by Rebecca Davis | Sep 26, 2018 | untwisting Scriptures
Not long ago someone told me about her pastor’s sermons, almost all of which scolded his listeners for being “so negative” and urged them to be “more positive.” That led me to post a question about the topic on Facebook that led to an excellent discussion. When I...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 27, 2018 | challenging the status quo, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. In Quieting a Noisy Soul, author Jim Berg declares that the cause of the noisy soul is your sin: your unbelief, your discontent, and your guilty conscience (and as it turns out, your pride and your stubbornness). Throughout his...
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: [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]The scripture that caused more pain,...
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...