by Rebecca Davis | Jun 4, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, seeking Jesus
I’m all about making sense of things. If a movie has a gaping plot hole, then no other redeeming qualities can redeem that movie for me. If a song can be interpreted a dozen different ways, then I don’t really want to listen to that song. Needing to make sense...
by Rebecca Davis | May 26, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
On Thursday, May 24th, JD Greear posted a Facebook Live about the needs of the Southern Baptist Convention. This is it. Greear is running for President of the Southern Baptist Convention. I’m following Greear’s admonition that we seek to think the best of our...
by Rebecca Davis | May 24, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Megan Cox of Give Her Wings has given me permission to repost her letter to Sarah Pulliam Bailey, the author of the Washington Post series on Paige Patterson. The abuse and abuse enabling in SBC circles is far worse than what I talked about yesterday. ...
by Rebecca Davis | May 23, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Today it was announced that Paige Patterson, President of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, would be “demoted” from President to President Emeritus (though some would reasonably argue that this is simply an early retirement). This “demotion” came after...
by Rebecca Davis | May 17, 2018 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
1. There are no Biblical guidelines for “transparency,” but there are for integrity Transparency is an extra-Biblical concept. In church small group it usually seems to mean “being willing to tell us about your sin,” and I think it’s based on James 5:16, which...
by Rebecca Davis | May 15, 2018 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
It wasn’t a formal survey, by the way. It’s just that when I asked 25 friends, 22½ of them agreed. (So, to be clear, that survey part was a little joke.) Anyway . . . It seems that this belief is seen as true especially for those who have been influenced by so-called...