Join Dr. Eric Barreto and Dr. Nathan Stucky for an evening of dining and discussion.

The Gospel of Luke helps spark a wide imagination about salvation. Salvation, in Luke, is not just in the future but in the present. Salvation is not just about eternal life but abundant life right here and right now. Salvation is a promise God fulfills in a way we can experience, taste, feel. Salvation is not deferred. Salvation is now.

One of the defining characteristics of Jesus’ ministry in Luke is eating and drinking at all kinds of tables with all kinds of people. Accused of being a “glutton and a drunkard,” Jesus embodies salvation at welcoming, abundant tables. Tables are thus not just places wherein Jesus preaches but a very embodiment of salvation. Salvation tastes like the wonderful meals Jesus sets before us, feels like the inclusion we feel at these tables. Moreover, that salvation is wide, tangible, and present. At Jesus’ table the food is delicious. The food never runs out. And there is always one more chair.