Your Pastor Isn’t Moses: A Response to John Bevere’s “Under Cover”
A while back when I posted on Facebook a question about authority teachers, one person told me that John Bevere’s book Under Cover had taught “church authority” in such a way that that it had nearly destroyed her and her family. So I bought the book and started...Bill Gothard’s Umbrella Heresy in a Day of Protests Against Police Brutality
If you’ve blogged for over ten years as I have, you probably have scores of jotted ideas, half-baked posts, drafts, and . . . what do you know it, full posts that somehow never got posted. Today, when I had a few moments but wanted to avoid listening to the news...What’s the Best Way for Us to Bring Glory to God?
This is a burden on my heart (that I pulled from yesterday’s post because it deserved its own) because I believe this understanding is crucial to becoming the people of God He has called us to be. I pray it will help someone the way similar teachings helped me...Here’s What’s Wrong With God Looking Through the “Filter” of Jesus to See His Children
It’s supposed to be encouraging when we hear that God the Father sees His children through the filter of His Son Jesus Christ. I’ve seen Christians almost come to tears when they talk about how God the Father is wearing “blood-colored glasses” to look at us, seeing...“Your Greatest Problem Is Your Own Sin” (Guest Post by Valerie Jacobsen)
Religious Pharisees will tell believing children of God, “No matter what you’re suffering, your greatest problem is your own sin.” The ones I have known meant it this way: Oh? You just heard that your child, or spouse, or parent is dead? Well, that’s very sad,...
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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