{"podcast":{"title":"Disarming Leviathan Podcast","slug":"disarming-leviathan-podcast-6408736","podcast_index_feed_id":6408736,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/945775/s/126735.rss","website_url":"https://disarmingleviathan.substack.com/s/disarming-leviathan-podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/945775/s/126735/30fe440067cd32bbafea4c9d37a36cee.jpg","author":"Caleb E. Campbell","episode_count":120,"summary":"Missionally Engaging American Christian Nationalists","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:19:51.615751+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disarming-leviathan-podcast-6408736"},"episode":{"title":"Reclaiming Scripture from the Culture Wars w/ Zach Lambert","slug":"reclaiming-scripture-from-the-culture-wars-w-zach-lambert","published_at":"2026-01-08T10:47:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disarming-leviathan-podcast-6408736/reclaiming-scripture-from-the-culture-wars-w-zach-lambert","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disarming-leviathan-podcast-6408736","url":"https://disarmingleviathan.substack.com/p/reclaiming-scripture-from-the-culture","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181531553/1533fc5d1e8484d4f02090e1a6df7840.mp3","summary":"In this episode, pastor and author Zach W. Lambert confronts the weaponization of Scripture in American public life and church culture. Drawing from his book Better Ways to Read the Bible , he outlines how harmful interpretive “lenses” have been used to justify everything from Christian nationalism to slavery to spiritual abuse. Rather than abandoning Scripture, Lambert calls Christians to reclaim a Jesus-centered, context-aware, fruit-bearing engagement with the Bible. He offers four healthy lenses—Jesus, context, flourishing, and fruitfulness—and explains how these can guide both personal discipleship and public theology in a way that heals rather than harms. About Zach Zach W. Lambert is the founding pastor of Restore Austin, a multiethnic, multigenerational church in Austin, Texas. He is the author of Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing , a book that helps Christians rethink how Scripture is interpreted and applied in both church and society. Zach is a frequent speaker and writer on topics related to justice, public theology, and deconstruction. His work appears on Substack under the title Public Theology , and he shares regular content on Instagram and X at @ZachWLambert. Get full access to Disarming Leviathan at disarmingleviathan.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"In this episode, pastor and author Zach W. Lambert confronts the weaponization of Scripture in American public life and church culture. Drawing from his b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1834,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/disarming-leviathan-podcast-6408736/episodes/reclaiming-scripture-from-the-culture-wars-w-zach-lambert/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disarming-leviathan-podcast-6408736/reclaiming-scripture-from-the-culture-wars-w-zach-lambert.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}