by Rebecca Davis | May 22, 2023 | untwisting Scriptures
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...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 1, 2020 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
If you’ve blogged for over ten years as I have, you probably have scores of jotted ideas, half-baked posts, drafts, and . . . what do you know it, full posts that somehow never got posted. Today, when I had a few moments but wanted to avoid listening to the news...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 28, 2019 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, seeking Jesus
In 2008, the movement calling itself “Biblical patriarchy” was in its heyday. In 2008, the beautiful Botkin sisters, paragons of the visionary daughterhood espoused by “Biblical patriarchy,” were 20 and 22 years old. Three years earlier, at 17 and 19, they had...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 14, 2019 | challenging the status quo, news and musings, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
It’s supposed to be encouraging when we hear that God the Father sees His children through the filter of His Son Jesus Christ. I’ve seen Christians almost come to tears when they talk about how God the Father is wearing “blood-colored glasses” to look at us, seeing...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 29, 2019 | our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus, survivor stories
A while back when I (Rebecca) was talking with some former ATI members (Bill Gothard’s Advanced Training Institute), I thought about the devastation, confusion, and even anti-Christianity that has resulted from this homeschooling program. I said aloud to myself, “Bill...