CTBHHM: Be Afraid, Very Afraid

May 13, 2013 By 3 Comments
ctthhm

by Libby Anne Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 57-58 As I’ve been making my way through Debi’s Created To Be His Help Meet, one question I’ve gotten from readers pretty regularly is “why do women buy into this?”

Filed Under: A Woman's Choice, Accountability, Alienation, Atheists, Bible Interpretation, Biblical Culture, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, Birth control, Botkin Syndrome, Boundaries, Bounded Choice, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Complimentarianism, Confession, Control, Controlling Emotions & being cheerful always, Created To Be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl, Cultural vs. Normative, Demonic Influences, Dominionism / Christian Reconstruction, Drinking the Koolaid, Elitism, Emotions, Father Worship, Fear Based Theology, Fear of Hell, Fear tactics, Femininity vs Feminism, Feminists, Formulaic Religion, Fruit of the Spirit, Fundamentalism, Gender Equality, Group Think, Help Meet, How Did I Get In This Mess?, Isolation, Issues, J.O.Y (Self Denial), Judgementalism, Kobayashi Maru ~ The No-Win Scenario, Learned Helplessness, Legalism, Love, Joy, Feminism (Libby Anne), Maintaining Appearances, Male Headship, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marketing "Biblical Family Values", Marriage Covenant, Meek and Quiet Spirit, Mental / Emotional Health, Michael & Debi Pearl, More from NLQ ..., Mr. Command Man, Mutuality, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, No Greater Joy (Michael & Debi Pearl), Non-Evangelical Christians, Other Religions, Other Women, Patriarchy, Perfectionism, Personal Autonomy, Proverbs 31 Woman, Public Schools, Quiverfull, Quiverfull & the Bible, Quiverfull Books, Quiverfull Counterculture, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Discernment Websites, Quiverfull Leaders, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Resources, Quiverfull Topics, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, Religious Trauma Syndrome, SASBN, Self Esteem, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Righteousness, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, Submission, The Beautiful Girlhood Doll, The Godly Woman, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, Titus 2 Woman, Toxic Relationships, Umbrella of Authority, Using Scripture to support narrow worldview, Weaker Vessel Tagged With: , , , , 3 Comments

Quoting Quiverfull: A Loving God Brings Cancer to Show the Condition of the Heart?

May 13, 2013 By 6 Comments
Quotes1-300x250

by Jay Younts from Shepherds Press. God has chosen to display his faithfulness in the form of cancer in the life of my wife, Ruth. In God’s gracious plan for Ruth, three years ago he brought the most lethal type of brain cancer Into her life – Glioblastoma Multiforme.

Filed Under: Accountability, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Complimentarianism, Confession, Control, Controlling Emotions & being cheerful always, Demonic Influences, Dominionism / Christian Reconstruction, Drinking the Koolaid, Elitism, Father Worship, Fear Based Theology, Fear of Hell, Fear tactics, Formulaic Religion, Fruit of the Spirit, Fundamentalism, Group Think, Issues, J.O.Y (Self Denial), Judgementalism, Legalism, Maintaining Appearances, Markers of a Cult, Marketing "Biblical Family Values", Mental / Emotional Health, More from NLQ ..., Mutuality, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, Patriarchy, Perfectionism, Quiverfull, Quiverfull & the Bible, Quiverfull Counterculture, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Topics, Quoting Quiverfull, Religious Trauma Syndrome, Self Esteem, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Righteousness, Shepherds Press, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Issues, Submission, The Godly Woman Tagged With: , , , , 6 Comments

Adoptees: Human and Animal

May 12, 2013 By 3 Comments
pedro

by Calulu A few weekends ago Vyckie forwarded to me a link from Mother Jones magazine involving a book written by Kathryn Joyce. Her new book is about the adopt craze among the evangelical churches and is titled “The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption”

