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b'It\\u2019s easy to think of Christian doctrine as eternal and unchanging, but we see throughout Scripture that our understanding of God, our relationship to the divine, and our relationship with each other shift and grow. That happens over the course of Jesus\\u2019s ministry and even after, such as in this passage in Acts. In this week\\u2019s episode, we look at what that might mean for us (and especially what it might mean for LGBTQ folks).\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nReferenced in this episode:\\n\\nShay\\u2019s sermon on this passage, \\u201cA Strange Baptism\\u201d\\nSkeptics Guide to Jesus\\n\\nActs 8:26 \\u2013 40\\nAn angel from the Lord spoke to Philip, \\u201cAt noon, take the road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza.\\u201d (This is a desert road.) So he did. Meanwhile, an Ethiopian man was on his way home from Jerusalem, where he had come to worship. He was a eunuch and an official responsible for the entire treasury of Candace. (Candace is the title given to the Ethiopian queen.) He was reading the prophet Isaiah while sitting in his carriage. The Spirit told Philip, \\u201cApproach this carriage and stay with it.\\u201d\\nRunning up to the carriage, Philip heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, \\u201cDo you really understand what you are reading?\\u201d\\nThe man replied, \\u201cWithout someone to guide me, how could I?\\u201d Then he invited Philip to climb up and sit with him. This was the passage of scripture he was reading:\\nLike a sheep he was led to the slaughter\\nand like a lamb before its shearer is silent\\nso he didn\\u2019t open his mouth.\\nIn his humiliation justice was taken away from him.\\nWho can tell the story of his descendants\\nbecause his life was taken from the earth?\\nThe eunuch asked Philip, \\u201cTell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?\\u201d Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.\\nThe eunuch asked Philip, \\u201cTell me, about whom does the prophet say this? Is he talking about himself or someone else?\\u201d Starting with that passage, Philip proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. As they went down the road, they came to some water.\\nThe eunuch said, \\u201cLook! Water! What would keep me from being baptized?\\u201d He ordered that the carriage halt. Both Philip and the eunuch went down to the water, where Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Lord\\u2019s Spirit suddenly took Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing. Philip found himself in Azotus. He traveled through that area, preaching the good news in all the cities until he reached Caesarea.\\nThe post Something new is happening here \\u2013 Acts 8:26 \\u2013 40 appeared first on Queer Theology.'