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“Your Empathy Is a Sin”: A Response to Desiring God

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...

A New Church Parable of the Good Samaritan

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?...

“Better Than I Deserve”

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...

Will God Send Leanness to Your Soul?

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...

Three Fingers Pointing Back at You

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...
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I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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