Hi ~That quote in the subject line. Have you ever heard that one to shut people down from speaking about abuse?Well, I did. Back in my old BJUGrace days I heard it a good bit.Boy, was that a head scratcher.I knew what it was referring to in the Bible...
Hi ~If you don't know who Alaine Pakkala is, I want to commend her to you. She is a trafficking and satanic ritual abuse survivor and a warrior for the Lord in her latter years who founded the organization Lydia Discipleship Ministries.Not long ago w...
Note: Part 2 of my podcast discussion with Lisa Meister is out, wherein we complete our response to the Christianity Today podcast series about the so-called "Satanic Panic." You can go here and scroll to the bottom to get all the links.Hi ~Happy Pen...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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...
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...