by Rebecca Davis | Feb 10, 2021 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
This is Part 2 in my “Competent to Examine Jay Adams and His Teachings” series. Part 1, about counseling a pedophile, can be found here. ***** Many years ago when I was a very young and very naïve teacher at a Christian high school, I caught a student blatantly...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 18, 2021 | For the Protectors, news and musings
Friends, I speak at only about one conference a year (and the 2020 one was cancelled, of course), so this is a big deal for me, and I’m super excited. This Retreat Conference, sponsored by Joy Forrest’s Called to Peace Ministries, is called “He Makes All Things New.”...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 5, 2021 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
Part 1 in the Series: Competent to Examine Jay Adams and His Nouthetic Counseling I have posted about “nouthetic counseling” (later rebranded to be called “Biblical counseling”) more than any other tagged topic on this blog. But this series will examine Jay Adams’...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 22, 2020 | For the Protectors, seeking Jesus, survivor stories, untwisting Scriptures
I’m delighted to post this week from my friend Rochelle Sadie’s blog My Dear Sister. In spite of her blog’s name, please know that this post is not only for women but for men as well, anyone who has been harmed by a spiritually abusive system and made to feel “small.”...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 7, 2020 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
One time some friends and I were studying a book about the Christian life, and we came to a section about the way abusers think and act. I said, “Some of you may be able to think of someone you know who fits this description.” One woman replied that for this study she...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 23, 2020 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
When I was a young graduate assistant working at Bob Jones University (learning publishing at BJU Press), like all the other employees I was given certain odious assignments to fulfill each semester, such as monitoring the “dating parlor” for a couple of hours on a...