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Sex, Lies, and Evangelicals: Mica Francis Miller and the Godly Wife

If you haven't already done so, you should watch the new Netflix series "Death of the Pastor's Wife." I thought it was well done and not lurid or exploitative, like so many true crime series are. I also appreciated that the family of the victim, Mica Francis Miller, was heavily involved. They clearly loved her and want her story to be told.  I would also recommend that you listen to " Coerced: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller ." It's a podcast done by Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell, the same investigative journalist duo who did the Murdaugh Murders Podcast (now called "True Sunlight"). They have been covering this case since the week after Mica Francis died, when her estranged husband's bizarre sermon announcing her death went viral online. One of the themes I'm seeing on social media is people being appalled at John-Paul Miller's sermons about sex. He repeatedly talked about how wives owe sex to their husbands, and if ...