by Rebecca Davis | Sep 30, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, survivor stories, untwisting Scriptures
Yesterday I published a synopsis of and response to “Helping Women with Child Sexual Abuse in Their Past,” by Zondra Scott, a teacher of nouthetic counselors (going by the name “Biblical counselors”) whose husband Stuart taught “Biblical...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 29, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
As Providence would have it, when “Jane’s” account of rape in the environment of The Master’s University went viral last week (link), I was barely aware, because I was cleaning bathrooms and listening to lectures on abuse. One of them was “Helping Women with Child...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 19, 2017 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Not long ago I visited a church where I got to hear The Sheep Sermon again. It had been quite a while, years I guess. But The Sheep Sermon hadn’t changed a whole lot over the years. It even still had the part about the broken leg. You may have heard some version of...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 12, 2017 | challenging the status quo, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
Recently someone asked me to comment on Facebook on a quotation from a Puritan. I told her I found the quotation troubling enough to make a blog post out of it. Here, finally, is the promised post. My friend said, “When I read this quote, I thought it was true and...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 5, 2017 | birthday reflections, news and musings
Sixty years is one of those zero milestones, you know. So I’m remembering. I remember that as a young person I didn’t like my name. My sisters had names that meant “lady,” “little lamb,” and “princess.” My name? It meant “snare” or “restraint” or “binding.”...