by Rebecca Davis | Jul 12, 2018 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
That was a trick question. In the teaching of logic it’s called a false dilemma. Because you really don’t have to be either one. The prodigal son and the older brother are characters in a parable Jesus told in Luke 15. The prodigal son got his inheritance early, left...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 15, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Growing up Independent Baptist, I got to hear a lot about slippery slopes. Mainly I heard about them regarding music. “If you young people start listening to that Christian rock, before you know it you’ll start dancing around a devil fire.” Or something like that. In...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 12, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
The Southern Baptist Convention meets this week in Dallas, after a tumultuous spring with a whole lot of bad publicity having to do with domestic and sexual abuse. Once again they’re looking at a resolution to develop a sexual offender database that will keep a...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 7, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, sanctification by faith alone
It was a few weeks ago now that TGC posted the article “The Most Important Time to Go to Church.” The most important time to go to church, according to the TGC author, is when you don’t want to, because “covenant commitments” are made for the hard times, not the good...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 4, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, seeking Jesus
I’m all about making sense of things. If a movie has a gaping plot hole, then no other redeeming qualities can redeem that movie for me. If a song can be interpreted a dozen different ways, then I don’t really want to listen to that song. Needing to make sense...
by Rebecca Davis | May 26, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
On Thursday, May 24th, JD Greear posted a Facebook Live about the needs of the Southern Baptist Convention. This is it. Greear is running for President of the Southern Baptist Convention. I’m following Greear’s admonition that we seek to think the best of our...