Agape House UIC

Dale B. Martin - Theologian of the (Queer) Month

"There is no longer Jew or Greek,
there is no longer slave or free,
there is no longer male and female;
for all of you are one in Christ Jesus"
-Galatians 3:28-

Today I'm going to ask you to look at this text again, in a new way suggested by Dale B. Martin. It is usually understood and used to promote equality between races and genders. It finally frees one from oppression by the other.

Most of us were taught that when you're in church, you should be completely calm and practically docile. This comes from an underlying assumption that when we come to church we come before God, and when we come before God we had BETTER BE DOCILE... or else!