Thursday, April 24 2025- 11:00 A.M. CT
How do you use the Bible?
Whether you’re reading the Bible in the early hours of the morning for devotional purposes, or citing its passages from memory while responding to that latest inflammatory post on social media (are you as guilty as we are?) - you are using it; it’s just that your goals in each scenario are very different.
According to Josh Scott, the author of Cross-Examined: Reading the Bible in Times of Division, the truth is that we all use the Bible differently depending upon the circumstances. It can be a scalpel with which we perform surgeries on our own hearts, or it can be a sword - a weapon - that we use on others.
Which method of use is more Christlike?
Join Josh Scott and Derrick Weston, leading voices in Progressive Christianity, to uncover new possibilities for using the Bible for the purposes of justice, inclusivity, and generosity. In this webinar, you will:
- Explore the many ways the Bible is used, for good and for ill
- Consider responsible uses of Scripture in contentious climates
- Hear a hopeful word about the Bible’s continued relevance even, and especially, now
Meet the Conversation Partners
Josh Scott has been a pastor for the last two decades, spending 14 years leading a progressive church in rural Kentucky before moving to Nashville and serving as the Lead Pastor at GracePointe Church in April 2019. Josh is an active voice in the conversation of imagining the future of progressive Christianity, with the focus of his work on reimagining, reframing, and reclaiming faith through a progressive Christian lens, while making those concepts and ideas practically accessible. He is the author of Bible Stories for Grown-Ups, Context, Parables, and Cross-Examined - all with Abingdon Press. He lives near Nashville, TN with his wife, Carla, and five kids.
Derrick Weston has long been an engaged community organizer focused on growing food and addressing food insecurity. Now he serves as the theological education and training coordinator for Creation Justice Ministries. A documentary filmmaker, producer, and cohost of The Food and Faith Podcast, Derrick is a firm believer in using one's voice and the media to inspire and enact social change. Derrick is the author of The Just Kitchen. He and his wife, Shannon, have four children and live outside of Baltimore, Maryland.
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