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 | Oct 7, 2019 | our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Religious Pharisees will tell believing children of God, “No matter what you’re suffering, your greatest problem is your own sin.” The ones I have known meant it this way: Oh? You just heard that your child, or spouse, or parent is dead? Well, that’s very sad,...
by Rebecca Davis | Sep 16, 2019 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Last week I received a question that read in part: In the Reformed/Gospel-centered movement, the focus seems to be on how sinful and wicked and powerless we all are and how comforted and relieved we should be when we look to the cross. It seems like the answer to most...
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...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 24, 2019 | For the Protectors, our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Quiz time. What’s wrong with that statement in the title? Answer . . . There’s no antecedent for the “it.” (As a writer, editor, and English teacher, I’m troubled by a missing antecedent because of the ambiguity it creates. And yes, that sentence was a little...
by Rebecca Davis | May 30, 2019 | our New Covenant identity, untwisting Scriptures
Here’s something we taught our children from the time they were old enough to understand: Sometimes the worst punishment a person can get is what he wants. I remmeber how astonished our children were with that teaching. It took much discussion for them to even...