Biblical Economics!

Earlier this year, I read Biblical Economics  by R.C. Sproul, Jr. as part of the Great Authors Webinar, and thoroughly enjoyed it! I wanted to share it with you, as things are getting worse and worse in America. So click on the banner below and find out more about this wonderful book!

Elsie Dinsmore

After having several people ask me about the Elsie Dinsmore Series, I decided to post a link so that you can find out more about them.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series (I've read through book 16), and learned many character lessons from them! I would also highly recommend these on audio books. I have listened to the first book, read by Mr. Bill Potter, and I know the sweet lady who has done books four through seven.

Preparing for Marriage Set

I wanted to share this excellent deal from Vision Forum with you all! This set contains some of my favorite resoures, such as messages from Doug Phillips, Voddie Baucham, and Anna and Elizabeth Botkin. So go check out the Preparing our Son and Daughters for Marriage Set!

July's Best Books!

Hello, everyone! I can't believe it's been *gasp* three weeks since I blogged!!! Life is flying by so fast, it is unbelievable! :)

Anyway, I wanted to share with you all the best books I read in July, and they were really good!

The first was Conquer Your Fear, Share Your Faith by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. What a reminder of the importance of sharing the Gospel with those I come into contact everyday. I was very convicted of my unbiblical beliefs about salvation and evangelism, and challenged to reevaluate my terminology and views concerning these subjects.

Another wonderful book I read in July was Bringing Them Home, which I picked up at the Baby Conference. It was a novel about a family that begins home educating, and it was so encouraging! What a blessing it is to begin seeing novels about home educating families, like this one and Glory, Duty, and the Gold Dome!

God bless, and I hope you are all doing well!

Virtuous Daughters

Virtuous daughters are distinguished by their dress and speech, as well as the way they carry themselves. May we all strive to be virtuous daughters!

Jubilee Phillips reading to Providence and another young man

Jubilee Phillips and Mercy Morecraft

June's Best Books

June is over, and July is here! So, here are the best books I read last month- The Moving Feast by Allan Nation, and God Has A Wonderful Plan for Your Life: The Myth of the Modern Message by Ray Comfort.

The first I mentioned, The Moving Feast, is the story of how our culture in South Mississippi (where I live right now, and have for all my life) has been impacted over the centuries, predominantly by the American Indians, Scots, Irish, and Africans. It was very interesting, as over the years I've wondered why we eat and do certain things, like frying everything! :) Not a perfect book, yet very informative!

Ray Comfort's book, The Myth of the Modern Message was amazing! It caused me to reconsider much of my worldview and mindset, particularly where evangelism and Salvation are concerned. I would highly recommend it to everyone!! Easy to read (it was only 124 pages), it shared a little bit of similarity with Already Gone, Ken Ham's book, yet he used the statistics in a different way- to show that our evangelism is not only failing, its harmful! Even better, the book was FREE!!

Have a wonderful day, and God Bless!

May's Best Books

It is so hard to believe that June is almost over! It's also very exciting because that means that it is only ten days until we leave for the Baby Conference! :) 

I also just realized that I hadn't posted about the books I read in May! Since we did the Great Authors Webinar, I read many of the books that those authors wrote during the month. But overall, I think the two best books I read were Killer Angel: A Short Biography of Planned Parenthood’s Founder, Margaret Sanger by George Grant, and The Philosophy of the Christian Curriculum by R.J. Rushdoony. Both of these books reflected a common theme that has been on my heart and mind these past few months as I've contemplated babies, birth, children, education, and life in general. (Perhaps this has been encouraged by my great anticipation of the Baby Conference, and also that my Mamma and I are attending a Doula Course in late July)


Not a book for young children, Killer Angel, while being very discreet, was shocking and nauseating. While I  knew that Margaret Sanger was a wicked woman, as I read the book I gained a chilling realization that she was even more despicable and vile than I realized. It is easy to see how she was one of the most dangerous people in history, falling in the ranks of Hitler.

