CTBHHM: Smile, Giggle and Simper

April 5, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Libby Anne Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 28-32 The rest of Debi’s chapter on “a merry heart” is taken up with her response to a letter from a follower. Debi spends four full pages responding. The longer I read, the sadder I got. I apologize in advance. First, the letter:

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Beauty: In the Eye of the Beholder

April 4, 2013 By 81 Comments
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by Calulu Recently I came across a very disturbing blog posting and another and another and another. It was from a blog that I’d quoted recently on No Longer Quivering for our Quoting Quiverfull feature. The post I used from that blog was one where the blogger’s husband tried to say it was alright for [...]

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Quoting Quiverfull: The Way It Is?

March 29, 2013 By 15 Comments
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From Pat Robertson of CBN and The 700 Club “I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the

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Quoting Quiverfull: Adoption & The Duggars?

March 27, 2013 By 14 Comments
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by Michelle Duggar in ET’s “The Duggars Considering Adoption” “The kids are definitely pushing towards wanting us to open our home up to another child or more,” Michelle says. “They see how much we have been blessed with and how little so many

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Michelle Duggar Wants a Nice Round Number

March 26, 2013 By 13 Comments
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Handbag.com today posted a bit of promotion for tonight’s episode of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” involving Michelle Duggar wants another baby. 19 Kids and Counting – Michelle Duggar wants just one more! Mar 26th 2013, 12:49 | By Katie Park

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