{"id":24034,"date":"2026-07-10T16:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=24034"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:05:38","slug":"whose-bible-is-it-anyway-reclaiming-scripture-from-wealth-and-weaponization-faith-and-money-network","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/event\/whose-bible-is-it-anyway-reclaiming-scripture-from-wealth-and-weaponization-faith-and-money-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Whose Bible is it Anyway? 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Weaponized by right-wing ideologues and twisted by capitalist apologists, scripture is routinely used to justify white supremacy, misogyny, economic disparity, genocide, and environmental destruction. Sadly, many Christians have simply ceded scriptural authority to the loudest, most polarizing voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what if the stories we think we know actually preach the exact opposite?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join renowned biblical animator Ched Myers for a transformative, free webinar that refuses to surrender the text.<\/strong>\u00a0Ched will perform a literary and historical \u201ccore sample\u201d on one of the most misused stories in the New Testament: Luke\u2019s Parable of the Ten Pounds. You\u2019ll discover how the standard capitalist interpretation completely falls apart under scrutiny and how \u201cre-storying\u201d this text unlocks a radical blueprint for resisting plutocracy \u2014 \u00a0a critical skill for the current moment. 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