Choosing my Future

April 14, 2013 By 1 Comment
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by Vyckie Garrison – Originally posted at secularwoman.org Fifth article in Secular Woman’s Women’s History Month Series. by Vyckie Garrison, No Longer Quivering Life without choices is simple. As a young woman, when faced with

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Quoting Quiverfull: Only Concept of God?

April 14, 2013 By 8 Comments
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by Honour of Kings Homeschool Curriculum We are pleased to announce Matt’s long awaited parenting book — “Your Kids Were Born That Way” — is now in the final stages of editing. It should be ready for purchase within the next few weeks. Here’s an excerpt to

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CTBHHM: In Which Mike Spills the Garbage

April 13, 2013 By 7 Comments
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  Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 40-42 Debi’s goal in this passage is to show how thanksgiving produces joy. She starts with a story called “My Jolly Playmate.” This story is sort of divided into three parts: the first part continues Debi’s pattern of urging women to just be happy rather than actually [...]

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Open Thread Discussion on Christian Fundamentalism

April 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison Over on the Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blog, Defeating the Dragons, Samantha is looking for input on readers’ personal experiences with Christian fundamentalism. One of the questions she asks is: I know that some of you

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Quoting Quiverfull: Fellowshipping?

April 12, 2013 By 9 Comments
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by Brian Cranford from BibleBrian Are you someone who says that you are a Christian, but doesn’t fellowship together with other believers at a local Church? True believers will want to fellowship with other believers because they are like-minded. The one that says Church is filled with hypocrites

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