“Look To the Cross More”: A Response to the “Gospel-Centered” Movement
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...Can God Be in the Presence of Sin?
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...Have You Been Philippians 4:8’d?
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...“Why Are You So Fearful? How Is it That You Have No Faith?”
I have friends who are walking through hellish darkness in trying to recover and stay safe from evil perpetrated on them and their children that, when they entered their marriages, they had no inkling even existed. I have friends who are trying to stay safe from being...“It’s Not About You”
Quiz time. What’s wrong with that statement in the title? Answer . . . There’s no antecedent for the “it.” (As a writer, editor, and English teacher, I’m troubled by a missing antecedent because of the ambiguity it creates. And yes, that sentence was a little...
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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