Christianity Today reviews Quivering Daughters, the book about the Quiverfull Movement by Hillary McFarland. This article also shares some other links about the Stay At Home Daughters movement.
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RedditNovel About the Quiverful Movement
May 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Christian Century has an article called, A Quiver Full of Controversy, about Meg Moseley’s recently published novel, “When Sparrows Fall.”
Betrothal
May 7, 2011 2 Comments
Eric M. Pazdziora writes about the Bondage of Betrothal at Quivering Daughters. This is a very good explanation of why the Courtship and Betrothal Movement is not Biblical.
In response, Sister Lisa, at Soul Liberty Faith, writes about Betrothal and the Works of The Flesh in which she discusses how her family approached the concept after leaving legalism behind.
Analyzing the Schatz Tragedy
April 6, 2011 1 Comment
Cindy, from Under Much Grace, analyzes what causes people like Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz to harm their children in a new series:
Why Good People Make Dangerous Choices (Pondering Pearl and Lydia Schatz)
Part I: Virtue In Place of Unquestioned Obedience.
Part II: How Dehumanization (and Declaring War Against Family Members) Causes Moral Disengagement
Part III: Defining Aggression as Normal, Acceptable, and Desired Behavior
Part IV: The Milgram Experiment and the Pressure to Commit Evil for the Common Good
Bad Apples or Bad Barrels? The Short and Long Versions of Zimbardo on the Lucifer Effect
Part VI: The Calm Before the Storm Following the Schatzes’ “Guilty” Pleas
Part VII: The Breaking the “Diabolical Will” of Infants in the IFB – Even at Hephzibah House
Part VIII: There But For Grace
Part IX: Using the Milgram Study to Understand How Pearl Becomes Appealing
Series on First Time Obedience
March 29, 2011 2 Comments
Cindy of Under Much Grace has posted part 5 of her series about First Time Obedience: Revisiting First Time Obedience: Finding New Alternatives
For your convenience I will paste here the links to the rest of the series along with her descriptions:
- A review of the submission required under multigenerational faithfulness as Vision Forum’s carryover from Bill Gothard’s submission teachings with various examples of this demand for unquestioned obedience without credulity. First post specifically examining “First Time Obedience” in young children.
- A review of the principle of sacerdotalism and parental convenience (as a control issue in dysfunctional families) as rationales for requiring “First Time Obedience” and “leaps of faith” required under multigenerational faithfulness.
- Review of the tendency to make every banal daily activity one of great eternal spiritual significance as a consequence of works-based salvation. Includes a discussion of viewing personality traits that do not fit the belief system’s paradigm as sinful as well as the building up of all gender related activities as sacramental for the impartation of inward sanctification.
- Blog host’s personal experience with inherent personality traits treated by parents as sin, the idolatry of seeking parental approval, and the consequences of requiring unquestioned submission with the use of guilt and shame that predisposes one to easy brainwashing and compliance with thought reform. Includes a section from Biderman’s Chart of Coercion addressing the powerful effects of devaluing individuals in religious settings.
- Discussion of the development of how perfectionism, works-based salvation and First Time Obedience squelch problem-solving skill and prevent the development of critical thinking under the guise of multigenerational faithfulness.
A specific review of the theological problems in Voddie Baucham’s defense of First Time Obedience as well as the refutation of the practice from Scripture. Echos concerns noted in this previous blog post concerning Baucham’s “Family Driven Faith” book.
More Blog Posts About Bill Gothard
March 19, 2011 2 Comments
A Quiver Full of Information has a bunch of new posts about Bill Gothard. Here are the ones I find most interesting:
Shadowspring’s testimony:
Bill Gothard has negativley affected my life….
Bill Gothard has negativley affected my life part 2
David Sessions alerts his readers that Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Florida, 8th district) is involved with IBLP in House of Theocons.
