Quoting Quiverfull: Full Quivers?

May 9, 2013 By 9 Comments
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by Colin Campbell from Meat For Men Nations and churches that willfully refuse to fill their quivers with young men and women, trained as sharp polished arrows, will stand ashamed before their enemies, whether they be physical or spiritual. The sad thing is that God is more than willing to provide us with arrows, but [...]

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Review: I Fired God: My Life Inside–and Escape from–the Secret World of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Cult by Jocelyn Zichterman

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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by Calulu When I first received this book I chuckled over the title, “I Fired God” because it seemed both humorous and sacrilegious at the same time. Firing God? How is it even possible? I quickly found out that the author should have fired her IFB God much sooner. Before reading “I Fired God” my [...]

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Quoting Quiverfull: Executing Wrath?

May 8, 2013 By 5 Comments
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Bart Janz, Independent Fundamentalist Baptist minister. From his sermon, “God and Government II,” Holly Ridge Baptist Church, 2006 “My job [as pastor] is to execute wrath upon

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CTBHHM: How To Be an Abused Woman

May 7, 2013 By 3 Comments
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by Libby Anne Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 54-55 ***trigger warning*** Debi starts this passage by laying out what she calls “God’s Blueprint for Marriage.” She first quotes several verses:

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Quoting Quiverfull: Peace?

May 7, 2013 By 9 Comments
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by Nancy Campbell of Above Rubies We talked yesterday about deception. Peace is another area where we can be deceived. People often say that have peace about something, but really it is just a RELIEF from their circumstances.

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