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:
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
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
