For Shame, Beautiful Botkins
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,...Should We Refuse to Talk About the Sins That Are Done in Secret?
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...Is the Bible Really My Daily Manna?
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...A Song I Love to Hate
I don’t really hate it . . . but I dislike it a lot. It has such a beautiful title: “I Am Satisfied with Jesus.” My heart leaps up in response to that title. Yes! It’s an old song, sung in the churches in which I grew up, so you may not know...Maintaining a False Unity (A Commentary on the SGM Scandals)
I’m learning about some pretty horrific stuff that’s been allegedly going on in the Sovereign Grace Ministries circles. Not that I was unfamiliar with the problems there—SGM Survivors have been blogging since about 2007, and I’ve known about the blogs and occasionally...
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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