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...
by Rebecca Davis | May 27, 2019 | challenging the status quo, untwisting Scriptures
It’s common for preachers and Christian writers to tell us, “When you listen to this sin being described, don’t think about anybody else; just think about yourself and search your own soul.” Many Christians, well-meaning and good-hearted, very much take that...
by Rebecca Davis | May 21, 2019 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
Yesterday I talked about 3 kinds of good fear, fear that isn’t sinful and is actually good and pleasing to God. Today . . . Three scenarios when fear is unnecessary and even harmful And sinful? Well maybe in some cases. (But then again in most of these cases,...
by Rebecca Davis | May 20, 2019 | For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
When Helena Knowlton of Confusion to Clarity first began talking to me about fear in the cult she came out of, I knew I wanted to write about fear. But since I wanted to have a better grasp of the concept, I spent time studying fear in the New Testament. So, it may...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 25, 2019 | sanctification by faith alone, seeking Jesus
That error in the title—did it make you wince? Take a minute to focus on it in all its awfulness, that apostrophe that shouldn’t be there. That’s the way I felt the entire time I was reading this book over the Thanksgiving break I spent at a friend’s...