by Rebecca Davis | Oct 14, 2019 | challenging the status quo, news and musings, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
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...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 7, 2019 | our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
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,...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 23, 2019 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
Recently I received a note from a friend, Rochelle Sadie (whose blog about recovering from domestic abuse is here). The verse that the enemy likes to use against me to guilt trip me is Luke 6:32 when Jesus said “anyone can love someone who is nice to them, but...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 16, 2019 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Last week I received a question that read in part: In the Reformed/Gospel-centered movement, the focus seems to be on how sinful and wicked and powerless we all are and how comforted and relieved we should be when we look to the cross. It seems like the answer to most...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 22, 2019 | untwisting Scriptures
In prayer ministry work with abuse survivors, it’s common to ask Jesus to show up in the memory of the abuse. This is an effective way for Him to speak His love and care to the heart of the one who was harmed and bring healing to the wounds caused by others. But...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 15, 2019 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
It’s actually a beautiful verse. But sometimes it’s used as a cudgel. After I had heard two different people refer to this Bible verse as a verb (as a cudgel that had been used against them), I knew it was time to write about it. Here it is: Beautiful verse, right? A...