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...
by Rebecca Davis | Mar 30, 2018 | sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus
It’s Passion Week, and I’ve been thinking about lions. Sometimes when I read the Bible I go on a bit of a rabbit trail. . . . (This time I think it was a lion trail.) Does that ever happen to you? And sometimes, when I do that, I gain a deeper...