by Rebecca Davis | Apr 9, 2020 | For the Protectors, seeking Jesus
Dear friend, the world can seem scary and crazy. We’re on lockdown, loved ones are sick, and some are dying. But Good Friday is almost upon us, and then Resurrection Day. There is still reason to rejoice. Jesus is risen and has broken the power of sin and death...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 13, 2020 | challenging the status quo, news and musings, seeking Jesus
About 15 years ago I joined a certain group because everyone else was doing it and it seemed like the thing to do in order to be a better Christian, which of course I wanted very much. The group followed a format that I found out later was typical, but it was all new...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 28, 2019 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, seeking Jesus
In 2008, the movement calling itself “Biblical patriarchy” was in its heyday. In 2008, the beautiful Botkin sisters, paragons of the visionary daughterhood espoused by “Biblical patriarchy,” were 20 and 22 years old. Three years earlier, at 17 and 19, they had...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 19, 2019 | For the Protectors, seeking Jesus, survivor stories
I love it when friends of mine find their voices and speak. I love providing them with a safe space to speak about what God has done in their lives. This one is from my friend Ruth. ***** I’ve not ever been in what is considered formal therapy. Sadly the “biblical...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 29, 2019 | our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus, survivor stories
A while back when I (Rebecca) was talking with some former ATI members (Bill Gothard’s Advanced Training Institute), I thought about the devastation, confusion, and even anti-Christianity that has resulted from this homeschooling program. I said aloud to myself, “Bill...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 1, 2019 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, seeking Jesus
For those who want to do something significant with your lives . . . For those who want to do hard things, not just for the sake of doing something hard, but for the sake of doing something that will last and will have meaning beyond yourself . . . I invite you I...