Laughter is Good Medicine: Pat Robertson’s Romantic Advice

January 18, 2013 By 2 Comments
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In response to Pat Robertson’s advice that women are responsible for their husbands losing interesting in them Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report had these words to say…

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Quoting Quiverfull: Adopted ‘Sins’?

January 18, 2013 By 14 Comments
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QUOTING QUIVERFULL is a regular feature of NLQ – we present the actual words of noted Quiverfull leaders and ask our readers: What do you think? Agree? Disagree? This is the place to state your opinion. Please, let’s keep it respectful – but at the same time, we encourage readers

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Quoting Quiverfull: Birth Dearth?

January 17, 2013 By 21 Comments
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Suggestions to End Clergy Abuse

January 16, 2013 By 3 Comments
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Posted today at Richmond Outreach Center Recovery Group: Good advice for any church or organization. The following recommendations were made by a former member of the First Baptist Church of Hammond Indiana for consideration

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Jack Schaap Asked For Reduced Sentence – The Devil Made Him Do It

January 5, 2013 By 6 Comments
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by Calulu Apparently IFB pastor Jack Schaap is asking that he receive a special reduced sentence below the federally mandated minimum of ten years. Why? Because he’s claiming that the stress of running his mega-church First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana combined with falling financial resources  put him in a

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