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b'Oftentimes the LGBTQ community gets called out and shamed for our sexuality and the choices we make around it \\u2014 enter, the clobber passages. Because of this, it\\u2019s very important that we know how to read the Bible and understand its context to protect ourselves and strengthen our faith.\\nEpisode TranscriptBrian: Welcome to the Queer Theology podcast!\\nFr. Shay: Where each episode, we take a queer look at the week\\u2019s lectionary readings. We\\u2019re the co-founders of QueerTheology.com and the hosts for this podcast. I\\u2019m Father Shay Kearns\\xa0\\nB: And I\\u2019m Brian G. Murphy.\\nB: Hey, there! Today is Sunday, October 6, 2019. Today we are going to be looking at 2 Timothy 1:1-14. I will read it to you now from the Common English Bible.\\nFrom Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God\\u2019s will, to promote the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus.\\nTo Timothy, my dear child.\\nGrace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.\\nI\\u2019m grateful to God, whom I serve with a good conscience as my ancestors did. I constantly remember you in my prayers day and night. When I remember your tears, I long to see you so that I can be filled with happiness. I\\u2019m reminded of your authentic faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. I\\u2019m sure that this faith is also inside you. Because of this, I\\u2019m reminding you to revive God\\u2019s gift that is in you through the laying on of my hands. God didn\\u2019t give us a spirit that is timid but one that is powerful, loving, and self-controlled.\\nSo don\\u2019t be ashamed of the testimony about the Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, share the suffering for the good news, depending on God\\u2019s power. God is the one who saved and called us with a holy calling. This wasn\\u2019t based on what we have done, but it was based on his own purpose and grace that he gave us in Christ Jesus before time began. Now his grace is revealed through the appearance of our savior, Christ Jesus. He destroyed death and brought life and immortality into clear focus through the good news. I was appointed a messenger, apostle, and teacher of this good news. This is also why I\\u2019m suffering the way I do, but I\\u2019m not ashamed. I know the one in whom I\\u2019ve placed my trust. I\\u2019m convinced that God is powerful enough to protect what he has placed in my trust until that day. Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you heard from me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Protect this good thing that has been placed in your trust through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.\\nOh my gosh, Shay. I can not, can not wait to dive into this. There\\u2019s so much in this passage. I knew kind of a little bit about what I wanted to talk about beforehand, and reading it, there was like \\u201cmore, more, more\\u201d. So I can\\u2019t wait! What\\u2019s your LGBTQ Christian take on 2 Timothy?\\nFS: I mean, first of all, I love this lineage of ancestors in this very first part. That\\u2019s the thing that always jumps out at me first when I read this passage both Paul saying, \\u201cI\\u2019m grateful to God, whom I serve with a good conscience as my ancestors did.\\u201d, but also this calling out of where Timothy\\u2019s faith comes from, right? His grandmother, his mother. Often 2 Timothy is attributed to Paul, and Paul the kind of anti-woman person that he is often made out to be in this passage is calling on the very genuine, and rich, and authentic faith of two powerful women. That\\u2019s where Timothy\\u2019s, not only where his faith comes from, but also this gift that is in him to do this work. I think that that\\u2019s really beautiful and it makes me think of both the ancestors in my life of faith, and also the ancestors in my life of queer and transness. Specifically, the women that I\\u2019ve learned from. I think that\\u2019s a really powerful reminder, it\\u2019s a moment to reflect on, and give thanks for those people that have influenced my faith, and that have helped me stay in it in the midst of suffering, and in the midst of kind of rethinking and reframing my faith that I had to do from childhood, and teen years, to'