by Rebecca Davis | Aug 20, 2024 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Matthew 11 tells us that after he was thrown in prison, John the Baptist sent word by his disciples to Jesus to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” By such a question we ponder that he must have felt intense discouragement and begun to...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 6, 2024 | guest post, untwisting Scriptures
I’m privileged to publish Rhoda’s research and personal experience regarding forgiveness. This article comes with a caution: child sexual abuse. *** Forgiveness, like any power, can be used for good or for ill. Understood and implemented correctly, it can...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 22, 2024 | untwisting Scriptures
The “deconversion” testimonies that have crossed my path may vary, but they are all heartbreaking. In one video, the young woman who was formerly an ardent Independent Baptist mentioned the problem of the hateful God of Romans 9. That is, literally hateful. She quoted...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 4, 2024 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
This is Part 3 of a series. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. *** I’ve been writing about how the Courtroom metaphor to explain salvation is problematic, and I would say even extremely problematic. David Takle’s book, Lamb of God: Rediscovering the Beauty of the...
by Rebecca Davis | May 7, 2024 | our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone
From Rebecca: My friend Amy Bechtel Kimball has written a book that resonates with the work I do here and in my Untwisting Scriptures series. It’s all about our loving God’s REAL heart for you and who you REALLY are in our Lord Jesus Christ. One of the...