by Rebecca Davis | Jul 13, 2020 | untwisting Scriptures
My friend Kristi Wetzel wrote: *** In his book Feel: The Power of Listening to Your Heart, Christian author Matthew Elliott asserts, The problem is that we’re taught by the church and our culture that emotions are not reliable indicators of truth. As a result,...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 23, 2020 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
When I was a young graduate assistant working at Bob Jones University (learning publishing at BJU Press), like all the other employees I was given certain odious assignments to fulfill each semester, such as monitoring the “dating parlor” for a couple of hours on a...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 1, 2020 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
If you’ve blogged for over ten years as I have, you probably have scores of jotted ideas, half-baked posts, drafts, and . . . what do you know it, full posts that somehow never got posted. Today, when I had a few moments but wanted to avoid listening to the news...
by Rebecca Davis | May 12, 2020 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
I had to wait a while to write this post, because last Friday I became angry with Joe Carter at The Gospel Coalition regarding his blog post about conspiracy theories. (It isn’t the first time his writing has angered me—his notorious “Beware of Broken Wolves” post...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 28, 2020 | challenging the status quo, seeking Jesus
I don’t want to be tone deaf to the problems of covid-19 and the troubled economy. But when I think about addressing either one, I believe the Lord is telling me that others are already doing this, and my job is to continue on in the work I was undertaking before. So...