Gender Roles & Responsibility: Part 1

January 21, 2013 By 23 Comments
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by Kristen Rosser [Editorial Note: This article is intended for those readers who have chosen to accept the Bible as authoritative for faith and practice. If you are not one of those readers, please be understanding of the intended audience and refrain from commenting on the assumptions on which it is based. Please refrain from [...]

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Christianity and Christian Patriarchy are not the same thing

December 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
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by Sierra A moment of clarification: If you read my previous post and thought I was issuing a call to arms against the Christian religion, please be aware of this distinction. The Christian Patriarchy movement is a

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Revisiting NLQ FAQ: The Bible and Birth Control

December 23, 2012 By 9 Comments

Note:  Before reading this, please read the “Quiverfull and the Bible” FAQ.  Like the “nobleminded Bereans” (Acts 17:11), we are entitled to study for ourselves, so that we may read the Biblical text in an informed manner.  That FAQ provides the background for the method of informed

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Revsiting FAQ: The Bible and the Nature of Women

December 2, 2012 By 3 Comments

Note:  Before reading this, please read the “Quiverfull and the Bible” FAQ.  Like the “nobleminded Bereans” (Acts 17:11), we are entitled to study for ourselves, so that we may read the Biblical text in an informed manner.  That FAQ provides the background for the method of informed Bible reading used here. by Kristen Rosser ~ [...]

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Mama’s Choice – Part 7: Free Agents

October 7, 2012 By 15 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison   Recently I wrote this to my atheist uncle, Ron: So here’s a big question for you: do you believe in free will? I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately, I can’t really believe we do have free will. It seems to me that so much of our decision-making is influenced [...]

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