by Rebecca Davis | May 8, 2017 | our New Covenant identity
I’ve mentioned before the importance of learning to pray, before reading the Scriptures, to ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten the eyes and open the understanding to receive what He wants to give. This always makes a difference as I read and meditate. Here’s a...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 20, 2017 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, Recommended, untwisting Scriptures
Scout’s honor, I didn’t start out to make this a blog post about Mark Driscoll. I was thinking about how those with hardened/polluted/jettisoned/seared consciences take advantage of those with sensitive/weak consciences, and I wanted to study conscience in the Bible...
by Rebecca Davis | Mar 21, 2017 | our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Some background of the teaching When CJ Mahaney began proclaiming “I’m the worst sinner I know” somewhere around the late 1990s, it certainly wasn’t the first time this teaching had been promoted. But from what I could find, this was when it began to go mainstream....
by Rebecca Davis | Dec 6, 2016 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone
Not long ago I had the privilege of having a deep conversation with a young man who was attending an excellent local Bible school. What made this conversation unusual was that this young man began telling me about an addiction to pornography that had gripped him since...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 30, 2016 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity
In a small group my husband and I visited, the topic of “serving the church” came up. Tim and I both began thinking about the people the Lord had brought into our lives, listening to their stories, talking to them about the goodness of God, helping them with...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 24, 2016 | For the Protectors, our New Covenant identity
When I was growing up, this picture hung on my grandmother’s wall. I remember studying it as a child, absorbing the story it tells. The helpless lamb. The faithful shepherd dog calling for help. The vultures in the background just waiting for the dog to give up...