Comments on: What We Mean by Quiverfull

By: Chris Jeub

Chris Jeub — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:01:00 +0000

You should subscribe to our blog and read up on this so-called “movement.” Reading our articles may enlighten you to our worldview a bit (it appears like you didn’t even read this one). Your comments are ignorant of the facts, many of which we like to discuss here.

By: susan blanton

susan blanton — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:39:00 +0000

You act as though God didn’t give us choices! It is not God’s choice to give you 15 kids, he gave you free will to chose that many. It also is not God’s will to overpopulate the planet to the point of diminishing resources due to soil depletion, and encroachment on previously farmed land by large populations of people. If you want that many kids, what is wrong with adopting children that are already here who need homes. Isn’t charity the true Christian thing to do. This movement seems extremely selfish to me. The current world population is 6,840,507,003. Do the math, If every person in the world decided they wanted 15-19 children, there would not be enough resources to sustain the planet. This is not a question of whether you can afford to take care of your children, it is a question of whether the world can afford to take care of that many children. I am appalled at the selfishness of the Quiverful movement!!!

By: susan blanton

susan blanton — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:39:00 +0000

By: Jasmine Unknown

Jasmine Unknown — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:19:00 +0000

Hahaha, Thank-you so much for commenting! Honestly I didn’t think you would, I figured your family was sooo busy. About me finding your story appealing, I find alot of stories apealling to be honest,
(I’m kind of weird like) from all genres, from Forensic to religion and Lifestyle choices and many more! But like I said thanks for writing back, YOU ARE APPRECIATED!,
-God Bless U with much Love
Jasmine <3

By: Chris Jeub

Chris Jeub — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:03:00 +0000

Hi Jasmine. Thanks for posting! Here’s what is interesting: you find us interesting. If you are decided on not having children or even get married, yet find our testimony and story intriguing, I’d say that God may be trying to tell you something. Pray about it and continue following what is so intriguing on your heart. You’ll figure out your answers in due time, and you have a lot of years ahead of you.

By: Jasmine Unknown

Jasmine Unknown — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:26:00 +0000

Hi Jeubs, (I thought it would be alittle bit formal if I called you guys by your last names, P.S. I like being formal LOL) I’m fifteen (15) years old and I just recently watched a show called Secret Lives of Women: Born to Breed, and became alittle interested, therefore I search one of the guests name that I remember (that’ll be you) and Lo and Behold your website appears, anyway, the main reason why I wanted to comment on your site is because for one, I am a Christian, a Generous Free-thinking Christian at that, and I love to be around children, so I thought it would be neat to check-out a married couple whose some-what of the same way. Well, as I said before, I am a Christian and I do love kids but I feel kind of quilty because I have no desire of having kids of my own, I tell people (friends and adults) that and they seem to be surpised that I, a fifteen (15) year old girl would already make that decision, So again, out of guilt, I go to my uncle and ask him about Christians not having kids and he told he that it’s “completely fine”, that sometimes God even uses people who don’t have kids to spread his word and go to missionary, since having kids are very expensive, so therefore it would be almost impossible to be a plane ticket to go outside the country. But, I read one of your articles and it said that you don’t truly believe that God restricts a couple from having kids, however, my uncle told me different, as a matter of fact, I believe in my heart that (I’m not saying that I’ll have kids right away, I’m just contemplating the future) I am almost destined to not have kids or even get married at the most, I feel as if God has told me that, probably you’re not familiar with what I am saying but I’m being honest. I just wonder in your family’s eyes am I right? Do you agree that if I believe so that maybe it is my calling to not have kids? Do you support my decision of me not wanting children? If not, why? **Sorry for the long paragraph, obviously, I have alot to say LOL, write me back when you can**

God bless U with much Love,
Jasmine <3

By: Darrell Wolfed

Darrell Wolfed — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:22:00 +0000

I believe that the use of children here is spiritual – not literal. Just like in book of Revelation; there is no red dragn nor a river of blood, nor frogs, colorful horses, or a woman clothed with the Sun. Neither is there a small stone that became a great mountain or a 7 headed beast… All that language given in God’s Word is symbolic. It was given that way to “keep from the unbelievers” of the times. Only true & faithful men of God inspired by his spirit can tell the whole truth about it. Although God does love children literally, he loves everybody everywhere… all colors, shapes, sizes, tounges, nationalities, etc… But the meaning “quiverful” is about having a church attitude that desires to bring in the lost (unsaved) to the Church. To grow in great numbers for the purpose of propogating his Word. This is a spiritual birth that fills the quiver with reborn christians who in the spiritual sense are “little childern”. The apostle John called it being born again. Who else is born but a child? May God help us to realize he want us all working urgently to travail as Revelation says so many can be born into his kingdom.

By: Frances

Frances — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:42:00 +0000

I realize this was written a long time ago but if you are still checking, mind if I ask a few questions? How many rooms do the kids have? How many times did you have to move to have more space? Here, there is a law about sharing bedrooms. I would love to have as many children as the Lord sees fit to give me but I worry about being able to house them all. We don’t have a lot of money and those 4 and 5 bedroom houses are beyond our reach.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:07:15 +0000

I just wanted to say that this was a very well written post! I have always felt that God put a calling on my heart to be a mother and that I would have a “quiverfull”. I wandered away from my faith and God a few years ago and am just about to finish with my bachelor’s degree. I have been starting to get back in touch with God and am feeling that being a mother is still my calling (I have a 6 year old and a 16 month old son currently) and feel “trapped” now because of my decision to walk away from my calling. Now I will have to go to work to pay off my loans and I have been praying for a way to be able to work from home. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I love seeing Godly families on TV and it gives me hope for the future! (BTW, I am 25, so I still have time to get my “quiverfull” I am just trying to give God control of my life-it is a struggle for me!)

By: Shelly

Shelly — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:39:37 +0000

I clicked over to this post yesterday from the comments on the newer one with Anon. After reading your blog/books over years I feel like we are friends! I’m a fellow MOMYS and agree wholeheartedly with the message of this post.

We are “quiverfull”, although we rarely call ourselves that, and *only* have six children. We would love more! We desire more because we love children, not because we are competing with any other family. This has become the new question for large families: it used to be “Do you know what causes that?”, now it’s “Are you trying to keep up with the Duggars?”

As much as I agree with you on this one, I agree with commenter Hannah–this post could use some serious editing. Beside the Jon (not John) spelling error, you also spelled Dugger wrong (it’s Duggar). Maybe you have never seen their show… Jon and Kate were never “quiverfull”, even before their separation/divorce they were not open to more or letting God control the number of their children. I hope you edit this because frankly their problems are/were “bad press” for large families and many of us don’t want to be compared to them!