by Rebecca Davis | Mar 27, 2012 | news and musings, our New Covenant identity
I take off my glasses to peer at my tiny notes in the wide margins of my ancient Bible. I type them into the computer and add new notes from what the Lord is currently teaching me about the passage. I love being able to use online commentaries and lexicons. So the...
by Rebecca Davis | Feb 28, 2012 | news and musings
My mother-in-law passed away six years ago this week. She died in her bed here in this house where we live now. Almost five years earlier my in-laws had moved in with us so we could help with her care in her declining years, as she disappeared in the gray cloud of...
by Rebecca Davis | Feb 14, 2012 | news and musings, seeking Jesus
I’m studying Philippians . . . I memorized it when I was in college. I’ve taught Bible studies on it. I studied it in-depth nine years ago. And I pull the bread out of the fridge and sniff it, surreptitiously checking for little white spots. Why did I...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 7, 2011 | news and musings
This one is an important book to me because I contributed a chapter for it! Over forty people, from famous ones to ordinary ones like me, told how the Word of God has been used in their lives. I posted my chapter on my blog a while back: “The Magnifying Glass of...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 3, 2011 | challenging the status quo, sanctification by faith alone
This is the 4th in a series about joy. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. A friend listened to the song “If You Want Me To” by the blind songwriter Ginny Owens. She said, “I can’t say this [place of faith] is where I am all...