If Necessary, Use Words
first published in the December 2000 edition of the Columbia County (New York) Homeschooling Newsletter Perhaps you’ve heard the oft-quoted saying of Francis of Assisi, “Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words.” This is repeated as a...Sin? Holiness? Legalism? Hypocrisy? Defining Terms
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I didn’t know, back when I passively accepted some of these false teachings—it didn’t even occur to me what the grim outworking, the rotten fruit, would be. But now . . . I’ve seen it. I’ve seen it in the lives of people I love. In some Christian circles people are...How Much of a Day of Rest Should Sunday Really Be?
Years ago we left my Independent Fundamental Baptist roots–not because of rules so much, or a particular bad experience, but because in our study of the Bible, some of our beliefs had changed so fundamentally that we no longer fit. In searching for where we...Airing My Dirty Laundry at Bob Jones University
How was it that I had begun to take certain wrongdoing so lightly? How was it that I could justify theft? I was a graduate assistant at Bob Jones University. That meant while I was taking my grad classes, I was also working thirty hours a week at Bob Jones University...
I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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