by Rebecca Davis | Jun 17, 2019 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Umm . . . yes, he really did call it a sin, an “enticing sin,” in fact. That is, Joe Rigney, the Desiring God author, truly did say that empathy is bad and even a trick of the devil. And the majority of the commenters on the Facebook post of the article...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 14, 2019 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
This post was inspired by Valerie Jacobson. ***** Samaritan: What happened to you? Wounded One: I was attacked by a sadistic robber. Samaritan: Really? Which way did he go? I have to find him. Wounded: Could you help me first before you bring him to justice?...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 10, 2019 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
If you’ve listened to Dave Ramsey at all, you’ve heard it as a response to “How are you?” If you listen to country gospel, you might have heard it as a song. If you’ve been looking, you’ve seen it in blog posts (and more blog posts) and maybe even on T shirts. If...
by Rebecca Davis | May 30, 2019 | our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Here’s something we taught our children from the time they were old enough to understand: Sometimes the worst punishment a person can get is what he wants. I remmeber how astonished our children were with that teaching. It took much discussion for them to even...
by Rebecca Davis | May 27, 2019 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
It’s common for preachers and Christian writers to tell us, “When you listen to this sin being described, don’t think about anybody else; just think about yourself and search your own soul.” Many Christians, well-meaning and good-hearted, very much take that...