Betrothed: A Love Story

February 5, 2013 By 14 Comments
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Looks like the Christian Culture War is currently alive and well in the Indie film world. There’s a fund raiser going on right now on the Indiegogo.com website to fund a film about courtship named “Betrothed: A Love Story”. It’s being billed as a documentary film and a romantic comedy. Here’s a short synopsis of [...]

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Quoting Quiverfull: True Love?

January 29, 2013 By 17 Comments
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Josh Harris from his book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” “‎True love isn’t expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed

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Quoting Quiverfull: Glorified Divorce Practice?

January 7, 2013 By 7 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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“Taking Her Myself” A New Trend in Quiverfull Courtship/Betrothal

January 6, 2013 By 37 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison (originally posted at Politicus USA Sept. 9, 2011) “Does God Hate Women?“ author, Ophelia Benson recently shared a note which was posted on Reddit written by a young patriarch describing his “biblical marriage.”  As Bible-believing Baptists who hold to reformed theology,

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Hey Christian Girl!

June 19, 2012 By 4 Comments
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Last night someone pointed NLQ to this great Tumblr account – Hey Christian Girl. If cheesy Christian-speak pickup lines trigger you then I would not visit the link. It’s funny and it’s sad at the same time because I can so hear these things coming out of the mouths of various young Christian guys I’ve [...]

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