Queering the Bible

All four gospels provide a lengthy depiction of Jesus’ trial, and each writer brings their own lens to the story. Luke asserts Jesus’ innocence, portrays him as stunningly gracious, and surrounds him with people — those who hate him, those who adore him, and those who simply don’t know what

In Luke 22, Satan makes a flamboyant entrance into Judas. Whether or not there was consent is debatable. Judas continues the motif with an over-the-top kiss that initiates a narrative we might hear in a Liturgy of the Passion. A flurry of activity at the Mount of Olives as Jesus

Source Text: All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” (Luke 19:7) Chapter Summary: The book of Luke is historically identified as the first account of Christian history. Scholars believe Luke’s foundational ministry is to demonstrate

The parable of the Good Samaritan is peculiar because it follows after a Samaritan village rebuffs Jesus. To appreciate the parable in Luke 10, one should read from near the end of Luke 9, where the Samaritans are first mentioned. When Jesus sends messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to

What Luke 6 is doing so forcefully is what liberation theology spells out directly: God is not encountered in abstract ideas separated from history, but in the concrete realities of hunger, exclusion, violence, and survival. We cannot look for God only in what is comfortable, respectable, or socially approved, because

Luke 2, at its core, is a narrative about God’s breaking into the human story, prioritizing the least, last, and most marginalized, and revealing God's self to be on the side of the oppressed and in opposition to the sin of systems that elevate some and diminish others. As we

Luke Chapter 1 packs quite a bit of interesting and unique stories into less than 100 verses and sets the tone for the rest of this Gospel. Luke states his intentions for these writings in the first four verses. He desires to make his theological point through his well-grasped understanding