by Rebecca Davis | Aug 23, 2014 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus, untwisting Scriptures
Years ago we left my Independent Fundamental Baptist roots–not because of rules so much, or a particular bad experience, but because in our study of the Bible, some of our beliefs had changed so fundamentally that we no longer fit. In searching for where we...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 19, 2013 | challenging the status quo, news and musings, untwisting Scriptures
It is a shame to even mention what the disobedient do in secret. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. It is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. The things that they do in secret are...
by Rebecca Davis | Dec 9, 2012 | challenging the status quo, news and musings, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
Jesus cried out, “Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” A couple of years ago I posted on Facebook a question about the Greek word translated “repentance.” (It’s metanoia and its variants.) Yes, I admit, it took me a long time to get back to all the links and...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 12, 2012 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
No, all sins are not equal. Corollary: Some sins are worse than others. Our entire justice system is built on this concept. But Christians have been conditioned to think that it’s false. Jesus said lusting was heart adultery. So then, many extrapolate, it must be that...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 29, 2012 | challenging the status quo, news and musings, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
I had opened the front door to find two women standing there. I think they may have introduced themselves, and possibly told what church they represented. But then one of them said this line. This memorized line. My first thought? What a confrontational thing to say!...