by Rebecca Davis | Mar 21, 2017 | our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Some background of the teaching When CJ Mahaney began proclaiming “I’m the worst sinner I know” somewhere around the late 1990s, it certainly wasn’t the first time this teaching had been promoted. But from what I could find, this was when it began to go mainstream....
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 18, 2017 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
Why does it matter whether or not all sin is described as idolatry? It has surprised me, as I’ve researched it, how many Christians simply assume that all Christians churn out idols. To think that everyone who worships Jesus Christ is all the time actually worshiping...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 4, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
In the beginning, I had a little blog called Here’s the Joy on which I just wanted to blog about the Christian life and the wonderful truths of the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ in us, the Hope of glory. I was happy with my eight readers, and life was...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 16, 2016 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
One way abuse victims are taught to give up their rights in Christian circles is by teaching them to give up things that are presented as rights but aren’t really rights at all. (So then they’ll say, “Oh, well, yes it’s obvious I should give...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 1, 2016 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
At the beginning of the book of Ruth, Naomi was bitter. No doubt about it. She said she was bitter. She changed her name to “Bitter.” (That’s what “Mara” means.) Preachers and writers often point to her as an example of sinful bitterness....
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 24, 2016 | news and musings, untwisting Scriptures
This post is also being published today at A Cry for Justice. Hello friends! My newest book has been released on Amazon! I’m glad it’s being released in Domestic Violence Awareness month, since in Christian circles, domestic abuse is almost always...