Baptist Taliban: Part 3

June 18, 2012 By 7 Comments

by Cindy Foster THE CHURCH WE WERE The Preacher and his wife graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. At the time he attended there, the college was quite conservative. There were strict rules about dress, dating, curfews, entertainment, music and much more. The Preacher actually grew up in Springfield and was a member [...]

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Who Was That Masked Man? Part 8

June 17, 2012 By 4 Comments

by Calulu Tom comes back to church by late fall and he is in his Mr. Charlie Church mode again, except he doesn’t exactly get with the program. During that summer many of us, myself included, started going off to conferences many weekends, to places like Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship or Life Center to the [...]

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Millipede: Part 9

June 16, 2012 By 7 Comments
dark wave

by Millipede That what was forgotten…. All this time though a dark wave was cresting over our existence. Through the years as my husband gained weight until he was morbidly obese, health problems cropped up, some requiring hospitalization. As you can guess the bills started coming in. While he was able to pay some of [...]

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Submission and Prison Cells: Part 2

June 16, 2012 By 3 Comments

by Melissa Permission to Live Click here for Part One Let me start by saying a sincere “I am sorry” to “Yellowbunnys” (whoever she was, and wherever she is now) and to all the other women I shamed that day. I was wrong. I was arrogant. I was hurtful. It is painful for me to even read [...]

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NLQ FAQ: Is No Longer Quivering an Atheist Website?

June 15, 2012 By 3 Comments

Reposting for those newer Patheos readers to know more about us and what we believe September 16, 2010 By Guest Contributor 19 Comments by Vyckie I recently r ece ived a n email from “Henrietta” who asked: If I choose to get involved here, contribute etc, am I part of a Christian but anti QFP group; or [...]

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