by Rebecca Davis | May 6, 2018 | news and musings
Did you hear about the movie Spotlight? It won Best Picture in 2015. It’s a true story about an investigative reporting team from the Boston Globe who uncovered systematic hiding of sexual abuse and abusers in the Catholic Church. The Spotlight team accomplished their...
by Rebecca Davis | May 4, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
When a church elder said to a friend of mine, regarding her husband’s 25-year-long pornography problem, “It’s just a little porn,” I knew the problem went deeper than the husband’s porn. That church elder had a problem too. When Sovereign Grace Ministries protects...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 30, 2018 | our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone
In Friday’s post, “When is it wrong to be a living sacrifice?” about Romans 12:1, which refers to our being “holy” as living sacrifices, I commented that it seems that holiness is rarely defined. Well, here is a brief definition, one that...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 27, 2018 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
Romans 12:1 says, “Therefore I exhort you, brothers [and sisters], through the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, which is your reasonable [rational] service.” I’ve been naïve and sheltered apparently, because I was...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 20, 2018 | our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
I know it must grow wearying to many Jesus-lovers to hear of one Christian leader after another being accused of seriously disqualifying sins and even crimes. I become weary too, but not because I believe the accusations are false or nit-picky. No, I’m glad for any...