by Rebecca Davis | Sep 30, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, survivor stories, untwisting Scriptures
Yesterday I published a synopsis of and response to “Helping Women with Child Sexual Abuse in Their Past,” by Zondra Scott, a teacher of nouthetic counselors (going by the name “Biblical counselors”) whose husband Stuart taught “Biblical...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 29, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
As Providence would have it, when “Jane’s” account of rape in the environment of The Master’s University went viral last week (link), I was barely aware, because I was cleaning bathrooms and listening to lectures on abuse. One of them was “Helping Women with Child...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 19, 2017 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Not long ago I visited a church where I got to hear The Sheep Sermon again. It had been quite a while, years I guess. But The Sheep Sermon hadn’t changed a whole lot over the years. It even still had the part about the broken leg. You may have heard some version of...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 12, 2017 | challenging the status quo, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
Recently someone asked me to comment on Facebook on a quotation from a Puritan. I told her I found the quotation troubling enough to make a blog post out of it. Here, finally, is the promised post. My friend said, “When I read this quote, I thought it was true and...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 27, 2017 | our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus, untwisting Scriptures
That was the feeling I got all through the years when preachers would explain that term “intercessor,” from Hebrews 7:25. . . . he [Jesus] is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them....
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 18, 2017 | untwisting Scriptures
This is one I submitted to ACFJ months ago. To my surprise it popped up this morning! *** Mr. Charming and Miss Target are sitting together on the grass looking out at the starlit sky. Miss Target is a new Christian and Mr. Charming is an old hand at religion, so...