Better Ways to Read the Bible
Transforming the Bible from a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing
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Published August 2026
Find your way back to the Bible’s good news.
Zach Lambert has seen how the Bible has been weaponized to justify racism and sexism, exclude LGBTQ+ people, and silence those speaking against injustice. In Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing (2025), he charted a compassionate path forward.
Drawing from Lambert’s acclaimed and bestselling book, this study offers trusted, pastorally grounded teaching that has already touched thousands of lives. This study reshapes Lambert’s book for small groups and individual reflection and can be used alone or in conjunction with the main book. Lambert leads participants through dismantling four harmful interpretive lenses and discovering four new ones that bring healing and wholeness, along with testing out these lenses on a familiar biblical text. Participants can identify and release interpretive frameworks built on racism, sexism, exclusion, and misuse of power, then embrace four Christ-centered alternatives that cultivate compassion, justice, and spiritual renewal.
Each book includes everything you need for a meaningful study experience — plus a redemption code to stream all video sessions and unlock leader resources online. Internet connection required. Code is non-transferable, may not be sold separately, and is subject to expiration.
Ideal for: Individual study, church small groups, Sunday school classes, and congregational studies.
Zach Lambert has seen how the Bible has been weaponized to justify racism and sexism, exclude LGBTQ+ people, and silence those speaking against injustice. In Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing (2025), he charted a compassionate path forward.
Drawing from Lambert’s acclaimed and bestselling book, this study offers trusted, pastorally grounded teaching that has already touched thousands of lives. This study reshapes Lambert’s book for small groups and individual reflection and can be used alone or in conjunction with the main book. Lambert leads participants through dismantling four harmful interpretive lenses and discovering four new ones that bring healing and wholeness, along with testing out these lenses on a familiar biblical text. Participants can identify and release interpretive frameworks built on racism, sexism, exclusion, and misuse of power, then embrace four Christ-centered alternatives that cultivate compassion, justice, and spiritual renewal.
Each book includes everything you need for a meaningful study experience — plus a redemption code to stream all video sessions and unlock leader resources online. Internet connection required. Code is non-transferable, may not be sold separately, and is subject to expiration.
Ideal for: Individual study, church small groups, Sunday school classes, and congregational studies.
About the Author
Zach W. Lambert
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.