Forgiveness and Mixed Messages: Sorting Out Psychological, Scriptural, and Nouthetic Perspectives on Forgiveness (Guest Post by Rhoda Hostetler)
I’m privileged to publish Rhoda’s research and personal experience regarding forgiveness. This article comes with a caution: child sexual abuse. *** Forgiveness, like any power, can be used for good or for ill. Understood and implemented correctly, it can...What You Didn’t Know About Bill Gothard’s “7 Steps Of Action When Asked To Do Something You Think Is Wrong”
Even if you don’t know the name “Bill Gothard,” if you’ve spent time in the evangelical church, you’ve most likely been exposed to his teachings. Yes, he was that influential. Hundreds of thousands sat in his seminars, including the...“When a Ministry is Being Maligned”: Responding to Chuck Phelps about Bob Jones University
Around ten years ago now, I stumbled in through the back door to my Untwisting Scriptures work. That back door was named “Bob Jones University.” Social media and the news are abuzz about BJU again, since the president has announced his departure because he and the...When “the Glory of God” Feels Abusive
I praise God for the revival that by all accounts has been sweeping over Asbury University in Kentucky and perhaps to other campuses as well. May God be glorified in the opening of the eyes of many to His glory. *** One way some of us have been harmed is how “the...
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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