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Hi ~

I want to send you a tiny piece of Untwisting Scriptures #1. It’s about what I discovered when I studied Hebrews 12:15, that notorious verse about the “root of bitterness.”

The one you’re accused of having in your own heart if you speak about abuse. Remember?

First I make the case that the “root of bitterness” isn’t unforgiveness.

Then I say this:

While writers and speakers are telling you that you need to search your heart for the root of bitterness—which they call unforgiveness—they allow the real roots of bitterness, the self-exalters in positions of authority, to gain more and more ascendancy.

If you’re struggling with grief or trauma from the past, or if you’re trying to understand how to submit to authorities that seem to be sucking the life out of you, you might be accused of having a root of bitterness deep within your heart that needs to be identified and rooted out.

But that just doesn’t match with what Hebrews 12:15 actually says and means.

Sometimes the people who make these accusations are simply repeating what they’ve been told, without really meaning to harm you.

But sometimes the ones making the accusations are the very ones who are in fact the poisonous roots of bitterness within the congregation.

They—and the twisted scriptures they present—become a source of bitterness to anyone who is affected by them.

If you read Untwisting Scriptures #1 and were encouraged by it, I’d love to hear about it. If you haven’t read it yet, you can get it here.

With you for seeing Biblical truth clearly,

Rebecca

Untwisting Scriptures at heresthejoy.com

See my Untwisting Scriptures series

Trauma-informed Christian book coach at Rebecca Davis WordWorking

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