Marriage
A Christian Look at Domestic Violence
So many Christians do not understand domestic abuse. They often teach that a Christian wife should just submit and pray harder. This booklet looks at what the Bible teaches about abusive behavior using the story of David and Saul as an example. Obviously, the relationship between Saul and David was not the same as the relationship between…
Read MoreTeaching Children How To Appolgize
JoEllen from CuppaCocoa explains how to teach children A Better Way To Say Sorry. This method is phenomenal as are the results of teaching it. As Dara Stoltzfus said on the Facebook page for this site. I’ve used this approach with my kids and it’s really the best way to go. Just forcing the “I’m sorry” thing…
Read MoreWhat Is A Helpmeet?
If you think that woman was made only to serve man then you need to read Dan Wilkinson’s explaination of what the Bible means by Helpmeet.
Read MoreWifely Submission
Dulce de Leche has a series on Wifely Submission Part 1 Intro Part 2 Before The Fall Part 3 The Fall Part 4 What God Has Joined Together Part 5 Wives, Submit Yourselves to Your Husbands Part 6 Spiritual Leadership Part 7 Who Makes the Final Decision? Also Eric Pazdziora explores The Myth of the…
Read MoreIs Debi Pearl to Blame?
Livinginblurredlines shares how the advice in Debi Pearl’s book, Created To Be His Help Meet negatively affected her marriage. However she does not want to put the blame on Debi Pearl saying, Blaming Debi Pearl’s “Created To Be His Helpmeet” book for what I am going through is like blaming a cookbook for your burned…
Read MoreMore on Created To Be His Help Meet
Sheila Wray Gregoire discusses Debi Pearl, Wife Abuse and True Submission in Submission Doesn’t Mean Lying Over And Taking It. The discussion in the Comments is also very interesting. It was there that I found he following link: Natalie at Dusty Feet has been working on a very detailed book review of Created To Be…
Read MoreA Complementarian’s Concerns With Created To Be His Help Meet
Complementarian Tim Challies analyses Debi Pearl’s book, Created To Be His Help Meet and points out his concerns with the teachings therein. Part 1 looks at the harsh and critical spirit and the foolish counsel. Part 2 looks at “poor theology, poor use of Scripture and far too little gospel.” This is an excellent review…
Read MoreAbuse Without Hitting
Dulce de Leche features an anonymous testimony about the damage of emotional and mental abuse in But He Never Hit Her.
Read MoreA Warning About Extreme Submission
Mrs. Jacks shares her testimony of How Submission Books Nearly Ruined her Marriage.
Read MoreWhat Does The Bible Teach About Unquestioned Submission?
Bob Bixby looks at what the story of Ananias and Sapphira teaches us about Unquestioned Submission in, Sapphira – When Standing by Your Man Will Kill You.
Read MoreHow To Be A Good Wife
Aubry Grace looks at the fallacy of trying to follow the advice in books like Created To Be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl and An Excellent Wife by Martha Peace in her post, The Gospel Driven Marriage: How To Be A Good Wife. Excellent advice which I think every married person should read. And…
Read MoreWife Only Submission vs Mutual Submission
I have noticed a confusion about the difference between WOS (Wife Only Submission) and MS (Mutual Submission) so I would like to clarify the difference and add some thoughts. WOS is the belief that, in marriage, husbands are not obligated/called to submit to their wives out of reverence for Christ. MS is the believe that…
Read MoreMy Thoughts on Submission
Ever since my good friend, GreenGem, posted her Thoughts On Leadership I have been pondering my own thoughts on submission. When someone actually emailed me to ask me whether I believed in Wife Only Submission (WOS) or Mutual Submission (MS) I pondered even harder. Now I am feeling led to solidify my thoughts. MS starts…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Debi Pearl
Another wife has tried and tested Debi Pearl’s Book, Created To Be His Help Meet and found that it nearly destroyed both her and her marriage. She tells her story in An Open Letter To Debi Pearl.
Read MoreCreated to be his Help Meet – A Review (sort of).
Created to be his Help Meet – A Review (sort of) is an exposé of Created To Be His Help Meet. He does a very good job of responding to the problematic parts of this book with Biblical corrections.
Read MoreThatMom Responds to Joy about Debi Pearl
I just came across an interesting post from ThatMom about Debi Pearl and her book, Created To Be His Helpmeet. She is responding to Joy, who defended Debi Pearl in a comment on a previous post back in March of 2010: Responding to Joy about Debi Pearl
Read MoreBehind Closed Doors
Glenys shares a heartbreaking and powerful blog entry about an abusive marriage and exposes how damaging the advice contained in Created To Be His Helpmeet, by Debi Pearl, is.
Read MoreKristina’s Keepsakes review of CTBHH
Kristina’s Keepsakes has started a series analyzing the Pearls’ books, starting with Created To Be His Helpmeet. Created To Be His Helpmeet Part 1 Created To Be His Helpmeet Part 2
Read MoreResponses to Created To Be His Helpmeet and other marital advice
Spunky’s Blog entry about Created To Be His Helpmeet The Pearls Respond to the Blogs by Spunky “Created to Be His Help Meet” discussion Today, I’ll let Mr. Pearl speak for himself… by Rebecca I feel sorry for Debi and Michael Pearl! from Emotional Abuse and Your Faith is debi pearl’s “created to be his…
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