“You Can’t Argue With Success” (Guest Post From a Former Pastor’s Wife)
I’ve been getting to know a former pastor’s wife, who has something to say about success. ***** As a ministry wife in a large church, I found myself becoming busier and busier. I was raising three children pretty much single-handedly because their father...Social Justice is Not the Gospel: A Response to John MacArthur
John MacArthur, president of The Master’s University, founder of Grace to You, and respected speaker and author of many books, has made some strong statement against social justice in the Christian world. You can listen to and read a transcript of his sermons here and...No “Digging Up the Past” Allowed: A Response to Nouthetic (“Biblical”) Counseling
Sometimes I talk with people who want healing and help from the Lord but are hesitant to “dig up the past” or who have counselors who don’t want them to “dig up the past.” For a while now, maybe over a year, I’ve been mulling over that pejorative expression. “Digging...Should The Master’s University Insist on Loyalty to Authority More Than Care for the Oppressed?
Last fall “Jane Doe” told her story of rape and its coverup at John MacArthur’s school The Master’s University. I wrote a commentary that referenced it here. At the beginning of this school year, John MacArthur made reference to this story in his opening remarks. You...Thoughts On Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theorists, Inspired by the Thomas Chantry Trial
I’ve been reading about the Thomas Chantry trial at Thou Art the Man, and the shameful cover-ups of his abuse of young boys. Such a similar story to so many others, so many broken lives, so many years, so much harm, so much evil behavior from those who claim to...
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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