by Rebecca Davis | Sep 5, 2018 | birthday reflections, seeking Jesus
In the early- to mid-1990s, we sat in our first church small group. (We’d been wanting small groups in our previous independent Baptist church, but the pastor wouldn’t allow them.) This first one for us was at Bean Blossom Mennonite Church—which I’ve blogged...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 4, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, seeking Jesus
I’m all about making sense of things. If a movie has a gaping plot hole, then no other redeeming qualities can redeem that movie for me. If a song can be interpreted a dozen different ways, then I don’t really want to listen to that song. Needing to make sense...
by Rebecca Davis | Mar 30, 2018 | sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus
It’s Passion Week, and I’ve been thinking about lions. Sometimes when I read the Bible I go on a bit of a rabbit trail. . . . (This time I think it was a lion trail.) Does that ever happen to you? And sometimes, when I do that, I gain a deeper...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 2, 2018 | challenging the status quo, seeking Jesus
These are prayers to the God who is made known to us through Jesus Christ. First, honesty When you’re beginning to connect with God for the first time in a long time, just say it straight. He already knows anyway, so lay it out there, describing your situation...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 22, 2017 | challenging the status quo, seeking Jesus
While others are spending October celebrating the Five Solas, I want to celebrate umbrellas. Actually, I want to celebrate getting out from under umbrellas. And for good measure, so the non-initiate can understand my Umbrella Parable, here’s the expanded version of...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 10, 2017 | our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus
Tullian, I hear you’re making a comeback. It’s been a whole year since you married one of the four to seven women you allegedly either sexually abused or groomed while you were married to your first wife. And now you have a new blog to tell us that...