Posts Tagged ‘Pearls’
Brandy Explains How She Disciplines
Brandy of Brandy’s Brood tried the Pearls’ method and found it to have a very negative impact on their toddler so they gave up spanking and moved towards more gentle discipline. She tells her story in her post, Ask Brandy: Discipline. While still using non-corporal punishments, they strive to be gentle and are still on…
Read MoreAnother Pro-Spanker speaks out against Michael Pearl
Emily shares a quote from Michael Pearl and her response to it. Ah, but she did not share where the quote can be found. Lest anyone insist that they do not remember Mr. Pearl ever saying such a thing, I will share the citation. It is from an article on the No Greater Joy Website…
Read MoreBiblical Distortion in the Patriarchy Movement
The Incorrigible Gingers exposes some Biblical Distortion of the Patriarchy movement and then links to a Times article about the Stay At Home Daughters Movement. Sahd. The Patriarchy Movement sure fits the Signs of a Toxic Movement. While we’re on the subject of Patriarchy, I would like point out that even the Pearls have concerns…
Read MoreThe Schatz Abuse Story and the Paradise Post
As 2010 winds to a close, I am reflecting on the changes to this website. I moved to this blog in March during the thick of the Schatz story. Over the months I found more and more time passing between posts and started filling that time with posts about other controlling groups such as the…
Read MoreLexie’s Thoughts on Child Training
Lexie Ahada from The Road Less Traveled has posted her arguments against the Pearls’ teachings, along with a long excerpt from To Train Up a Child. in her post, My Thoughts On Child Training.
Read MoreCarolyn’s Testimony in Response to the Shatz Story
Carolyn wrote the following comment in response to That Mom’s post about Lydia Schatz and posted on my Facebook page. I can totally understand how this is completely attributible to the Pearls teachings. We were introduced to these teachings when my children were little, and I believed pretty much all of what they had to…
Read MoreDoes Punishment Really Produce Godly Character?
I just found out about the group known as the Assembly under the ministry of George and Betty Geftakys. I had not heard of them before this, but as they were using the teachings of Michael and Debi Pearl (as well as Fugate and Ezzo,) they are of interest. Apparently, they are another cultic and…
Read MoreReview of Good and Evil by Michael Pearl
Glenn E. Chatfield from Watchman’s Bagpipes reviews Michael Pearl’s Comic Book Version of the Bible (illustrated by a former Marvel cartoonist), Good and Evil. He lists everything he considers to be unscriptural and/or extra-biblical. His main concern is the inclusion of the “Gap Theory.”
Read MoreBethany Breaks Free
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…
Read MoreSo Much More Than a Maiden Of Virtue
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…
Read MoreMichael Pearl’s Article About Laughing
You probably saw Michael Pearl’s article about how he is laughing at his critics when he first wrote it in March 2010. It was a response to the outraged responses to the Schatz tragedy. I posted reactions to that here. I was surprised recently to stumble upon the information that Michael Pearl posted this same…
Read MoreMary Jane’s Farm Magazine
It has come to my attention that Mary Jane’s Farm Magazine is running a full-page ad for the Bulk Herb Store in their Dec/Jan ’10 issue. I wonder if they are aware that the Bulk Herb Store is owned by Shoshana Pearl, daughter of Michael and Debi. It’s possible that they have idea of what…
Read MoreGood and Evil
I have come across a discussion of Michael Pearl’s book, Good And Evil, which is a comic book version of The Bible. Actually, she mainly discusses their efforts to turn this graphic novel into a feature film and the video designed to raise funds for that project. ‘Good and Evil,’ the Graphic Bible, Considered With…
Read MoreKudos to SouleMama
I am impressed to see the owner of a small business drop a sponsor upon discovering that her sponsor does not share her values. I found out from a post on GCM that the sponsor she dropped was the Bulk Herb Store, owned by Shoshanna Pearl who is the daughter of Michael and Debi. I…
Read MoreWhat Does Mr. Pearl Really Believe?
Michael Pearl has a very interesting article on his website where he responds to Pastor Raley‘s warning against his teachings in his church bulletin. Now, in this article, Mr. Pearl says that he did not say what Pastor Raley says that he said. I found that very interesting and so I decided to go through the…
Read MoreCount Your Blessings
Rachel has written a post called, Count Your Blessings, in which she reflects back on her patriocentric childhood and her escape from that mindset.
Read MoreTanja Cilia from Times of Malta
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…
Read MoreDon’t Train Your Child to Be a Train Wreck
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.
Read MoreTo Control a Child
Cultured Mama has written some very good arguments against the manipulative and dangerous teachings of Michael and Debi Pearl in To Control a Child. She also warns against Ezzo and Babywise and gives a lot of links for further research.
Read MoreEnduring Sound Doctrine
The pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Temecula says in a post called, Enduring Sound Doctrine: One writer who started out with some fairly sound material on raising children but has moved subtly away from sound doctrine is Michael Pearl. I have recently removed all of his material from my personal library and from the…
Read MoreWhy churches are failing
Thriller Author has written a blog post at HubPages called Why Churches Are Failing. This is a rather harsh wake up call for all Christians to consider and I believe that it is warranted. The Pearls’ teachings are mentioned in passing along with Ezzo’s. I don’t know exactly what these HubPages are but I notice…
Read MoreUnstringing the Pearls: A Critical Pastoral Assessment
Unstringing the Pearls: A Critical Pastoral Assessment is a warning from a pastor to his church, updated from a 2006 email. Since this pastor recommends Tripp, this is obviously another argument from someone who promotes spanking and will be tagged appropriately.
Read MoreIs Spanking Biblical? Part 4
Carissa Robinson concludes her “Is Spanking Biblical?” series with Is Spanking Biblical? Part 4: Why We Have Chosen Not To.
Read MoreMore adoption outrage
The Riggs family is also taking Mr. Pearl to task for his comments about adoption in the 2nd part of today’s blog post. They are commenting on Mr. Pearl’s blog. I can’t help but wonder what his reply will be. I have yet to see him to apologize or retract a statement. Proof that Mr.…
Read MoreMan vs. God
Lorraine from All Are Precious In His Sight has written an impassioned blog post called Man vs. God which is a response to Michael Pearl’s advice regarding adopting and fostering children. Apparently, he is scaring away prospective adoptive and foster families with his advice which is in no way Biblical.
Read MoreFundamental Baptist Warns Against NGJ
David Cloud of Fundamental Baptist Information Service has updated his Warning Against No Great Joy Ministries. While he agrees with a lot of what the Pearls teach, he has some serious reservations: 1 ) Exalting the family over the church. 2 ) Sinless Perfection 3 ) Michael Pearl’s duplicitous dealings with the author 4 )…
Read MoreLiving Creatively’s book review of TTUAC
Living Creatively has posted a book review of To Train Up a Child called, To Train Up a Child OR you could call it How to Abuse a Child. She started her research when a friend asked her about the book and was properly shocked. She gives her own thoughts and then shares another review…
Read MoreHomemaker’s Corner Examines the Pearls
At first glance, Mary Stephens of the Homemaker’s Corner looks like a typical Pearl follower. She is strictly King James Only and believes strongly in submissive wives who are keepers at home. However, she uses God’s Word as her light and the Pearls’ persuasive prattle did not fare well under the searching light of Scripture.…
Read MoreFalse Teachers
ThatMom has some very interesting articles I would like to highlight: Are They True or False Teachers? How can we tell? Slander, Libel, and Gossip, Oh My! How should we respond to false teachings?
Read MoreSchatz Trial – No update
Notable Trials has a update on the Schatz Trial to summarize the case and say that there is no real update.
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