by Rebecca Davis | Aug 29, 2017 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity
Hang on. This is not to say that’s never a good thing to pray. I’ve prayed it, and I don’t regret praying it. It’s not unbiblical. But it’s also not Biblical. That is, it’s not in the Bible anywhere—no one ever prayed for God to use anyone, and the readers of the...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 22, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
A couple of weeks ago someone forwarded to me a post from Desiring God that hit me like a punch in the stomach. In an article called “Kicked Out of Church: How God Brought Me Home” (link), author Scarlett Clay begins her story right after her church had excommunicated...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 7, 2017 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
Recently Desiring God published an article telling us that discontent is Satan’s trap against every woman (link). In the style of Screwtape Letters, author Rebekah Wilson Merkle offers “advice” from one demon to another. Here is a sampling:Keep them...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 21, 2017 | challenging the status quo
Hi Darrell~ Someone just alerted me to your “Your marriage is designed to kill you” (link) blog post, so I suppose at some point I’ll be replying to it on my own blog. I wanted to ask, before I do that, if you’d be willing to write a disclaimer...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 20, 2017 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
addressing the false teaching of “daily dying to self,” part 4 Part 1 (link) introduces how detrimental this concept can be in the context of an abusive marriage, and gives my husband Tim a platform to speak. Part 2 (link) addresses Scriptures such as “I die daily,”...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 19, 2017 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone
addressing the false teaching of “daily dying to self,” part 3 You can read Part 1 here. You can read Part 2 here. Recap of the “daily dying to self” study so far When Jesus told the crowd “Deny yourself and follow Me,” He wasn’t saying...