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!...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 25, 2012 | challenging the status quo, news and musings
I surely can’t be the only one who skips over some Scriptures a hundred times, a thousand times, maybe, and then suddenly one day, as I’m asking the Lord to open the Scriptures to me, He opens some obscure little phrase in a way I never expected. (That’s what makes...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 20, 2012 | our New Covenant identity, seeking Jesus
Those Corinthians were recalcitrants. (That’s one of my current favorite words.) When Paul wrote 2 Corinthians, he was having trouble in pretty much every conceivable area of his life. The influential Jewish leaders, who were the self-professed enemies of...
by Rebecca Davis | Jul 15, 2012 | challenging the status quo
Do you think your verbal expressions are justified? You rather enjoy the inadvertent blush of some less-trendy peers or the blanch of the older generation? And of course you have strong feelings, so you need strong expressions to express them. And this is part of our...