Training Dominion Oriented Daughters

Training Dominion Oriented Daughters

How do you teach a shy daughter to go outside of herself? What kind of toys should you give your girls? What examples of regal conduct should you put before them to emulate? Is it wise to foster romanticism or sentimentalism in your daughters? What sort of academic priorities should you set for your girls? What about hobbies?

In Training Dominion-Oriented Daughters, teacher Geoff Botkin shares how his wife Victoria and he have sought to answer these questions, offering a personal glimpse into their own daughter-training experiences. Geoff explains that, even amidst perilous times, daughters can be encouraged to look and smile at the future as they prepare for service in God s kingdom.

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Speaker Chastised Over Criticism of ‘Biblical Patriarchy’ at SBC Seminary

A speaker at an apologetics conference at has been rebuked for comments critical of prominent Southern Baptists who believe God ordains for wives to be subordinate to their husbands.

Cynthia Kunsman, a registered nurse who runs a Web site and blog focusing on spiritual abuse, was invited to lead a workshop critiquing “biblical patriarchy” at a March 6-8 conference sponsored by Evangelical Ministries to New Religions.

In her lecture, Kunsman defined patriarchy as an “intolerant ideology” that has arisen within circles of the Christian during the last decade and a half. The movement is not monolithic, she said, but “encompasses many different denominations within .”

Source/Full Story: EthicsDaily.com

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British scientists grow sperm in laboratory

Women who say they don’t need a man may well be right – after human sperm was created in the lab.

The breakthrough could give hope to and men left unable to have children after having .

But don’t worry guys, the scientists who created the sperm using don’t plan to take you out of the baby-making process just yet.

‘While we can understand some people may have concerns, this does not mean that humans can be produced in a dish and we have no intention of doing this,’ said researcher Prof Nayernia.

‘The work is a way of investigating why some people are infertile and the reasons behind it.

‘It could also allow men who are currently infertile the chance to have a child which is genetically their own but this will be many years away – at least a decade.’

While scientists at Newcastle University and the NorthEast England Stem Cell Institute insist ‘fully mature, functional sperm’ was produced, other experts on their findings.

Prof Azim Surani, from Cambridge University, described the lab samples as ‘a long way from being authentic sperm cells’.

And the MRC Institute of Medical Research said: ‘Although they find some of the sperm cells have tails and can swim, this is not evidence of normality.’

Source/Full Story: Metro.co.uk

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