I have never been able to figure out why perfectly good and reasonable things people say about God, the Bible, and Christianity hurt me. There are all kinds of phrases, snatches of verses, and similar things that trigger negativity in me.
That's because the language of Evangelicalism is the language of my childhood.
It's the language of my pain.
Everyone gets hurt as a child by things adults do not understand. Those things--words, images, even dreams, color our view of reality for the rest of our lives.
We'll always feel hurt when we hear phrases that trigger our personal pain.
Unfortunately, mine come from the Bible. No wonder I squirm in church (and feel guilty for it!).
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