by Rebecca Davis | Jul 25, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
Jim Berg claims that this nouthetic counseling program Quieting a Noisy Soul presents the solutions to anxiety, despair, obsessive compulsive behavior, panic attacks, anorexia, bulimia, and other problems. Part 1 of this series covered the Problem (the noisy soul) and...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 17, 2018 | untwisting Scriptures
Yesterday I posted Part One of this study of some Scriptures that can be hard to understand, in response to a heartfelt letter from a reader. The questions I said I wanted to address were: If any unbelieving spouse wants to keep living in the house, does that mean the...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 16, 2018 | untwisting Scriptures
Some time ago I received this letter from a reader: The scripture that caused more pain, confusion and hopelessness in my two-decade bondage in an abusive marriage was this one from 1 Cor.7:13-16. “If you’re a woman married to an unbeliever and he wants...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 12, 2018 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
That was a trick question. In the teaching of logic it’s called a false dilemma. Because you really don’t have to be either one. The prodigal son and the older brother are characters in a parable Jesus told in Luke 15. The prodigal son got his inheritance early, left...
by Rebecca Davis | May 17, 2018 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
1. There are no Biblical guidelines for “transparency,” but there are for integrity Transparency is an extra-Biblical concept. In church small group it usually seems to mean “being willing to tell us about your sin,” and I think it’s based on James 5:16, which...
by Rebecca Davis | May 15, 2018 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
It wasn’t a formal survey, by the way. It’s just that when I asked 25 friends, 22½ of them agreed. (So, to be clear, that survey part was a little joke.) Anyway . . . It seems that this belief is seen as true especially for those who have been influenced by so-called...