Protective Declarations

Abstract

The author explores the ways our human fears lead us to mask our own struggles and self-awareness, just as they did in Jesus' day. He interprets the Sermon on the Mount and the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats from the perspective of a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, reminding us that, hard as we might try, we do not get to be the ones to declare the goodness of the fruits that are our actions.