Hello, and thanks for checking out my website. My name is Rebekah Davis. My husband is Jeremy, and we have two sons. We are a nomadic family and have lived in Jordan, Baltimore, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and now Utah! I am passionate about telling others the good news about Jesus, and helping others experience Gods love, presence, and power to change lives. I have a Master of Divinity degree from Regent University, which means I know just enough Greek to get me in trouble. Wherever we live, our family tries to follow Gods guidance about how to love our neighbors. In Baltimore, loving our neighbors meant helping people stuck in drug addiction and prostitution get off the streets, teaching children, having street church, answering knocks at the door, and making a lot of cheese sandwiches. In Turkey, loving our neighbors meant meeting the needs of refugees, having Bible studies, and experiencing the community, culture, and hospitality of refugees from several different countries. In 2018, I started a Youtube channel in Persian to share the gospel with people from Iran and Afghanistan. In September 2018, I started making some videos in English and realized that I love to find concise ways to express the gospel and important concepts related to faith.
Forgiving someone who has harmed you can be one of the hardest things in the world to do, and it will cost you—but it is always worth the cost. When we don’t forgive people who have harmed us, we continue to endure mental and physical pain. Forgiveness is hard to do, but it will set you free. This video discusses the cost of forgiveness, how to forgive, and why it is worth the price you pay.
What exactly makes something sinful? Did God arbitrarily choose some things to be bad and some things to be good? We learn what sin is from understanding the nature of God. God is love. And he created us in his image, to be beings full of love. Jesus said all the law and prophets hang on these two commands: love God, and love your neighbor. The essence of sin is action that is not founded in love.
This is one of my favorite songs. I always used to tell people that this is the song I want to be sung at my funeral. I later discovered that this is also the song my dad wants played at his funeral. So I thought it was a good song to put out on Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy
Music arranged and produced by Sam Hashemi
Vocals by Rebekah Davis and Sam Hashemi
Video by Jeremy and Rebekah Davis
Original song by Joseph Hart (1759)
Public Domain
Lyrics:
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love and pow’r.
Come, ye weary, heavy-laden,
Lost and ruined by the fall;
If you tarry till you’re better,
You will never come at all.
Refrain:
I will arise and go to Jesus,
He will embrace me in His arms;
In the arms of my dear Savior,
Oh, there are ten thousand charms.
View Him prostrate in the garden;
On the ground your Maker lies;
On the bloody tree behold Him;
Sinner, will this not suffice?
Lo! the incarnate God ascended,
Pleads the merit of His blood:
Venture on Him, venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude.
What does Matthew 5:17-19 mean? Jesus seems to be teaching that we must follow all the laws of Moses, including the very least of them. Are Christians required to follow all the 612 laws of Moses? This teaching of Jesus must be interpreted in light of his death and resurrection. Romans 7 says that we died to the law through the body of Christ. This video explains how Romans 7 helps us interpret Matthew 5:17-19.
In light of the continued police brutality in the U.S., systemic inequality, racism, and injustice worldwide, join us at 8 pm Central Time in the U.S. on Sunday, 7 June 2020 (1 am GMT on Monday 8 June) for a time of prayer for justice, equality, unity, and peace.
On May 17, 2020, Mayor Eric Hogue of Wylie, Texas, sent an email to city council member Jeff Forrester requesting that only men be selected to lead the opening prayer at the city council meeting. The mayor’s email sparked social media outrage and there is a protest planned during the upcoming city council meeting scheduled for May 26th. This incident with Mayor Hogue highlights important issues for Christians and Christians in America. Does the Bible give Christians permission to discriminate against women? Does the Bible teach that women should be silent in the church? Is prayer before a city council meeting appropriate? Watch this video for a Christian insider’s take on Mayor Hogue’s email and how Christians should respond to this incident.
How do you know which Christian teachers you can trust? There are so many different Christian perspectives on topics, it can be confusing to know whose teaching is correct, and who is a false teacher. And what about when a Christian leader disappoints you? We have all heard of scandals involving Christian leaders, and some of us have been personally affected by bad actions of leaders we trusted. This video talks about how we should respond to the confusion and disappointment and how to see Christian leaders in the light of Christ.
How many times is hell mentioned in the Bible? That depends on which translation you read. This video is a discussion of the words that have been historically translated as hell in English, and how those words should not have been translated that way. The concept of hell as a place of eternal conscious torment is not faithful to the Biblical text, nor is it faithful to the essence of Christianity. This video will give you good reasons to ditch the idea of eternal conscious torment in hell, and embrace a more Biblical view of the afterlife.
Has the theory of evolution been scientifically proven? What about the origin of life? Despite the widespread belief in evolution within the scientific community, scientists who research the topic make honest admissions of how much we really don’t know. We do not know how life originated and we do not know how it developed. The theory of evolution has not been scientifically proven. In fact, there are some major and probably insurmountable problems with the idea that life could originate spontaneously and develop through evolutionary processes. This video discusses what the scientists who are experts in these fields have to say about the origin and development of life.