[Faith] Episode 62: Zach W. Lambert - The Lenses Through Which We Read the Bible

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Zach Lambert to talk about the journey from biblical literalism to a more liberative approach to scripture. They explore four harmful interpretive lenses—literalism, apocalypse, hierarchy, and moralism—and offer four healthier alternatives focused on Jesus, context, flourishing, and fruitfulness. Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-62-zach-lambert-the-lenses-through-which-we-read-the-bible/Watch this episode on YouTube → https://youtu.be/qJkxFELNr5U ********** This episode is brought to you by Brooklyn Bedding. Brooklyn Bedding knows sleep isn’t one-size-fits-all. That’s why they offer mattresses for every body, every sleep style – even in hard-to-find sizes. Not sure which mattress is right for you? Just take the Brooklyn Bedding Sleep Quiz and find your perfect match in under 2 minutes. Go to brooklynbedding.com and use our promo code BIBLE at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. This offer is not available anywhere else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Faith for Normal People, the only other God-ordained podcast on the internet.
0:04.3	I'm Pete End.
0:04.9	And I'm Jared Baez.
0:05.8	We're talking about the lenses.
0:19.0	Zach Lambert.
0:21.2	Zach is the lead pastor of Restore, a church in Austin, Texas, as well as the co-founder of the
0:25.6	post-evangelical collective, and the author of Better Ways to Read the Bible, transforming
0:30.1	a weapon of harm into a tool of healing.
0:32.9	Even more importantly, he's teaching our August class called Anti-apologetics 101, Better Ways to
0:39.7	Read the Bible on August 21st from 8 to 9.30 p.m. Eastern Time, which you can go and sign up for
0:45.9	right now during the pay-what-you-can window at the Bible for normal people.com front slash
0:51.6	summer school 25. And just as a heads up, we won't have quiet time segment
0:56.0	at the end of this episode. So instead of taking the time to do that, why don't you just
1:00.5	take the class with Zach? Yeah, absolutely. And for now, let's just get into this episode.
1:05.6	If our Bible interpretations are leading to know, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, etc., then we should at the very
1:13.1	least question. If Jesus said this is the fruit that will be yielded by the spirit, his spirit at work
1:20.1	in and through us, and none of my Bible interpretations are yielding this fruit, then there is a massive
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