What if Jesus’ radical vision for a new society wasn’t just preached—it was acted out at a dinner table?

In this second half of our deep dive into Luke 14, Dr Tyson Putthoff walks us through the banquet scene verse by verse, as Jesus flips the honor system on its head, challenges religious gatekeeping, and redraws the social map of the Kingdom of God.

This isn’t about etiquette. It’s about who gets seen, who gets excluded, and who gets honored in a world built on status, fear, and social control. Jesus exposes the whole game—and then invites the people who’ve been pushed to the margins to take their place at the center. He uses the geography of the ancient city—alleys, highways, city gates—to say something bold: the Kingdom of God is built from the outside in.

And here’s the invitation: not only to the powerful to give up their seat, but to the outsider, the overlooked, the one who’s been shut out—to take their place at the table.

If you’ve ever been burned by religious folks, judged by insiders, or told you don’t belong—Jesus isn’t just making room for you. He’s building a whole new world around you.

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