Note: Before reading this, please read the “Quiverfull and the Bible” FAQ. Like the “nobleminded Bereans” (Acts 17:11), we are entitled to study for ourselves, so that we may read the Biblical text in an informed manner. That FAQ provides the background for the method of informed Bible reading used here. by Kristen Rosser ~ aka: KR Wordgazer Q: Doesn’t the Bible say we are to receive as many children as God blesses us with, and that birth control is against His plan? Let’s look at the passage on children being a blessing, Psalm 127:3. Full post …
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NLQ FAQ: What is Quiverfull?
by Vyckie Q: What is “Quiverfull?” “Quiverfull” is a convenient, though I believe, somewhat unfortunate term which we’re using at No Longer Quivering to describe a family lifestyle which is growing in popularity among evangelical Christians ~ particularly those who home educate their children. Quiverfull ~ is the idea that truly godly families will “trust the Lord” with their family planning. Children are viewed as unmitigated blessings (“As arrows in the hand of the mighty man, so are the children of ones youth, happy is the man who hath his quiver full of them”) Full post …
Vyckie’s Tour de Crap: A Change of Heart
Are these all yours? No ~ not all ~ Angel was at the zoo when this picture was taken yesterday at the park ~ so one of them is missing I’ve been thinking that now would be a good time to add our “reversal testimony” to my Tour de Crap ~ since I am to the part in my story when the babies started coming … and coming … and coming. Plus ~ Mother’s Day is coming up so that seems like an appropriate opportunity to tell how it is that, although I had determined Full post …
NLQ Reader’s Choice … Must Read!
- The Amazing Bosch Universal Mixer
- Let The Men Speak: “Quiverfull nearly destroyed our marriage”
- “Husbands love your wives …” ~ the Peanut Butter in the Patriarchy trap!
- A Most Twisted Love
- Lo, children ARE a blessing …
- Tea Party Family Values and the World’s Greatest Freak Show
- It’s About MONEY
- Did I *really* trust Him?
- QUIVERFULL: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement ~ A Review
- To Those Who May Be Shocked, Disappointed, and Hurt by the News of My Apostasy
Steadfast Daughters in a Quivering World
NLQ FAQs
- What is Quiverfull?
- How can I help my “Quiverfull” friend?
- Does Patriarchy Glorify God?
- Quiverfull and the Bible
- The Bible & Birth Control
- The Bible and the Nature of Woman
- The Bible and Male Headship – Part 1
- The Bible and Male Headship – Part 2
- The Bible and Male Headship – Part 3
- Should There Be a “You” in Quivering?
- Why Do You Call Quiverfull Legalistic?
- Is No Longer Quivering an Atheist Website?
- How did you get yourself into this mess?
The Duggar Family
- Are Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar “Quiverfull??
- Quiverfull Daughters: The Making of a Helpmeet ~ TLC’s 19 Kids & Counting: The Duggar Family on How To Prepare For Courtship & Marriage
- Debt-Free Duggars ~ Pt. 1: How Quiverfull Couples Support All Those Kids!
- Debt-Free Duggars ~ Pt. 2: Quiverfull Royalty vs. Quivering Reality
- Jill, Jessa and Jinger Duggar: “Experiencing freedom teenagers rarely taste.”
- God gave them brains too
- Why Michelle Duggar can’t say, “We’re done!”
- 49 Character Qualities of the Duggars: A Report Card
- Duggar Bashing
- A Love That Multiplies ~ The Duggar’s New Book

Michelle says, Never enough babies!
