Luke, Theophilus, and the well-ordered account. Luke’s gospel is epistolary, with an intended (if imagined) recipient, Theophilus (“Friend of God”). Luke acknowledges that there are competing narratives of “the events that have been fulfilled among us,” and offers his reporting as “well- ordered.” This is an important assertion: that Theophilus (and the whole audience) deserve an account that assumes their intelligence and their right to know. We who follow Jesus are engaged in this learning/understanding project all the time, in order to guard against those who would twist it to mean other than it does.

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