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Dr. Jimmy Hoke
@jimmyhoke.com
AKA QueerBibleNerd
www.jimmyhoke.com

Queer Feminist New Testament Scholar

Author: Feminism, Queerness, Affect, and Romans: Under God? (https://cart.sbl-site.org/books/064531P)
Creator: Queering the Lectionary (patreon.com/queerlectionary)

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“But say the existing research were showing something very different—perhaps even overwhelming evidence that trans women are unfairly more physically gifted in most ways than their cis peers. I don’t know why that’d be grounds to keep them out of women’s sports, where they so clearly belong.”
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Luke portrays Jesus as radically forgiving as a way of affirming Jesus’s power in the terms of Roman imperialism. Jesus forgives like an emperor; Luke’s Christianity aligns with the goals of empire."

I wrote a Lectionary Reflection (and 🔥🔥 🔥 liturgy!) for @presoutlook.bsky.social on Luke 23:33-43!
Reign of Christ — November 23, 2025

On Reign of Christ Sunday, Luke 23 presses us to confront how empire shapes our theology — and how the church can resist it, writes Jimmy Hoke.

#ReignofChristSunday
Reign of Christ — November 23, 2025
This reflection on Luke 23 critiques empire-shaped theology and invites a justice-centered reading for Reign of Christ Sunday.
pres-outlook.pulse.ly
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Reign of Christ — November 23, 2025

On Reign of Christ Sunday, Luke 23 presses us to confront how empire shapes our theology — and how the church can resist it, writes Jimmy Hoke.

#ReignofChristSunday
Reign of Christ — November 23, 2025
This reflection on Luke 23 critiques empire-shaped theology and invites a justice-centered reading for Reign of Christ Sunday.
pres-outlook.pulse.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
OMG THIS IS THE BEST CAMPAIGN VIDEO I'VE SEEN. Vote for @dewayneforminneapolis.com! #minneapolis #mayor
Eubie wants to be the First Dog of Minneapolis and has a Five-Point Platform for how he’ll serve his canine neighbors. To make it real, you need to vote for his Daddy DeWayne and RANK HIM #1 on your ballot.
#minneapolis #MAYOR #minneapolismayoralrace
#DogDads @dewayneforminneapolis.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@wecandobettermpls.bsky.social pays to promote anti-Chughtai posts on FB to reach out to residents and voters of Ward 10 like me. I made this comment to engage them in democratic debate. They deleted it.
How are you doing better by suppressing free speech of Ward 10 residents?
#minneapolis #Ward10
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm also discussing this with Senior Pastor Scott Jones and Assoc Pastor Julia Carlson for adult ed after worship at House of Hope on Sunday!
“No Kings” should include Jesus

Jimmy Hoke reflects on the "No Kings" protests and considers how progressive Christians might imagine Jesus beyond kingship — as part of a democratic movement.

@jimmyhoke.com @houseofhopepres.bsky.social @welcome-to-united.bsky.social
"No Kings" should include Jesus
Is “king” the right term for Christ? The author argues that this language falls short and Christ is more democratic.
pres-outlook.pulse.ly
October 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
All the talk about lost businesses is uptown shows how the people talking about it don't live in my ward. They're sad they can't drop in like tourists and go to the same restaurant every visit. They don't care that I can no longer walk to get my diabetes medications because they don't live here.
because also what businesses have been lost in uptown? all they talk about is restaurants like lagos taco. which sucks, but this is not the same as stevens square losing essential services like a pharmacy, a hardware store, a dollar store, and a thrift store for clothes and home goods in a poor area
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My pancreas.
What isn't working due to AWS being down wrong answers only
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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This is the first political ad I have ever seen that recognizes transgender voters, understands we are human, and asks for our support.

It’s remarkable.
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
As always, @katelynburns.com is on fire, saying what needs to be said, over and over again, with receipts.

