Hi This is a super quick note to let you know you can listen to a podcast discussion I had with Katherine Spearing of Tears of Eden.Just hop on over here for it.We're discussing Untwisting Scriptures #4, which you can see here.And many thanks to Kath...

Hi again Bob Jones University, my alma mater, has been in the news--the president stepped down because he and the board were at odds.I hadn't paid much attention to it.But someone sent me an article about it that was so full of twisted Scriptures tha...

Hello I've been studying the Word of God for my next book, Untwisting Scriptures #5, "Suffering, Death (to Self), and Life," which I hope will come this year.Every once in a while I come across something surprising. And that's when I know it's time t...

"Judas Ate Too" has been around for a while. Congratulations to you if you've never heard of it.But some of my readers asked me to address it since it tends to pop up around Good Friday and Resurrection Day time every year. I became passionate about...

Hi ~When a friend told me the story about the dream she had about Jesus, I asked her to write a guest blog post for me.If you've been reading at Here's the Joy for long, you know that (even though I'm not charismatic, I feel compelled to disclaimer)...

Hi Sometimes Tim (my husband) and I get to talking about those days in the 1990s when we first started discovering and understanding the Biblical truths that changed our lives and eventually led to my blog, Here's the Joy.One of those times recently...

Maybe you or someone you love has been told, by a callous Christian, words that communicate, "It doesn't matter what happens to you, as long as God is glorified."And then when you see an atheist posting something about God being a narcissist, it secr...

Hello my friend~I'm so glad to see you again.I wanted to let you know about this interview with Lauren Rose of Called to Peace Ministries. It's about recovering from the impacts of spiritual abuse."Wow," you might say, "Rebecca sure does talk a lot a...

I'm trying to remember to let you know every time I have an interview, so here we are again.I was pleased to meet Naomi Wright, the head of BeEmboldened, whose mission is to help people heal from harmful religious experiences.Obviously our missions a...

Hi ~The only way my blog posts have been organized is chronologically (which is kind of like no organization at all) and by their tags (which are not available at the moment while the website is under construction, and which didn't cover everything a...