The God Who is All Sufficient in 2023
[I pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of [Jesus]; illuminating the eyes of your understanding that you may know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of...That Time I Didn’t Want to Read About Jesus
God gave us a book that we all believe is from Him, so doesn’t that mean we ought to really know what it says? I remember holding the Bible with both hands when I said this to myself. I was in my late teens. So through the years I studied, I memorized, and I learned a...Don’t Center Your Life Around the Gospel
“So what do you mean by gospel?” My friend was taken aback by my question. She had just been talking about the importance of living a gospel-centered life, based on the transforming power of the gospel. But I had been feeling some concern that gospel has become a...Our Christian Deconstruction Journey (guest post by my husband, Tim Davis)
Deconstruction has certainly been a common term for a while, with its hashtags often heralding an exit from the Christian faith of the Scriptures. This article from The Gospel Coalition claims that there are 4 reasons for Deconstruction: — “Church Hurt,” a term...The Problems with Jay Adams’ Nouthetic Counseling Works-Sanctification Doctrine
Before 2008 I was vaguely aware of Jay Adams’ nouthetic counseling. But in 2008 I read his little booklet Godliness Through Discipline, and I was incensed. At that time my understanding about abuse and abuse enablers was microscopic, but I had been studying the...
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.
See my work as a trauma-informed book coach, book doctor, and ghostwriter at rebeccadaviswordworking.com