Quoting Quiverfull: What is Betrothal?

March 22, 2013 By 18 Comments
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by Jonathan Lindvall at Bold Christian Living In the story of Christ s birth we have an interesting illustration of the practice of betrothal. Joseph was deliberating what he should do with Mary, his betrothed wife, having learned

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CTBHHM: What is a “help meet”? (in the KJV)

March 21, 2013 By 22 Comments
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by Libby Anne Created To Be His Help Meet, p. 24 Debi finishes this her first chapter with a memo on the background of the word “help meet.” I sort of feel like this should have come earlier, given that most people I’ve mentioned the book to find the term odd. The word help meet [...]

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Quoting Quiverfull: Casualness is Deadly?

March 21, 2013 By 9 Comments
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by Colin Campbell’s “Meat For Men” – March 8, 2013 “Casualness causes casualties.” Comments open below

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Jack Schaap Gets 12 Years in Federal Prison

March 20, 2013 By 17 Comments
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Guessing that all those identical letters from IFB Schaap followers didn’t help him much after the FBI called them  “ Sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” in the sentencing memorandum. Apparently the federal sentencing guidelines

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Personal Values and Quiverfull Social Guilt

March 20, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Becoming Worldly So I’ve been thinking a lot about guilt and shame lately. I think they are important components used to control people’s actions, particularly in the kind of movement I grew up in. I’m sure lots of people have more

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