by Rebecca Davis | Jul 25, 2012 | challenging the status quo, news and musings
I surely can’t be the only one who skips over some Scriptures a hundred times, a thousand times, maybe, and then suddenly one day, as I’m asking the Lord to open the Scriptures to me, He opens some obscure little phrase in a way I never expected. (That’s what makes...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 20, 2012 | our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus
Those Corinthians were recalcitrants. (That’s one of my current favorite words.) When Paul wrote 2 Corinthians, he was having trouble in pretty much every conceivable area of his life. The influential Jewish leaders, who were the self-professed enemies of...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 15, 2012 | challenging the status quo
Do you think your verbal expressions are justified? You rather enjoy the inadvertent blush of some less-trendy peers or the blanch of the older generation? And of course you have strong feelings, so you need strong expressions to express them. And this is part of our...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 24, 2012 | our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone
“Mama, Grandma’s eyes are open, but she’s breathing like she’s asleep.” “Thank you darling.” I dropped what I was doing and hastened to Grandma’s bedroom, where she lay, resting between death and life. I waved my hand in front of the unresponsive eyes. I put my hand...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 10, 2012 | news and musings
At the end of November, 1989, we welcomed Stephen Davis into the world. At the very same time, the Berlin wall was coming down. I remember watching it on television—me, the young mother who had been suffering with debilitating morning sickness, exhausted by my...