The Philosophy of the Christian Curriculum was a wonderful book, as well. It caused me to stop and consider some of my own ideas about education, and curriculum in particular. I would not recommend this book to the new home educator, simply because of Rushdoony's stance on home education. However, I would highly recommend it as a very useful tool, when read with caution, and most of all, a Biblical view of education, as according to Deuteronomy 6:7.

Something that was once again thrust before my view as I read these books, was that ideas have consequences, and also that culture is religion externalized.


The way we look at education impacts our view of curriculum, and our methods of teaching our children. In the same way, the way we look at babies and children impacts our view of family, church, and state.

Margaret Sanger's view of children (and, in some cases, entire people groups) as a burden, inconvenience, etc. gave us the Pill, abortion, and euthanasia. We must embrace a Biblical view of life, babies, children, and family if we will reform our culture! And for that reason, I would greatly encourage you to attend Vision Forum's major 2010 event- The Baby Conference: A Historic Summit on the Triumph of Life over the Culture of Death.

 I hope to see some of you there!

Why Read Elsie Dinsmore?

Why read the Elsie Dinsmore books??


Girls Discuss Martha Finley's Literary Classics: The Elsie Dinsmore Library from Douglas Phillips on Vimeo.

A Giveaway...

Hello, everyone!

I wanted to let ya'll know about a giveaway over at Raising Homemakers! They are giving away a set of three wonderful items that I have thoroughly enjoyed over the years- So Much More, Strength and Dignity for Daughters, and What our Father Taught us About Boys! So go register here before it ends!

April's Best Books

First of all, I have to admit that I didn't read a single fiction book last month! Out of all the books I read last month, though, I think the best was a book I recieved for my birthday from some friends, Politics of Guilt and Pity by R.J. Rushdoony. While it took me a while to read this book, it was definitely worth it! While I do not agree with everything he writes (he was a fallen, sinful man just like you and me), I believe he had one of the best perspectives on Christianity in culture and dominion. I would highly recommend this book! One of my favorite quotes from the book is one I've heard Mr. Doug Phillips say for years: "Culture is religion externalized."

However, another book you all might enjoy was Preparing for Marriage: The Premarital advice of John Calvin, which was edited by Mr. Scott Brown.

Last Day to Save!

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to save on Vision Forum's sale! This a great time to stock up on some of Vision Forum's best products, like the R.M. Ballantyne books, John Calvin's Commentaries, or the Moody Science DVD Collection-- all of which are on sale!

Kathleen Norris on Home

"Home ought to be our clearinghouse, the place from which we go forth lessoned and disciplined and ready for life."

- Kathleen Norris, author of Mother

More Reccommendations

I thought I would share some more of my "favorite" products from Vision Forum:

Another of my favorite books is Glory, Duty, and the Gold Dome, just published last fall by VF. It is a wonderful story about a home-educated young boy who works alongside his father in the defense of life and liberty. I read it in one night! (It is that good!!)

Also, I'm sure that most of you have listened to Jonathan Park before, but if you haven't, they are really good! I have been an avid fan of the audio series for many years now, and when I took Biology, I would tell my Mamma, "Oh, I knew such-and-such, because it was on Jonathan Park!"

As far as films go, VF sells many films that my parents and I have enjoyed, like The Widow's Might (produced by Christian, Independent, Home-educating filmmakers),The Return of the Daughters, and Homeschool Dropouts. However, probably The Mysterious Islands would be my favorite, though. If you haven't seen it, the film chronicles the journey of a 16 year old young man (Joshua Phillips) to the Galapagos Islands with his father and other Christian men,like Dr. John Morris who show that Darwin was wrong, and that the islands are not a "labratory for evolution", but rather a "showcase for creation". It is REALLY good! :)

Modesty and Christians

I know that modesty is a difficult issue in modern Christian churches (as a whole- there are some exceptions). Recently, I read a couple of excellent articles on modesty and Christians, and wanted to share them with ya'll. Read them here and here and here.

If you are interested, some other resources I would highly reccomend can be found here and here.

May we all become modest daughters, who reflect the beauty of our Heavenly Father!

