Quoting Quiverfull: Raising Maidens of Virtue?

June 3, 2013 By 9 Comments
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by Ladies Against Feminism to promote the Kindle edition of their book “Raising Maidens of Virture” “Our world desperately needs to see the beautiful antithesis of the gospel. Christians need

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CTBHHM: Single Moms Turned Lesbian

June 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Libby Anne cross posted from her blog Love, Joy, Feminism Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 67-72 Debi’s purpose in this entire section is to make her readers terrified of the thought of divorce. Her goal is to make sure that her readers won’t even think of leaving

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Cloistered Fruit (Not) An Open Letter to the Pearls

May 30, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Samantha cross posted from her blog Defeating The Dragons So, a friend of mine sent me this post by Michael and Debi Pearl the other day. I encourage you to go read it, just so that you have some context for the following rant and can follow along.

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Quoting Quiverfull: Clumsy and Unfeeling?

May 30, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Debi Pearl of No Greater Joy in “Cloistered Fruit” To most young brides the husband appears clumsy and unfeeling. But as the wife continues to obey and reverence her young husband,

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Quoting Quiverfull: Combating Pornography?

May 17, 2013 By 11 Comments
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by Vaughn Ohlman of Persevero News So the worldly social reformer is faced with trying to tell the women themselves not to act in demeaning ways. But let’s face it, they aren’t preaching to the choir. Like the issue of gun control it is the very people they want to reach that won’t be listening.

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