CTBHHM: Michael and Debi Pearl’s Whirlwind Romance

February 23, 2013 By 4 Comments
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by Libby Anne Created to Be His Help Meet, pp. 13-15 Once upon a time there was a silly young girl who grew up to learn what it means to be a help meet – God’s secret for a heavenly marriage. I start this book with the words “Once upon a time” because it

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Quoting Quiverfull: Marriage Crisis Part 2?

February 23, 2013 By 11 Comments
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by Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin of Visionary Daughters article “Why Am I Not Married?” – July 1, 2010 Who is to Blame? The easiest and most common response is to point our fingers – at the young men,

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CTBHHM: Michael Pearl’s Stamp of Approval

February 22, 2013 By 13 Comments
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by Libby Anne Created to Be His Help Meet, pp. 13 Created to Be His Help Meet, a popular evangelical/fundamentalist marriage manual, begins with a one page introduction by author Debi Pearl’s

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Quoting Quiverfull: Marriage Crisis Part 1?

February 22, 2013 By 7 Comments
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By Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin of Visionary Daughters article “Why Am I Not Married?” – July 1, 2010 Is There a Problem? If there is a problem, we believe it’s not that so many young people are not married – it’s that so many young people are

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Quoting Quiverfull: Do Parents Destroy Children Without Trying?

February 21, 2013 By 11 Comments
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by Michael Pearl of ‘No Greater Joy’ Six Ways Parents Destroy Their Children Without Trying – December 14, 2012 God promises, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). Parents,

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