Bare Marriage
Bare Marriage
Sheila Gregoire
Episode 334: What Should Accountability for Purity Culture Authors Look Like?
1 hour 19 minutes Posted Aug 6, 2026 at 11:00 am.
Intro: What Does it Look Like to Make Amends?
Carl Lentz: Profiting Off Infidelity & Narrative Defense Mechanisms
Navigating Different Levels of Culpability & Who Actually Needs to Apologize
The Binary Evangelical Mindset: How Salvation Fear Blocks Accountability
Dannah Gresh’s Sofa Anecdote: Crisis Management vs Repentance & Change
Inside a Private Call: Misapplication Defenses & Refusal to Acknowledge Harmful Teachings
Modest is Hottest: When the Message Itself is Traumatic & Problem-Inducing
Sheila’s Hot Takes on the Revised Version of And the Bride Wore White
The Erasure of Consent in Evangelical Self-Help Literature
Dannah’s Reasons for the Rewrite
Weaponizing Footnotes: Debating "The Greatest Critics" Label
What Does it Look Like to Make Amends? Listeners Chime in on True Repentance
Conclusion: Actual Change or a PR Stunt? The Positive Impact of Accountability
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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 accountability actually looks like when influential Christian leaders (namely Dannah Gresh) recognize the harm their teachings have caused. Through a thoughtful discussion of repentance, public responsibility, and the lasting impact of purity culture, we continue to ask why admitting specific mistakes remains so difficult—and why doing so matters for healing and pr...