That “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” Question: A Response to Ryan Fullerton
When I post something about criminal abusers and their criminal enablers in our Christian institutions, I’m often reminded by many voices that our society works on a principle of “innocent until proven guilty.” The argument goes that until a person has been found...Husbands, You Don’t Need to Get Her Ready for Jesus: A Response to Desiring God
Yesterday when I fell down the black hole of Twitter, I ended up gasping for air with a Desiring God blog post. Husbands, Get Her Ready for Jesus (link) astonished me with its unbiblical focus on husband-as-sanctifier. It began with Ephesians 5:25-26 . . . Husbands,...Untwisting “You Should Surrender Your Rights” (a Guest Post for Leslie Vernick)
My faithful readers have seen some of my blog posts about rights before, and know that two chapters of Untwisting Scriptures are devoted to understanding rights. I’m glad to say that author and speaker Leslie Vernick is giving an opportunity to interact on this...It’s Unbiblical to Surrender Your Rights
Next week I’ll be privileged to guest post again for Leslie Vernick at www.leslievernick.com, about how you actually do have rights and you shouldn’t surrender or yield them and it’s actually impossible to surrender many of them. That will be a brief outline of the...Does God Crush You Like a Rose to Make Perfume?
Someone wrote to me recently about songs that ask God to “crush me,” “wreck me,” and “consume me,” saying, If God can abuse his bride, yet tell her that it is for her good, of course a husband can do that to his. And both blame her for not trusting. This...
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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