Note: On July 15th I'll be offering my first ever Untwisting Scriptures Zoom discussion. This one will be about church hierarchy according to Scripture. Learn more and join me here.Hi ~You’ve probably heard it before—maybe even in a moment of confusi...

Hi ~Join me for a joint Untwisting of the Word of God over Zoom.We'll meet Tuesday, July 15th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time (New York time).This one will be about church hierarchy. What is it? What's appropriate? What isn't?I'll teach for a bit, and...

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 ~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 ~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...

Hi ~In December of 2024, my 6th Untwisting Scriptures book came out, about “Striving, Dying to Self, and Life.”In it, I stand up against false teachings that tell us we need to “daily die to self." I assert that this teaching is not in the Bible...

Hi ~Sydney Millage is a former member of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors.This is the counseling organization that arguably most strongly promotes the "nouthetic" style of counseling started by Jay Adams, whose teachings I have veheme...

Hi ~Someone asked me to promote his blog article about “church hurt” on my website. I declined.I declined for a few different reasons, but being faced with that term again made me ponder anew that it’s a term I don’t want to use.For one thing, you ca...

Hi ~Maybe you've experienced a psychopathic megalomaniac, or know someone who has.It's an age-old problem. And it's right there in the Christmas story.I've written about it over at my website. So you can read about it, and take heart.Merry Christmas...

Hi ~This is my most recent interview out with Jeff Cochran of Spiritual Abuse Institute and the Church Disrupted podcast--about my latest Untwisting Scriptures book, of course. You can watch it on YouTube, or listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Jeff...