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Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing by Zach W. Lambert, Sarah Bessey
- Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing
- Zach W. Lambert, Sarah Bessey
- Page: 216
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9781493450305
- Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
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Overview
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 Better Ways to Read the Bible, 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 wholeness, inclusion, and flourishing for all people. This book transforms the Bible from a weapon that condemns, oppresses, and excludes into a tool that helps and heals. Better Ways to Read the Bible welcomes all Christians to reengage Scripture in life-giving ways.