“Men Must Be Spiritual Leaders” – Real Life Consequences

November 25, 2012 By 10 Comments
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by Kristen Rosser (KRWordgazer) “The man should be the spiritual leader of the home.”  That is the standard teaching of most Protestant, evangelical churches.  The Open Bible website has a whole page of Scriptures which apparently support this– many of which I have addressed elsewhere on this blog.  I believe this

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News & Links: Saturday 24, 2012

November 24, 2012 By 3 Comments
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International House of Prayer & Mike Bickle’s people start distancing themselves from the Deaton murder & sexual abuse – http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26981/international-house-of-prayer-tyler-deaton?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed This is one of the thought patterns in

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Things I Have Learned Not to Fear

November 6, 2012 By 4 Comments
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by Kristen Rosser When I was a young Christian in charismatic evangelicalism (Assemblies of God, followed by Maranatha Campus Ministries), 2 Timothy 2:7 was frequently preached: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and love, and a sound mind.” Other verses emphasized the point: “For ye have not received [...]

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The Parenting Project – Introduction

October 28, 2012 By 3 Comments
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by Calulu A while back Libby Anne from Love, Joy Feminism had a inspired idea to run a series on her blog called Raised Quiverfull. The way it worked if you’re not familiar with it was that she posted a list of questions asking readers to write in and share what life was like being [...]

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Fear-Based Parenting

October 24, 2012 By 5 Comments
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by Kristen Rosser aka KRWordgazer Latebloomer at Past Tense Present Progressive is blogging about Reb Bradley’s book Child Training Tips.  Calulu at Roadkill on the Information Superhighway is blogging about Michael and Debbi Pearl’s To Train Up a Child.  I’d like to chime in today with some thoughts about the method of child rearing which the two books share: they call [...]

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