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b'In this episode, we look at\\u2026\\n\\nBrian\\u2019s doubts about resurrections miracles\\nthe historical context of the Gospel of John (and why it matters to this story)\\nWhat the resurrection means to Shay (and why he\\xa0really believes in it)\\nWhat this passage reveals about what God thinks about death\\nParallels between the queer experience and resurrection\\nOur upcoming webinar on how to \\u201cqueer\\u201d passages of the Bible (register at queertheology.com/queerbible)\\n\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nJohn 11:1-45\\n\\nNow a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)\\xa0So the sisters sent word to Jesus, \\u201cLord, the one you love is sick.\\u201d\\nWhen he heard this, Jesus said, \\u201cThis sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God\\u2019s glory so that God\\u2019s Son may be glorified through it.\\u201d Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.\\xa0So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, \\u201cLet us go back to Judea.\\u201d\\n\\u201cBut Rabbi,\\u201d they said, \\u201ca short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?\\u201d\\nJesus answered, \\u201cAre there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world\\u2019s light. It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.\\u201d\\nAfter he had said this, he went on to tell them, \\u201cOur friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.\\u201d\\nHis disciples replied, \\u201cLord, if he sleeps, he will get better.\\u201d Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.\\nSo then he told them plainly, \\u201cLazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.\\u201d\\nThen Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, \\u201cLet us also go, that we may die with him.\\u201d\\nOn his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was less than two miles\\xa0from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.\\xa0When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.\\n\\u201cLord,\\u201d Martha said to Jesus, \\u201cif you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.\\u201d\\nJesus said to her, \\u201cYour brother will rise again.\\u201d\\nMartha answered, \\u201cI know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.\\u201d\\nJesus said to her, \\u201cI am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?\\u201d\\n\\u201cYes, Lord,\\u201d she replied, \\u201cI believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God,who is to come into the world.\\u201d\\nAfter she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. \\u201cThe Teacher is here,\\u201d she said, \\u201cand is asking for you.\\u201d When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.\\nWhen Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, \\u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.\\u201d\\nWhen Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. \\u201cWhere have you laid him?\\u201d he asked.\\n\\u201cCome and see, Lord,\\u201d they replied.\\nJesus wept.\\nThen the Jews said, \\u201cSee how he loved him!\\u201d\\nBut some of them said, \\u201cCould not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?\\u201d\\nJesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. \\u201cTake away the stone,\\u201d he said.\\n\\u201cBut'