Filed Under: A Woman's Choice, Above Rubies (Nancy Campbell), Adoption, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Birth Control, Child Training, Confession, Control, Fear tactics, Group Think, Hot Topics, How Did I Get In This Mess?, Issues, Kobayashi Maru ~ The No-Win Scenario, Life Stories, Markers of a Cult, Mental / Emotional Health, More from NLQ ..., Motherhood, Nancy Campbell, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, Parenting, Personal Autonomy, Psalm 127 / Quiverfull: Be Fruitful & Multiply, Quiverfull Counterculture, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Discernment Books, Quiverfull in the News, Quiverfull Leaders, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Topics, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, Religious Trauma Syndrome, SASBN, Self Esteem, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Journey, The Burqa Experience - Suzanne Titkemeyer, The Child Catchers: Rescue, The Myth of Teenage Rebellion, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce, Who Was That Masked Man by Calulu Tagged With: , , , , , 3 Comments

Quoting Quiverfull: Wombness?

May 12, 2013 By 9 Comments
Quotes1-300x250

Happy Mother’s Day. In honor of Mother’s Day here’s Nancy Campbell from Above Rubies claiming that as long as you have your womb you are in fact a woman. My last post was about “homeness.” I thought I would stretch your vocabulary a little further and introduce “wombness.”

Filed Under: A Woman's Choice, Above Rubies (Nancy Campbell), Accountability, Be Fruitful & Multiply / God's Vision for Families by Nancy Campbell, Bible Interpretation, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, Birth Control, Birth control, Blaming the victim, Boundaries, Bounded Choice, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Complimentarianism, Confession, Control, Cultural vs. Normative, Demonic Influences, Dominionism / Christian Reconstruction, Drinking the Koolaid, Elitism, Father Worship, Fear Based Theology, Fear of Hell, Fear tactics, Femininity vs Feminism, Feminists, Formulaic Religion, Fruit of the Spirit, Fundamentalism, Group Think, Issues, J.O.Y (Self Denial), Judgementalism, Legalism, Maintaining Appearances, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marketing "Biblical Family Values", Maternal Martyr, Mental / Emotional Health, Militant Fecundity, More from NLQ ..., Motherhood, Nancy Campbell, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, Other Women, Patriarchy, Perfectionism, Personal Autonomy, Psalm 127 / Quiverfull: Be Fruitful & Multiply, Quiverfull, Quiverfull & the Bible, Quiverfull Books, Quiverfull Counterculture, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Leaders, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Resources, Quiverfull Topics, Quoting Quiverfull, Religious Trauma Syndrome, Self Esteem, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Righteousness, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Issues, Submission, The Godly Woman, Using Scripture to support narrow worldview Tagged With: , , , , 9 Comments

ROC Pastor Geronimo Aguilar Being Investigated For Sexual Misconduct

May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
pastorg

Remember the Jack Schaap friend who is a pastor and supported Schaap even when Schaap admitted guilt in having a sexual relationship with a minor? Looks like the years of whispered rumors have reaped an investigation into the allegations that he grooms girls and young women

Filed Under: Abstinence, Accountability, Adultery, Announcements, Atheists, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, Blaming the victim, Child Molestation, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Confession, Contentiousness with other Christians, Control, Dangerous People, Demonic Influences, Dominionism / Christian Reconstruction, Drinking the Koolaid, Elitism, Father Worship, Fear Based Theology, Fear of Government, Fear of Hell, Formulaic Religion, Fruit of the Spirit, Fundamentalism, Geronimo Aguilar, Geronimo Aguilar child molestation investigation, Group Think, Hot Topics, How Did I Get In This Mess?, Isolation, Issues, Jack Schaap, Judgementalism, Legalism, Male Headship, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Mega Churches, Mental / Emotional Health, Must Read! ~ NLQ Readers Choice ..., NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, Non-Evangelical Christians, Other Religions, Patriarchy, Prosperity Gospel, Purity, Purity Culture, Quiverfull, Quiverfull Counterculture, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull in the News, Quiverfull Leaders, Quiverfull Topics, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, Religious Trauma Syndrome, Self Esteem, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Righteousness, Shame, Shunning, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, The Media, The Richmond Outreach Center - Geronimo Aguilar, Toxic Relationships Tagged With: , , , , Leave a Comment