Does Evangelical Christianity Cause Emotional Damage: Part 2

February 27, 2013 By 8 Comments
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by Brucer Gerencser Evangelicalism is dominated by Bible literalism. God said it, and that settles it. There can be no debate, no argument. An infallible God has spoken. Whatever the Bible teaches, the Evangelical is duty bound

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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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Happy is the Man That Has His Quiver Full of Them

February 18, 2013 By 17 Comments
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by Bruce Gerencser When Polly and I married in 1978, we planned to have three children.  We wanted to wait a year or so before we started having children, but six-weeks into marriage Polly became pregnant. Our son Jason was seven weeks before our first wedding anniversary. In 1981, Nathan

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Quoting Quiverfull: Loving the Truth?

February 8, 2013 By 9 Comments
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by Colin Campbell at Meat From Men – February 8, 2013 The extent to which this nation knows, loves, and obeys the truth, will be the extent of the freedom we will enjoy. John 8:32 says, “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” Freedom! Oh what a blessed

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Quoting Quiverfull: Role of a Help Meet?

February 7, 2013 By 7 Comments
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Michael Pearl in “In Search of a Help Meet” Be warned, there is a general misunderstanding, among both men and women, as to the nature of a help meet. Eve was not created to just carry extra weight on the trail, or to speed up the process

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