Laughter Is Good Medicine: The Oatmeal & Youth Camp

March 11, 2013 By 11 Comments
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by Calulu So, it’s a Monday, the Monday after the time change Spring Forward. I need a laugh, and I imagine other folks do too. Have you ever seen the funny that is TheOatmeal.com yet? He has has some very funny things to say about religion and how weird it can be

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Shedding the Burqa Part 2

March 1, 2013 By 2 Comments
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by Cindy Foster While I waited in the car with the kids, my husband stayed behind and told The Preacher that we would be leaving. This was actually the second time he told him.  The first was the day The Preacher administered ‘The Shunning’

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Shedding The Burqa: Part 1

February 13, 2013 By 8 Comments
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by Cindy Foster It would be the last sermon we would ever endure as members of the Baptist Taliban. We hadn’t planned for it to be, even though by that time, we were painfully aware that our leaving was inevitable. It was just a matter of how and when. My husband already

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Large Family Christian Homeschooling and Child Evangelism Fellowship

February 12, 2013 By 16 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison Child Evangelism Fellowship’s Christian Youth In Action (CYIA) is a favorite venue for socialization and mission work for many large-family Christian homeschoolers. Quiverfull teens often attend

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Revsiting FAQ: The Bible and the Nature of Women

December 2, 2012 By 3 Comments

Note:  Before reading this, please read the “Quiverfull and the Bible” FAQ.  Like the “nobleminded Bereans” (Acts 17:11), we are entitled to study for ourselves, so that we may read the Biblical text in an informed manner.  That FAQ provides the background for the method of informed Bible reading used here. by Kristen Rosser ~ [...]

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