More about Webster in this post from Alternet.org, Cultish Christian Leader Teaches Women Should Submit to Husbands — Victims of His “Submission Theology” Speak Out (Not a Christian site. Tagged Mainstream)
The Wartburg Watch looks at Quiverfull Then and Now. This exposé connects “the terrible tragedy that occurred in Colorado in December 2007″ with IBLP curriculum.
The Wartberg Watch has some other very interesting exposés:
The Real Reason for the Quiverfull Movement
Doug Phillips-Homeschooling Guru and QF Proponent
Sisterhood of the Stay-at-Home Daughters
Donna’s testimony and excellent exposé: My Stand Against IBLP (Being Real).
Testing the Spirit of Quiverfull
March 2, 2011 Leave a Comment
Kristen Rosser has started a series over at NLQ called, Testing the Spirit of Quiverfull. I think this checklist of sorts actually pertains to all Patriarchy teachings. This is good reading for someone who is dabbling with Quiverfull/Patriarchy and thinking that they can separate the “meat from the bones.” These posts are written specifically for those “who have chosen to accept the Bible as authoritative for faith and practice. ”
Here are the posts so far:
Testing the Spirit of Quiverfull: Isolation
Testing the Spirit of Quiverfull: Hierarchy & Control
Testing the Spirit of Quiverfull: Perfectionism & Elitism
A Quiver Full of Information
February 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
A Quiver Full of Information offers “The Who, What, Why of the Quiverfull Movement & Lifestyle.”
The intro says:
This site aims to collect information on all aspects of the burgeoning Christian “Quiverfull” movement. The information is presented in neutral environment. The opinions expressed in the documents are those of the author and not of the creator of this site. To navigate click on the page links in the right sidebar. Please note: This is not a site for evangelizing or for flaming either side! This is just to provide links to information on all aspects of the topic.
But her site is not limited to Quiverfull. She even links to my list of Who Is Affiliated with Vision Forum. 
So, it appears that her site is really about the Patriarchy Movement. Anyway, her site is a good resource for anyone wanting more information about anything to do with the Quiverfull Movement.
An Exposé of the Courtship & Betrothal Movements
February 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
I tended to think that the Patriarchy Movement and the Quiverfull Movement were pretty much the same thing, but I was wrong. The Quiverfull movement falls under Patriarchy or Patriocentric teachings, but not everyone in those movements is Quiverfull. There is also the Courtship and Betrothal Movements which do allow the limiting children, but are still patricentric and authoritarian. Here are some Courtship and Betrothal Essays which expose the unbiblical and destructive teachings of Jonathan Lindvall.
Here is the link to the page about Bill Gothard.
One thing all of these things do seem to have in common is an affiliation with Vision Forum.
Disclaimer: I have only scanned these pages and have not read them carefully. These essays are not only very long, they are also very disturbing. I am posting them because I feel sure that they will be be of use to someone either as a warning or to help argue against such teachings.
The Burden of Legalism
February 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
Rach at the Incorrigible Gingers posts about the Burdens legalistic teachers are placing on the Believers’ backs.
Speaking of Legalism, there is an interesting article at NLQ about Why the Quiverfull Movement is called Legalistic?
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Bethany Breaks Free
December 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
Bethany Basset, of Coffee Stained Clarity, reflects on the sadness she feels at finding out that her high school friends are following the Pearls’ teachings.
I see that Bethany was raised in the VF/Patriarchy mindset. She posts her story in 5 parts:
The Preface: The Stuff of Brains
Part 1: The Net
Part 2: The Reality
Part 3: The Hope
Part 4: The Outcome
And she has an epilogue about parenting with grace here. I love a happy ending. <3
Testimonies from No Longer Quivering Moms
December 16, 2010 Leave a Comment
No Longer Quivering has a new series called Steadfast Daughters in a Quivering World. Part 4 of this series is Acknowledgment & Apologies which could be considered testimonies of the damage done by the quiverfull mindset. Part 5: Confessions of a Quiverfull Hero and Part 6: Soul Binding are long testimonies about how raising children in the quiverfull mindset almost destroyed them. Heartbreaking.