I'm still here...

Most of you have probably figured out by now that I'm not a consistent blogger!! :) So, I thought I'd just tell you all what I've been doing lately.

We've been doing the Evenings with Victoria Botkin webinar, which has been very good, and we just started the Great Authors Webinar, as well. (see banner above)

But I've also been doing alot of reading. ALOT! Recently I've been reading things as varied as J.C. Ryle, Nutrition books, with a little bit of John Calvin, Louisa May Alcott, and (smile) Driver's Ed thrown in, too!

I've also been busy researching different doctrines of the church. I have learned so much, but I think the most rewarding thing has been discussing different Confessions, Scriptures, and viewpoints with my parents, particularly my Daddy.

I thought I'd share with everyone my family's "Hymn of the Month", too-- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Robert Robinson.

Come, thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tounges above;
Praise the mount- I'm fixed upon it-
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Here I raise mine Ebenezer-
Hither by Thy help I'm come;
And I hope by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wand'ring from the fold of God;
He to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wand'ring heart to Thee:
Prone to wander- Lord, I feel it-
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart- O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

Isn't that a great hymn? It is so convicting when I read that section of the last verse where it says, "Prone to wander- Lord, I feel it- Prone to leave the God I love". What a great reminder that I must daily give my heart to both my fathers- Heavenly and earthly!

Oh, and by the way, I passed the Driver's Permit exam! :D

March's Best Books

It's so hard to believe that March is over! It seems like I was just posting about the best books I read in February... time sure does fly!

I don't know how many of you are fans of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables Series,or have seen the film, but the Best Fiction book I read this past month was Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. (It was a first edition copy, too!)

And I've been having a hard time trying to decide the Best Non-Fiction book I read in March. I finally got it narrowed down to two books, and so I'll just tell you about both. They were The Sermons of Robert Murray M'Cheyne (All those quotes didn't give me away did they?!) and Leading Little Ones to God by Marian M. Schoolland.

I had never heard of R.M. M'Cheyne before I read the book of some of his sermons, but he was a truly amazing and inspiring man! Although he was only 29 when he died, he had great insight and wisdom into the Word of God.

The other book was, as the subtitle called it, was "A Child's Book of Bible Teachings". It explained in simple language some basic points of Christianity (such as salvation, baptism, etc.), without being "dumbed-down".

Have any of you read any of these books? If so, what were your thoughts on them? Anyway, I'd love to hear about what ya'll have been reading!

Quote from R.M. M'Cheyne

"Every one of you have your work to do for Christ where you are… The smallest twinkling star is as much a servant of God as the mid-day sun. Only live for Christ where you are.”

-Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Quote taken from Sermons of Robert Murray M'Cheyne, a book I read recently. A great reminder to be content right where I am, and to joyfully serve Christ the way He's called me to! :)

What were the best books you read in February?

By doing the 52 book challenge I have been reading lots of books, which has been very rewarding for me! I thought I might share with everyone the "Best Books" I read this past month, so I divided them into two Categories: Fiction and Non-Fiction.

The "Best" Non-Fiction Book I read was actually a book we read as a family- Tithing and Dominion by Rousas John Rushdoony. It was quite convicting, and I don't believe you could ever look at Tithing the same way again once you read it!

The "Best" Fiction Book I read was The Last Sin-Eater by Francine Rivers. I read this book while I was sick a few weeks ago. Nothing like a good book to make you feel better! :) I was impressed with the clear Gospel message presented, as well as the intriguing story that kept me turning pages, even though the movie is already one of my all-time favorites!

Alright, now I want to hear from all of you- What were the best books you read in February?

52 Book Challenge

A few weeks ago a friend from San Antonio encouraged me to take the 52 Book Challenge, where you read a book every week of the year. I accepted, and thought that some of you might like to join me.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I start a lot of books, and have a VERY hard time finishing them! :) This Challenge has been a great motivator to get me to finish books! It's nice to look back over the week and see the books I've...COMPLETED!!!

If you want to join me, drop me a note, so we can keep each other encouraged!