"...The right has already proven themselves to be operating in bad faith on these issues. ... Compromise isn't possible here. I'm running out of ways to explain this to all the good liberals."
I'm so glad you said this, because about 30 seconds ago, I published a newsletter piece detailing how conservatives have dump-trucked through all of the previously established common sense, nuanced, compromise positions on trans rights to get here: burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I'm so glad you said this, because about 30 seconds ago, I published a newsletter piece detailing how conservatives have dump-trucked through all of the previously established common sense, nuanced, compromise positions on trans rights to get here: burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...
September 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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There are a lot of compelling reasons why I think folks should rank Dr. DeWayne Davis on their ballots in Minneapolis - but that goes doubly for LGBTQ+ folks and those who love us. 🌈
i just ran into dewayne davis at the day of the transgender child in loring park wearing a “protect trans lives” shirt

@dewayneforminneapolis.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends?
Every time there's a mass shooting in the US, my trans friends and I hold our collective breath. If the shooter turns out to be trans, it could signal the final days of our human rights in a country t...
burns-notice.ghost.io
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Everyone’s words recently: “We need to do things to deescalate political violence.”

If, in your actions, you capitulate to threats of violence, all you do is teach right-wing extremists that they should continue to threaten violence—which will eventually become real—because it helps them win.
Dems advertising that they are capitulating to threats of violence is not an especially smart plan even on narrow selfpreservation concerns
September 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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“No Kings” should include Jesus

Jimmy Hoke reflects on the "No Kings" protests and considers how progressive Christians might imagine Jesus beyond kingship — as part of a democratic movement.

@jimmyhoke.com @houseofhopepres.bsky.social @welcome-to-united.bsky.social

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September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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A thread of all the elected Democrats who've put out statements of support for trans people this week as Republicans manufacture a genocide: 🧵
September 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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And to those who would use this tragedy to attack our trans neighbors, shame on you. We must stand united against hate in all its forms and ensure that every Minnesota child, family, and community never again experiences the grief we’re all feeling in the wake of this shooting.
August 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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We deserve a city government that works for all of us—where decisions are made based on what’s right for the people of our city, not based on who is most loyal to the mayor.

We deserve better.
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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"When the donors don't get the outcome that they want through the party process, they go to a super party process outside of the norm to try to reverse the decision of the delegates," Payne said. "It's an extremely short-sighted thing to do, not just tactically but philosophically," he added.
August 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I wasn't surprised, I expected they'd do this.
I am surprised at how angry and upset I've been since learning the state DFL overturned our city's endorsement. Our voices and votes.
Our votes can and will win anyway. Regardless, DFL, there will be hell to pay.
28 party insiders met privately and voted to overturn our endorsement.

Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win.

Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate
August 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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28 party insiders met privately and voted to overturn our endorsement.

Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win.

Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate
August 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If All of Minneapolis were honest, it would be called All of Edina.
August 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Check out @jimmyhoke.com’s great piece on Jesus and kingship!

It resonates a lot with my book’s conclusion: Christian tradition is replete with language of Jesus as king and enslaver, but Christians should interrogate what types of relationships they understand themselves to have with the divine
“No Kings” should include Jesus

Jimmy Hoke reflects on the "No Kings" protests and considers how progressive Christians might imagine Jesus beyond kingship — as part of a democratic movement.

@jimmyhoke.com @houseofhopepres.bsky.social @welcome-to-united.bsky.social
"No Kings" should include Jesus - The Presbyterian Outlook
Is “king” the right term for Christ? The author argues that this language falls short and Christ is more democratic.
buff.ly
August 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Check out my piece on the problems with No Kings protestors' use of Jesus in their signs. I'm thrilled it found a home with @presoutlook.bsky.social!

"Jesus the singular hero leaves no room for democratic collaboration. The heroic 'radical rebel' Jesus remains a king."
“No Kings” should include Jesus

Jimmy Hoke reflects on the "No Kings" protests and considers how progressive Christians might imagine Jesus beyond kingship — as part of a democratic movement.

@jimmyhoke.com @houseofhopepres.bsky.social @welcome-to-united.bsky.social
"No Kings" should include Jesus - The Presbyterian Outlook
Is “king” the right term for Christ? The author argues that this language falls short and Christ is more democratic.
buff.ly
August 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM