by Rebecca Davis | Nov 27, 2023 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity
In recent days I’ve been re-studying Hebrews, re-reading my notes from 29 years ago and 14 years ago, the two times I did full-blown studies of the book, as well as the additional comments sprinkled in from further read-throughs and evaluations, and of course adding...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 16, 2023 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, news and musings, untwisting Scriptures
Around ten years ago now, I stumbled in through the back door to my Untwisting Scriptures work. That back door was named “Bob Jones University.” Social media and the news are abuzz about BJU again, since the president has announced his departure because he and the...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 14, 2023 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
(Or at least bigger than *I* thought, but that’s not as good a title.) I’m working on Untwisting Scriptures #5, “Suffering, Death (to Self), and Life.” In preparation for that, I’m studying all the uses in the New Testament of the Greek words that indicate some...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 30, 2023 | challenging the status quo, seeking Jesus, untwisting Scriptures
This is an updated version of a blog post I wrote for a domestic abuse shelter a while back. ***** A Christian church functions somewhere on a continuum from healthy to cult-like. A healthy church is one in which all members, including leaders, love and help each...
by Rebecca Davis | May 26, 2022 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, survivor stories
Eight years ago, in the fall of 2014, I had the opportunity to correspond with a member of the SBC Executive Committee about the SBC sexual abuse offender database that didn’t exist yet. His name was Roger Oldham, and he showed up in the 288-page investigative...
by Rebecca Davis | May 25, 2022 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
This week the 288-page report about abuse in the Southern Baptist Church (SBC) came out. To some, it was utterly shocking. To others it was, “It’s about time.” I guess it depends on which side of the road you were standing on. What you had seen,...