More Reactions to the Duggar Situation

By Hermana Linda | May 30, 2015 |

There is SO much being written about the Duggars. In an effort to please everyone, I decided to stop posting everything I saw on this blog’s Facebook Page and start posting it on my Facebook Account’s wall.  This way, those who want to see everything I share in real time can friend me and those who rather just…

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“To Train Up A Child” in New Zealand News

By Hermana Linda | March 28, 2015 |

Eileen Joy and her petition have made the mainstream news in New Zealand after reaching 100,000 signatures. Here is an article in the New Zealand Herald. Here is an article from Auckland Now. (Sunday Star Times) Here is an article from 3 News There is also debate about this on Facebook.  I found a some on this pages:…

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The Risk of Unintended Sexual Abuse Through Spanking

By Hermana Linda | December 6, 2014 |

Homeschoolers Anonymous is running a series called, “Hurts Me More Than You,” from which I came across this testimony about the very real and tragic risk of unintended sexual abuse through spanking. If there were no other arguments against spanking, this one would be enough. Some time ago a pastor and some of his flock…

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Vision Forum: Peter Bradrick Speaks

By Hermana Linda | November 30, 2013 |

Peter Bradrick, once very close to Doug Phillips, has broken his silence. While we still have more questions than answers, this development is very much of interest to those who are following the Vision Forum saga. Doug Phillips: “Disowns” Former Vision Forum Executive Assistant to President, Peter Bradrick, Calls Him “Destroyer” When Confronted about Sins…

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And When They Become Teenagers? Then What?

By Hermana Linda | June 7, 2013 |

Cindy Foster of The Baptist Taliban blog explains why she no longer believes in spanking in, I’m Coming Out! Along similar lines, Dara Stoltzfus has some interesting things to say about parenting teenagers in Spanking puts the parent in a bad autopilot mode… And speaking of Dara, she also takes a very good look at…

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Fruits Of Not Spanking

By Hermana Linda | January 5, 2013 |

Dara Stoltzfus writes about the compassion of a child who was never spanked in Tori Story: More fruit of not spanking/hitting my kids . Along the same line she writes about the difference between those who have become inured to violence and the child who has never been hit and is therefore shocked by violence…

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Hana’s Body To Be Exhumed

By Hermana Linda | November 29, 2012 |

According to a recent news story in the Skagit Valley Herald, Hana “Williams” will not rest in peace. The court has granted the prosecutors permission to exhume Hana’s body in order to prove her age. This is important because the charge of homicide by abuse only applies to victims under 16 years of age. According…

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Looking at Grace

By Hermana Linda | June 16, 2012 |

I would like to share 2 things with you about grace. The first is a post from Gentle Christian Mothers and is an example of one of the reasons a Christian mom decided to not to spank.  You can see more reasons in the rest of that thread. The other thing I found on Facebook:…

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Admin of Pro-Pearl Facebook Page Has Change of Heart

By Hermana Linda | October 4, 2011 |

The admin of one of the To Train Up A Child fan pages has had a change of heart.  She was planning to delete the page, then people said that she should keep it to prevent others from using that name and could use the page to warn people.  Then someone said that the Pearls…

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