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Dynamics that Keep Abuse in Place in a Church Setting, and How to Address Them

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...

That Time I Talked to an SBC Executive Committee Member

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...

Southern Baptists and a Culture that Breeds a Generation of Abusers

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,...

When Does Sin Become Idolatry? A New Perspective on an Old Question

by Rebecca Davis | Jul 26, 2021 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity

Last week I reposted (on my Rebecca Davis—Untwisting Scriptures Facebook page) my four-year old “Idol Factory” post, and again I received several heartfelt responses, both publicly and privately. A reminder that this pernicious teaching is still actively tormenting...

Did the Bereans Think Paul Was a Charlatan?

by Rebecca Davis | Jun 30, 2021 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus

I’ve heard sermons extolling the Bereans for searching the Scriptures, but it’s a rare preacher indeed who will urge his listeners to themselves search the Scriptures to see if what he is teaching them is true. When I’ve heard it, it’s often been about fact-checking...

“We Are Just as Vulnerable”: A Response to The Gospel Coalition

by Rebecca Davis | Feb 22, 2021 | challenging the status quo, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures

[fb_button] The tragic Ravi Zacharias story Friends, it usually takes me quite a while to process before I’m ready to comment on a horrific story. Many others have already written, and written well, about the fall of Ravi Zacharias from his high standing in the...
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I’m Rebecca Davis, a writer, book coach, speaker, wife, mother, grandmother, compassionate witness, prayer minister, advocate for the oppressed, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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