NLQ Question of the Week: Why Grandiose Claims About the Future?

NLQ Question of the Week: Why Grandiose Claims About the Future? January 12, 2017

quotingquiverfullThis is a series we run every Thursday. The questions are things that people who may not know much about the Quiverfull movement or even Fundamentalist or Evangelical Christianity ask about the lifestyle. Examining some of the questions involving Quiverfull theology and life can only shine a light on the toxic nature of this lifestyle choice.

One common thread that runs through the writings of female cultural enforcers like Nancy Campbell is that of even the simplest parts of motherhood and raising children have huge cultural and historical repercussions, will save the entire world, lead millions to Jesus, *insert huge claim here*. Why is that? Why do they have to inflate every tiny thing they do in the common human experience of raising children into an overblown claim of impacting the world? Isn’t simply raising your children to be good people who will contribute to society enough?

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