‘(Adult) Children Obey Your Parents”? – Part 2 by Rebecca Davis on Here’s The Joy blog

A Scriptural response to the question of adult children with controlling parents following the command “Children obey your parents.”

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“Children obey your parents”? – Part 1 by Rebecca Davis on Here’s The Joy blog

A letter asked for help with Scriptures that teach “children obey your parents,” not just when a young child is being told to sin, but also when an adult child is being controlled. To answer the question, I look at the Greek words, the context, and other admonitions in the Scriptures.

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Nothing like The Sheep Sermon to make you feel stupid, disgusting, and useless — -by Rebecca Davis @ Here’s the Joy blog

Not long ago I visited a church where I got to hear The Sheep Sermon again. It had been quite a while, years I guess. But The Sheep Sermon hadn’t changed a whole lot over the years. It even still had the part about the broken leg.

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The problem with excommunication – a response to Desiring God – by Rebecca Davis/Here’s The Joy blog

A couple of weeks ago someone forwarded to me a post from Desiring God that hit me like a punch in the stomach. In an article called “Kicked Out of Church: How God Brought Me Home” (link), author Scarlett Clay begins her story right after her church had excommunicated her, showing the indignation of her […]

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