by Rebecca Davis | May 30, 2022 | news and musings, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus, untwisting Scriptures
From Rebecca: Deconstruction has certainly been a common term for a while, with its hashtags often heralding an exit from the Christian faith of the Scriptures. This article from The Gospel Coalition claims that there are 4 reasons for Deconstruction: — “Church...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 21, 2022 | our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
Before 2008 I was vaguely aware of Jay Adams’ nouthetic counseling. But in 2008 I read his little booklet Godliness Through Discipline, and I was incensed. At that time my understanding about abuse and abuse enablers was microscopic, but I had been studying the...
by Rebecca Davis | Feb 15, 2022 | our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
Long ago Martin Luther read the Latin translation of the Greek New Testament called the Vulgate. He saw that John that Baptist and Jesus called out to their hearers, “Do penance! For the Kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Really? he thought. Did they really call for their...
by Rebecca Davis | Oct 6, 2021 | sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus
(First, a word about my upcoming book.) Thanks to the help of some excellent pre-readers and others, Untwisting Scriptures #3 Your Words, Your Emotions, is aiming for a November 1st 2021 publication date. Several pre-readers will be seeing themselves in print there,...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 30, 2021 | challenging the status quo, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus
I’ve heard sermons extolling the Bereans for searching the Scriptures, but it’s a rare preacher indeed who will urge his listeners to themselves search the Scriptures to see if what he is teaching them is true. When I’ve heard it, it’s often been about fact-checking...
by Rebecca Davis | Feb 22, 2021 | challenging the status quo, sanctification by faith alone, untwisting Scriptures
[fb_button] The tragic Ravi Zacharias story Friends, it usually takes me quite a while to process before I’m ready to comment on a horrific story. Many others have already written, and written well, about the fall of Ravi Zacharias from his high standing in the...