromise.transistor.fm/20

Justin Giboney is an attorney, political strategist, and co-founder of the AND Campaign, a Christian civic organization dedicated to applying biblical values to social and political issues. He is the author of Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around: How the Black Church’s Public Witness Leads Us out of the Culture War. Giboney draws from his heritage and civil rights roots to reframe how Christians engage politics with conviction and compassion.

On this episode of Christianity Without Compromise, originally recorded live, Dr. Jared Stacy (theologian and author), Joash Thomas (Anglican minister and justice advocate), Larry Lin (pastor and writer), and Caleb E. Campbell (pastor and author) join host Jake Doberenz to examine the rise of Christian nationalism five years after the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack.

Jared Stacy, scholar of conspiracy theories, traces how Christian nationalism thrives by blending whiteness, national identity, and Christian symbols. Caleb Campbell shares his own church’s disorientation as members turned on him over immigration and racial justice, seeing political dissent as spiritual betrayal. Larry Lin reflects on his transformation driven by a desire to root out anti-gospel messages from the church. And Joash Thomas, former GOP operative turned public theologian, draws on his Indian Christian heritage to contrast American self-preservation with the global Church’s sacrificial advocacy for the marginalized.

Together, they confront the spiritual rot beneath Christian nationalism—and what real Gospel allegiance demands in response.

Resources Mentioned:

• Jared Stacy’s upcoming book Reality in Ruins: How Conspiracy Theory Became an American Evangelical Crisis (Coming March 2026)
• Joash Thomas’s book The Justice of Jesus
• Caleb Campbell’s book Disarming Leviathan
• The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology amid Gaza edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer
• Faith in the Face of Empire by Mitri Raheb

Guest Bios:

• Jared Stacy is a theologian and chaplain. His forthcoming book Reality in Ruins explores how conspiracy thinking became a crisis in American evangelicalism. Check out his previous episode, “Why Do Christians Fall for Conspiracy Theories?”
• Joash P. Thomas is an Anglican minister who works in international justice and public theology. His first book is The Justice of Jesus. Check out his previous episode “Justice and Jesus in a Colonized Church.”
• Larry Lin is a pastor at Grace Life Church in Baltimore. He previously worked for One America Movement, a nonprofit organization that equips clergy to counter political and cultural polarization. Check out his previous episode “The Dangers of Christian Nationalism & Tribalism.”
• Caleb Campbell is the lead pastor of Desert Springs Bible Church in Phoenix, Arizona. His book Disarming Leviathan and podcast of the same name equips readers to engage Christian nationalists with truth and love. “Why Hate Won’t Stop Christian Nationalism.”
• Jake Doberenz is the host of Christianity Without Compromise and founder of the podcast production company Theophany Media. He’s on, well, all the episodes!

Follow this show and Jake Doberenz’s writings at jakedoberenz.substack.com.