Quoting Quiverfull: Give To Receive?

February 10, 2013 By 10 Comments
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Kelly Crawford from Generation Cedar – February 7, 2013 I have lived through turbulent economic crises, we have been the scorn of those wondering why we would be so “irresponsible” to have children on such a tight budget, we have been to the desperate

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Two Simple Statements

February 9, 2013 By 1 Comment
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by Samantha By the time I was a sophomore at an extremely conservative Christian college, I had gone through twelve years at an IFB church and been manipulated and bullied by quiverful and patriarchal teachings. My family had been excommunicated from the church, and friends I had

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Quoting Quiverfull: Trusting in Wisdom?

February 9, 2013 By 13 Comments
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by Nancy Campbell at Above Rubies “Whose Wisdom Do We Trust?” – February 6, 2013 I was inspired recently by reading again Psalm 104:24, “”O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in WISDOM hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.” There are endless numbers of scientific books which tell us [...]

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Quoting Quiverfull: Loving the Truth?

February 8, 2013 By 9 Comments
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by Colin Campbell at Meat From Men – February 8, 2013 The extent to which this nation knows, loves, and obeys the truth, will be the extent of the freedom we will enjoy. John 8:32 says, “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” Freedom! Oh what a blessed

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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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