Posts Tagged ‘Amazon.com’
New book in the Series from Samuel Martin dealing with Hebrews 12 and Spanking Children
I am very pleased to share this information regarding Samuel Martin’s 2nd book. Thy Rod and Thy Staff They Comfort Me: BOOK II The Book of Hebrews and the Corporal Punishment of Children in the Christian Context A New Book by Samuel Martin This book has been 14 years in the making. Samuel Martin returns…
Read MoreThy Rod and Thy Staff They Comfort Me: Christians and the Spanking Controversy Now Available on Amazon.com
Thy Rod and Thy Staff They Comfort Me: Christians and the Spanking Controversy by Samuel Martin was out of print but now it is again available in hard copy. You can find this wonderful book on Amazon.com or download it for free here. If you have already read the book, please head over to Amazon.com…
Read MoreJesus, The Gentle Parent by L.R. Knost
L.R. Knost’s new book, Jesus, The Gentle Parent is now available at Amazon.com. Here is information about the book from her webpage, Little Hearts/Gentle Parenting Resources. I’m hearing good things about this book and will post book reviews as I find them. eta: More info here. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreGentle Firmness by Stephanie Cox Needs Reviews
Stephanie Cox’s book, Gentle Firmness is now available everywhere books are sold. You can find it at Amazon.com as well as Barns And Noble. If you have read the book (or the rough draft of it when it was here on this site,) please go and leave your review. If you have not had a chance…
Read MoreThe Christian Post Looks At The Petition To Amazon
The Christian Post reports that the Change.org petition (asking Amazon to stop selling the controversial book, To Train Up A Child) is closing in on 100,000 signatures. They then take a closer look at the Pearls’ teachings and the controversy surrounding them. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreInternational Business Times Looks At The Pearls
Today the International Business Times featured an article about the pressure being put upon Amazon to stop selling the Pearls’ book, To Train Up A Child. This is a very good article except for a small confusion about the children who have been killed. Sean “Paddock” was killed in 2006, Lydia “Schatz” in 2010 and…
Read MoreThe BBC Looks At The Pearls’ Training Book
Aiden Lewis of The BBC has a well researched article about the book, To Train Up A Child by Michael and Debi Pearl as well as the controversy which surrounds it. For your sharing convenience:TwitterFacebookemailPrintTumblrDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUponAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreHana and Pearl Are All Over The Internet
There has been a lot of attention being given lately to the Pearls and the part their book, To Train Up A Child, played in the death of Hana Aleumu “Williams.” So much attention in fact, that my blog could not handle the traffic generated by Google searches and was taken offline from the 19th…
Read MoreTo Train Up A Child Being Pulled?
It looks like Amazon has decided to keep selling the controversial book, To Train Up A Child, by Michael and Debi Pearl. It is being offered as usual on both the USA site and the UK site. However, Lulastic tells us that some other online retailers have decided to pull the book. She also discusses her…
Read MoreHana’s Story in Slate Magazine
Kathryn Joyce did a long and very thorough investigative report for Slate Magazine on Hana’s entire story. Her article also looks at adoption reform. I must warn you that if you are sensitive and/or easily triggered, please do not read this story. Here is what Maureen has to say about the same article. The above mentioned…
Read MoreBritish Parliament Wants Amazon to Stop Selling TTUAC
Nadine Dorries, a member of the British Parliament, is insisting that Amazon.co.uk stop selling Michael and Debi Pearl’s book, To Train Up A Child, according to an article by Jessica Elgot in the Huffington Post. The story was then picked up by Parentdish who wrote quite a long article about the story as well as the…
Read MoreTTUAC Withdrawn by Publisher in Poland
Polish Anti-Spanking Community Książki nie do bicia left a comment on my Facebook page saying, Hi! We would like to inform you that the publishing of a book “To train up a child” (and one more) has been withdrawn Poland (by the publisher). There are some other books like that (Fugate, Dobson, Smalley, Barnes) in…
Read MoreProfessors and Scholars Speak Out Against Pearl
Megan Graham of The Daily Illini (Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Illinois) looks at To Train Up A Child and its influence as well as the issue of Free Speech in Parenting book missing childlike innocence. Prof. William Webb (Author of the new book Corporal Punishment In The Bible) explains that The Pearls’…
Read MoreMore Thoughts About Hana Williams
Kathy Cassel of Cassel Crew explains her concerns with To Train Up A Child in (How Not) To Train Up a Child. Note that she does believe in spanking but more as a last resort than as a first and/or only tool. Professor Curtis Hutt of the University of Nebraska shares his view concerning the…
Read MoreThe Pearls’ Book NOT Banned in New Zealand (Working on Amazon)
New Zealand’s Censorship Compliance Unit has decided not to ban nor restrict Michael and Debi Pearl’s book, To Train Up A Child, according to this article in the Marlborough Press. While I don’t believe in book banning, it seems to me that if a country has that policy, this book should fall into that category…
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