{"id":32312,"date":"2025-12-09T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=32312"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:59:04","slug":"zach-lambert-better-ways-to-read-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/zach-lambert-better-ways-to-read-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Lambert: Better Ways to Read the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with pastor Zach Lambert about how to read the Bible in ways that lead to healing and wholeness, because the Bible has been weaponized to subjugate women, justify racism, bash LGBTQ+ people, cover up abuse, and exclude people who speak out against these injustices. Zach&#8217;s new book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9781587436680\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm Into a Tool of Healing<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>offers a path forward to reclaim the Bible&#8217;s life-giving message. You can connect with Zach and his work on his website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zachwlambert.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">zachwlambert.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Lambert is the lead pastor and founder of Restore Austin, a church in Austin, Texas. Under his leadership, restore has grown from a launch team of five people in 2015 to more than 1000 members today. He has 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 Restore Houston, Hub Garage (a nonprofit for single moms), the Austin Church-Planting Network, and the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network. He lives in Austin with his wife and their two sons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Gravity Commons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravityleadership.com\/message\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leave us a message or ask a question<\/a>\u00a0about this or any other episode and we&#8217;ll answer it on a future episode.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/community\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00danete a la comunidad Gravity<\/a>\u00a0to interact with other listeners, and get our list of curated links each week to all things edifying and interesting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with pastor Zach Lambert about how to read the Bible in ways that lead to healing and wholeness, because the Bible has been weaponized to subjugate women, justify racism, bash LGBTQ+ people, cover up abuse, and exclude people who speak out against these injustices. 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