by Rebecca Davis | Nov 22, 2018 | news and musings
Six years ago when I first began to learn about extreme abuse, when I was first introduced to dissociative identity disorder as something more than a movie plot, when I began to dip my toe into a world of darkness beyond what I had previously ever comprehended, I...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 19, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Conservative evangelical bloggers are discussing what I believe is a first: a megachurch pastor is suing not only bloggers who are publishing criticisms of him and his work, but the wives of those bloggers, as well as a news reporter who is working on a story about...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 14, 2018 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
This is Part 3 of 3. You can read Part 1 here. You can read Part 2 here. Recap In yesterday’s post, I quoted Heath Lambert as saying that sanctification involves striving and moral effort (trying to be good). My contention, and that of others, is that our...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 13, 2018 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
This is Part 2 of 3. In Part 1, I expressed the consternation I had experienced over Scriptures about “resting” and “striving” that seemed like they didn’t fit with each other. So what do those “resting” verses really mean? The Lord used several means to help me in my...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 12, 2018 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus, untwisting Scriptures
(Part 1 of 3.) My despair Back in 1994 when I was studying Leviticus (because it was my wilderness book), I wrote this in the margin at Leviticus chapter 2 (the boldface is added now): II Peter 1:4 says that we as believers should be “partakers of the divine nature.”...