Why It Matters: Picking The Lock of Christian Patriarchy

March 8, 2013 By 7 Comments
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by Mattie Chapman Yesterday the Feminisms Fest was all about why we’re feminists. Today’s question is: why does it matter? I read Emily Joy Allison’s post this morning about how feminism matters to her because of her younger sisters, and chuckled, because she basically

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Quoting Quiverfull: Manipulate or Instruct?

March 5, 2013 By 7 Comments
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by Jay Younts at Shepherds Press – February 28, 2013 All’s well that ends well is one of those proverbial threads that form the tapestry of conventional wisdom.  In this case the tapestry is threadbare in spots. This thought leads to the idea

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CTBHHM: Debi Knows “God’s Plan”

March 3, 2013 By 7 Comments
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by Libby Anne Created to Be His Help Meet, pp. 15-16 In this section, Debi explains what she’s going to do in this book and she doesn’t mince words. This book reveals God’s plan for obtaining a heavenly marriage. Debi believes

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Quoting Quiverfull: Sleeping?

March 3, 2013 By 10 Comments

by Nancy Campbell at Above Rubies – February 28, 2013 Tonight I was visiting with my daughter Evangeline. I read some Facebook posts she answered to mothers complaining that they don’t get enough sleep. Isn’t that a constant complaint

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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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