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 | Aug 22, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
A couple of weeks ago someone forwarded to me a post from Desiring God that hit me like a punch in the stomach. In an article called “Kicked Out of Church: How God Brought Me Home” (link), author Scarlett Clay begins her story right after her church had excommunicated...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 2, 2017 | our New Covenant identity
After reading my post “Christian Patriarchy: Here is how you have left God,” author Sara Roberts Jones contacted me to ask me to read and review her novel about the fictitious cult “The Fellowship of True Christian Churches.” Since I didn’t know her (and didn’t know...
by Rebecca Davis | May 31, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, our New Covenant identity, Recommended, untwisting Scriptures
A young friend experienced extreme bullying at her Christian school. I hadn’t really understood modern-day bullying, until she explained it to me. (She told me it was like the infamous Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.) One of the most important things this young...