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...
by Rebecca Davis | May 21, 2019 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
Yesterday I talked about 3 kinds of good fear, fear that isn’t sinful and is actually good and pleasing to God. Today . . . Three scenarios when fear is unnecessary and even harmful And sinful? Well maybe in some cases. (But then again in most of these cases,...