by Rebecca Davis | Jul 12, 2018 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
That was a trick question. In the teaching of logic it’s called a false dilemma. Because you really don’t have to be either one. The prodigal son and the older brother are characters in a parable Jesus told in Luke 15. The prodigal son got his inheritance early, left...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 2, 2018 | news and musings
Every year I take a writing retreat at The Evangelical Institute of Biblical Studies (link to website) in Greenville, SC. Affectionately called “EI,” it’s a tiny two-year Bible school (with an optional third year) that sits atop the highest mountain in...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 17, 2018 | For the Protectors
A few days ago, my husband, Tim, introduced me to a term I had missed somehow: “virtue signaling,” that is, letting others know via social media that you are more virtuous in your beliefs than they are regarding a certain social problem, without actually doing...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 15, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Growing up Independent Baptist, I got to hear a lot about slippery slopes. Mainly I heard about them regarding music. “If you young people start listening to that Christian rock, before you know it you’ll start dancing around a devil fire.” Or something like that. In...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 12, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
The Southern Baptist Convention meets this week in Dallas, after a tumultuous spring with a whole lot of bad publicity having to do with domestic and sexual abuse. Once again they’re looking at a resolution to develop a sexual offender database that will keep a...