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David, Meet Peter (and Encouragement for the Rest of Us)

by Rebecca Davis | Jan 16, 2023 | For the Protectors, our New Covenant identity

In 1 Peter 5, Peter wrote to church leaders who loved God and loved the people they were called to serve. He appealed to them not as “lords” (like a king), but as “shepherds” (like Jesus). Then Peter encouraged all of them—all the believers he was writing to—by...

Examining the Label of “Victim Mentality”

by Rebecca Davis | Oct 18, 2022 | For the Protectors

It is a negative label, and one of accusation. Always. I’ve been pondering this term for years, but recently a book coaching client of mine used the term in reference to himself, raising the subject anew for me. The one who makes the accusation of victim mentality is...

With Daring Faith: A Biography of Amy Carmichael — new cover, new edition

by Rebecca Davis | Sep 26, 2022 | For the Protectors, news and musings

Many years ago, 35 years ago, to be exact, my first book was published. That is, my first book EVER. With Daring Faith: A Biography of Amy Carmichael. Here is the book’s first cover: And here is the cover it was given a few years later: And THIS, my friends, is...

3 Reasons Christians Fail to Care Well for Victims of Domestic Abuse (guest post by MaryEllen Bream)

by Rebecca Davis | Jun 6, 2022 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures

MaryEllen Bream has been encouraging Christian mothers at her Imperfect Homemaker blog for several years. More recently, she has begun speaking up about domestic abuse on Facebook and at Hope for Hurting Wives. She has impressed me as a calm, steady voice in the world...

That Time I Talked to an SBC Executive Committee Member

by Rebecca Davis | May 26, 2022 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, survivor stories

Eight years ago, in the fall of 2014, I had the opportunity to correspond with a member of the SBC Executive Committee about the SBC sexual abuse offender database that didn’t exist yet. His name was Roger Oldham, and he showed up in the 288-page investigative...

Southern Baptists and a Culture that Breeds a Generation of Abusers

by Rebecca Davis | May 25, 2022 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors

This week the 288-page report about abuse in the Southern Baptist Church (SBC) came out. To some, it was utterly shocking. To others it was, “It’s about time.” I guess it depends on which side of the road you were standing on. What you had seen,...
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I’m Rebecca Davis, a writer, book coach, speaker, wife, mother, grandmother, compassionate witness, prayer minister, advocate for the oppressed, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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