by Rebecca Davis | Jul 15, 2014 | challenging the status quo, sanctification by faith alone
This was a question that someone asked me who hadn’t been to church in a while, because for some, the church can sometimes seem hurtful. As I’m wont with expressions that seem trendy, I said, “That expression seems trendy, and it isn’t in the Bible. So let’s...
by Rebecca Davis | Mar 26, 2014 | challenging the status quo, sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus
“How can I pray for you?” I asked my friend. She mentioned a few things. Then she hesitated. “I have so much trouble with sin,” she said. “I keep sinning. I feel suspicious of people, that they don’t like me. I’m so jealous—-I see other people doing well, and I feel...
by Rebecca Davis | Feb 11, 2014 | challenging the status quo
If Bill Gothard had lived at the time of William Wilberforce, he might have called him aside just before one of his impassioned speeches against the slave trade to Parliament (many or most of whose members greatly benefited directly or indirectly from the slave trade)...
by Rebecca Davis | Dec 8, 2013 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus
With the very first issue of Patriarch magazine twenty years ago, my husband eschewed the Patriarchy Movement. Every since then, I’ve followed it from afar, often with concern, especially upon finding that some patriarchal churches wanted to keep unsaved people out,...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 19, 2013 | challenging the status quo, news and musings, untwisting Scriptures
It is a shame to even mention what the disobedient do in secret. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. It is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. The things that they do in secret are...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 12, 2013 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus
I heard it many times growing up. “Your daily Bible reading is your daily manna. Yesterday’s reading won’t suffice for today. Read the Bible every day to receive fresh bread of life.” I never questioned it. Until recent years. Several things...