by Rebecca Davis | Jul 25, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
Jim Berg claims that this nouthetic counseling program Quieting a Noisy Soul presents the solutions to anxiety, despair, obsessive compulsive behavior, panic attacks, anorexia, bulimia, and other problems. Part 1 of this series covered the Problem (the noisy soul) and...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 23, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
It’s one thing to hear or read Berg’s teachings through the ears of one who has sinned—for example, one who has traumatized another. It’s quite a different thing to listen or read through the ears of one who has been sinned against, that is, the oppressed. ***...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 17, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Diane Langberg, preeminent Christian psychologist, counselor, and writer, has said many times, “Trauma is the mission field of the 21st century.” I’d change it slightly to say traumatized people are the mission field of the 21st century (since you can’t give the...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 17, 2018 | untwisting Scriptures
Yesterday I posted Part One of this study of some Scriptures that can be hard to understand, in response to a heartfelt letter from a reader. The questions I said I wanted to address were: If any unbelieving spouse wants to keep living in the house, does that mean the...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 16, 2018 | untwisting Scriptures
Some time ago I received this letter from a reader: The scripture that caused more pain, confusion and hopelessness in my two-decade bondage in an abusive marriage was this one from 1 Cor.7:13-16. “If you’re a woman married to an unbeliever and he wants...