Zach Lambert: Better Ways to Read the Bible

Listen to this episode from Becoming Church on Spotify. No one truly has a Biblical Perspective. We read scripture through the lenses of our own culture, experience and education - which means we often interpret through individualism, patriarchy and even exclusion.   Pastor Zach Lambert has new lenses that will help us understand the Bible better: Jesus, context, flourishing and fruitfulness. Even if you’ve been kicked out of youth group or church multiple times - like Zach! - you can increase your Biblical literacy to engage with curiosity and learn to stop using out of context verses as Bible bombs you throw to end a conversation.   RELEVANT LINKS:   Grab “Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing” from our Becoming Church resource list on Amazon!   Additional Tools for Biblical Literacy: Bible Project videos The Bible Recap by Tara-Leigh Cobble The Bible App with different translations The Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible How Can I Believe the Bible sermon by Pastor Kristin Surprised by Scripture by N.T. Wright Inspired by Rachel Held Evans Marty Solomon’s episode: Asking Better Questions of the Bible How the Bible Actually Works by Pete Enns Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes by Brandon O’Brien     Follow: @zachwlambert | @kristinmockleryoung | @mosaicclt