SPECIAL EDITION: new podcast episode

Hi ~This topic seemed important enough to depart from my regular once-a-week schedule for emails. It's vital for us as believers to have a wise, mature, non-freaked-out, aware, understanding, balanced, and loving perspective on spiritual warfare.That...

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Jun 04, 2025
[Zoom Live] Change of schedule for June!

Hi ~This month I won't be able to meet on the third Wednesday, so our Zoom group will meet on Wednesday, June 25, at 7:00 pm Eastern time.Please put it on your calendar. Also, please let me know if you'd like to reserve 10 minutes to share.Here is ou...

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Jun 02, 2025
Tidbits of news for you

Hi ~Happy June!I did a couple of podcast interviews recently, so in case you're interested . . .In this one, the interviewers were especially interested in my story as it related to Bob Jones University. We might call this the "origin story" behind m...

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Jun 01, 2025
Why does Ascension Day matter?

Hi ~“Ascension Day,” in some branches of Christianity, is celebrated 40 days after Resurrection Sunday. That 40th day is coming up this Thursday, May 29th.Why do they celebrate it? Wasn’t Jesus just going on back home? What’s there to celebrate? Can’...

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May 25, 2025
Desperately wicked or desperately righteous?

Hi ~One of the verses I've been asked about most often is Jeremiah 17:9."The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"I addressed this one briefly in one of my books (I don't remember which one offhand).But I beli...

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May 18, 2025
Meditation for Mother's Day

Hi ~I’m thinking right now of a few friends of mine. . . .They are mothers who have escaped with their children from evil ones (comparable to my “What if you married a Nazi” post). In many cases these are evil ones who continue to terrorize them from...

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May 11, 2025
That Peanuts strip I read when I was eleven

Hi ~A Peanuts cartoon strip I read when I was eleven years old has stuck with me all these years.It's the perfect segue for today's topic. You can read it here.Looking to avoid meaningless generalities,RebeccaUntwisting Scriptures at heresthejoy.comS...

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May 06, 2025
Rooted & Grounded Zoom meeting in May

Hi ~This month our Zoom group will meet on Wednesday, May 21, at 7:00 pm Eastern time. Please put it on your calendar.Please let me know if you'd like to reserve 10 minutes to share.Here is our link.I won't be sending out another reminder, so please...

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May 06, 2025
In and out and back again

A client's book–for which I had the privilege of being the narrator–is now out on Audible. You can listen to the Audible sample here.Hi ~I love publishing the testimonies of long-time readers who have experienced the life change of discovering who Go...

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Apr 29, 2025
Would you have called for Jesus’ death? Maybe not.

Hi ~Happy Resurrection Day!In Stuart Townsend’s beautiful hymn “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us,” one part has bothered me for a long time:Behold the man upon a cross,My sin upon His shoulders;Ashamed, I hear my mocking voiceCall out among the scof...

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Apr 20, 2025