Series about Patriarchy
December 4, 2010 1 Comment
E. Stephen Burnett has a teaching about the problems with Patriarchy in a 5 part series called, Sins Of The ‘Patriarchs’. Interesting to me is that with all the words he has written about patriarchy, he never mentions spanking or harsh discipline. He does mention control, but not the physical aspect (unless I’m misremembering.) This would make it a good series to share with pro-spanking people.
He also wrote a book review of Quivering Daughters by Hillary McFarland.
I might as well mention that he also has warnings about Vision Forum on his site. He is worried about their possible influence on homeschoolers and he shares that he was homeschooled as a child. He has a very interesting site and it is well worth checking out.
Series about Vision Forum
November 26, 2010 Leave a Comment
Sue Talbert at A Mother’s Heart Blog is writing a very interesting series called Vision Forum, Patriarchy and FLDS, Oh My!
In part 1 she explains how she came to find Vision Forum and read one of their books. She starts describing some objections to their teachings.
In Part 2 she expands on their teachings that women should not go to college or work outside the house (or from the house) and compares that to the FLDS as well as the taliban.
In Part 3 she discusses Bill Gothard and his teachings and how they relate to Vision Forum.
In Part 4 she begins to analyze problems with their teachings. She starts with Clothing / Modesty.
In Part 5 she discusses Reproduction / Quiverfull and the fact that they discourage adoption.
In part 6 she takes a look at their Politics and how they are working to create an Army For God. She also mentions child rearing, perfect obedience of children and wives and the Pearls’ teachings.
In Part 7, She explains Patriarchy and their teachings on Marriage and Wife Only Submission.
In Part 8 she concludes her series by looking at whether the group is Christian or heretical, what draws people to join such a group and her reason for writing the series.
So Much More Than a Maiden Of Virtue
November 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
Wondering One is telling her story, I Am So Much More Than A Maiden Of Virtue, over at No Longer Quivering. In Chapter 3 she shares how her parents discovered Michael and Debi Pearl’s book To Train up a Child. If you start at chapter 1 and then read chapter 2 and chapter 3 you will find that it is a very gripping, albeit disturbing, story about punitive parenting from the child’s point of view.
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Tanja Cilia from Times of Malta
October 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
I found a blog entry in The Times of Malta by Tanja Cilia. I am linking to it because it contains a mention of the Pearls and their teaching in what appears to be a mainstream newspaper site. This means that now the good folks of Malta have been warned about the Pearls teachings. This blog entry starts out talking about other things and then segues into a discussion of the Duggars, the Quiverfull Movement, and on to Child Training, Proverbs and the like. She also mentions a little about child rearing in Malta.
Don’t Train Your Child to Be a Train Wreck
October 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Mary Thatcher reacts to a story (to which I linked on Oct 13, 2010) in Don’t Train Your Child to Be a Train Wreck. Her argument against the Pearls’ teachings was posted in the Health and Wellness section of AssociatedContent.com from Yahoo. These warnings are getting into the mainstream more and more often.
Cult of the Quiverful etc.
September 13, 2010 3 Comments
Joey at Wide White has written an in depth exposé of The cult of the Quiverfull / ATI / Vision Forum movement, Duggars and all. That is a lot to cover in just one blog post and yes, it is a long one. While it is mainly about the Patriarchy Movement, Pearl is mentioned a few times.
Proof that he is pro-spanking here: http://widewhite.blogspot.com/2007/01/another-attempt-at-no-spanking-law.html
Patriarchy
July 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
I have 2 interesting book reviews for 2 books that were recently published about the patriarchy movement. I do not think that the Pearls are directly involved in this movement, but their names to tend to come up and it appears that Debi Pearl was interviewed for the first book:
Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement: 3 Stars by ThatMom
Quivering Daughters – Hillary McFarland on Patriarchy by Barbara from Mommy Life
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