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b'Brian and Shay talk about the prophetic call of the Isaiah passage. What does this passage teach us about the Biblical interpretation of Sodom and Gomorrah? What is our responsibility when it comes to being the church? What does conversion mean?\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nIsaiah 1:10-20\\nHear the word of the Lord,\\nyou rulers of Sodom;\\nlisten to the instruction of our God,\\nyou people of Gomorrah!\\n\\u201cThe multitude of your sacrifices\\u2014\\nwhat are they to me?\\u201d says the Lord.\\n\\u201cI have more than enough of burnt offerings,\\nof rams and the fat of fattened animals;\\nI have no pleasure\\nin the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.\\nWhen you come to appear before me,\\nwho has asked this of you,\\nthis trampling of my courts?\\nStop bringing meaningless offerings!\\nYour incense is detestable to me.\\nNew Moons, Sabbaths and convocations\\u2014\\nI cannot bear your worthless assemblies.\\nYour New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals\\nI hate with all my being.\\nThey have become a burden to me;\\nI am weary of bearing them.\\nWhen you spread out your hands in prayer,\\nI hide my eyes from you;\\neven when you offer many prayers,\\nI am not listening.\\nYour hands are full of blood!\\nWash and make yourselves clean.\\nTake your evil deeds out of my sight;\\nstop doing wrong.\\nLearn to do right; seek justice.\\nDefend the oppressed.\\nTake up the cause of the fatherless;\\nplead the case of the widow.\\n\\u201cCome now, let us settle the matter,\\u201d\\nsays the Lord.\\n\\u201cThough your sins are like scarlet,\\nthey shall be as white as snow;\\nthough they are red as crimson,\\nthey shall be like wool.\\nIf you are willing and obedient,\\nyou will eat the good things of the land;\\nbut if you resist and rebel,\\nyou will be devoured by the sword.\\u201d\\nFor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.\\nThe post What Worship Is Required? \\u2013 Isaiah 1:10-20 appeared first on Queer Theology.'