Congratulations Samantha! – SASBN

April 10, 2013 By 2 Comments
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Samantha from the blog Defeating The Dragons and NLQ’s SASBN was recently singled out as the subject of  Christianity Today’s article Finding Faith After Spiritual Indoctrination due to the excellence of her blogging about her past experiences! Congratulations and

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Chalcedon Pastor: There is a place for slavery in godly cultures

April 7, 2013 By 13 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison In a recently posted YouTube sermon, The pastor of Chalcedon Presbyterian Church, Dr. Joe Morecraft says in a Biblical society, the godly must own “the fool who despises God’s wisdom” because it’s the only way to keep those with a “slave mentality” from ruining other people’s families.

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Saturday News Links: April 6, 2013

April 6, 2013 By 1 Comment
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Michigan is trying to pass a religious exemption bill that would allow health care providers to withhold care that violates their own personal religious beliefs. Example, any doctor that thinks childrens vaccines are not trusting in God could legally refuse to give recommended

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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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Daughter of the Patriarchy, epilogue: What does leaving fundamentalism look like?

April 4, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Sierra Occasionally, I get asked whether or not I ever actually left my old fundamentalist church. My story on No Longer Quivering followed my journey up to the first year of college. I’ve wrestled with how to explain what happened in a proper narrative form, because the circumstances

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