by Rebecca Davis | Feb 15, 2022 | our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
Long ago Martin Luther read the Latin translation of the Greek New Testament called the Vulgate. He saw that John that Baptist and Jesus called out to their hearers, “Do penance! For the Kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Really? he thought. Did they really call for their...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 31, 2022 | our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus
The Called to Peace Ministries Women’s Retreat will be happening April 7-10 in the Asheville, NC, area. Joy Forrest, the founder and director, has said that the response in recent years has been so overwhelmingly positive that she and her team have decided to do it...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 13, 2022 | our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus
Helena Knowlton writes at Confusion to Clarity, and within that website she offers a course and community called Arise. When this course opened last month I signed up, especially because Helena focuses on how the body can heal from the trauma that has affected it, and...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 6, 2022 | seeking Jesus
It seems like the last ten years or so, having a word for the New Year has replaced making New Year’s resolutions or goals. So if the apostle Paul had done this, I’m guessing one of the many years of his Christian life, “holy amnesia” may have been his word (okay,...
by Rebecca Davis | Dec 31, 2021 | news and musings
With as full as my life has become, I believe I may have reached my peak of blogging prolific-ness in 2017, with 68 posts. This year it was only 35, but that still felt like a lot to me! With the exception of my main evergreen post (“Why Did David Lift His Eyes to the...