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Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm Into a Tool of Healing -- Zach W. Lambert, Paperback
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Zach Lambert has seen the Bible used countless times as something far from the "Good Book"--both in his own life and in the experiences of others. He has seen the Bible weaponized to subjugate women, justify racism, bash LGBTQ+ people, cover up abuse, and exclude people who speak out against these injustices.
In this book, Lambert calls readers to a more Christlike interpretation of Scripture. Lambert has created this accessible guide to help readers dismantle four common lenses for reading Scripture that lead to harm--Literalism, Apocalypse, Moralism, and Hierarchy. Instead, he offers four new lenses--Jesus, Context, Flourishing, and Fruitfulness--that promote healing and wholeness for all people. This book helps transform the Bible from a weapon that condemns, oppresses, and excludes into a tool that liberates.
Better Ways to Read the Bible welcomes all Christians to reengage Scripture in life-giving ways. The book includes a foreword by Sarah Bessey.
Author: Zach W. Lambert
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 08/12/2025
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781587436680
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/12/2025
Zach Lambert has seen the Bible used countless times as something far from the "Good Book"--both in his own life and in the experiences of others. He has seen the Bible weaponized to subjugate women, justify racism, bash LGBTQ+ people, cover up abuse, and exclude people who speak out against these injustices.
In this book, Lambert calls readers to a more Christlike interpretation of Scripture. Lambert has created this accessible guide to help readers dismantle four common lenses for reading Scripture that lead to harm--Literalism, Apocalypse, Moralism, and Hierarchy. Instead, he offers four new lenses--Jesus, Context, Flourishing, and Fruitfulness--that promote healing and wholeness for all people. This book helps transform the Bible from a weapon that condemns, oppresses, and excludes into a tool that liberates.
Better Ways to Read the Bible welcomes all Christians to reengage Scripture in life-giving ways. The book includes a foreword by Sarah Bessey.
Author: Zach W. Lambert
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 08/12/2025
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781587436680
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/12/2025
About the Author
Zach W. Lambert is the lead pastor and founder of Restore, a church in Austin, Texas. Under his leadership, Restore has grown from a launch team of five people in 2015 to more than one thousand members today. He holds a master of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and is pursuing his doctorate at Duke Divinity School. Zach is the cofounder of the Post-Evangelical Collective and serves on the boards of the Austin Church Planting Network and the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network. Zach and his wife, Amy, met each other in the sixth grade, fell in love at seventeen, and got married at twenty-one. They love watching live music, discovering local Mexican food places, and playing with their two boys.