Some church words sound… unsettling. If you didn’t grow up in church—or if you did but never stopped to ask questions—these words can feel more like horror movie titles than good news.

In this final Word Nerds episode, Joel and Sara tackle the “creepy” biblical language we’ve inherited and explore why these words sound strange, how culture reshaped their meaning, and what they were actually meant to communicate in the first place. With humor, honesty, and zero pressure to have it all figured out, they reframe these phrases in ways that make faith feel clearer, less awkward, and more human.

This conversation isn’t about dumbing down theology—it’s about reclaiming language so faith can be talked about naturally, confidently, and without fear.