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Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

By: Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer
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Two pastors and two comedians sit down together to consider the weekly Bible reading. Chaos, hilarity and occasional insight ensue! Hosted by Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer, and featuring resident comic theologians Abby Evans and Erick Williams. New episodes every Monday.

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  • "Martha, Mary, and Multiplying Dishes" (July 20, 2025 - Proper 11C)
    Jul 14 2025

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    Jesus stops by for dinner, and suddenly everyone’s got opinions. This week, Bob, Eric, Abby, and Erick dive into Luke 10:38–42 (the classic Mary and Martha showdown) and explore what hospitality really means—spiritually, socially, and awkwardly.

    Expect:

    • A spicy takedown (and redemption) of performative hosting
    • A surprising theological defense of love languages
    • Jazz riffs on Jesus, chores, and whether Martha just needed a podcast

    Also featuring: plastic-covered furniture, Lazarus Lincoln, sacramental sarcasm, and possibly too much kombucha.

    Pull up a chair (not the nice one), and let’s talk Bible.

    This Week's Reading:

    Luke 10:38–42 (NRSVue)

    [38] Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him. [39] She had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus’s feet and listened to what he was saying. [40] But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, so she came to him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her, then, to help me.” [41] But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things, [42] but few things are needed—indeed only one. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”

    Hosted by Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer.

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    Music: Trickster by Phat Sounds
    Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10864-trickster
    Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

    Scripture quotations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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    31 mins
  • God Hates Tim... But Not Samaritans! (July 13, 2025 - Proper 10C)
    Jul 7 2025

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    This week, we welcome Alex Stypula and Tim Ross, the chaos chemists behind the Milks of the World podcast, for an episode that may or may not be sanctioned by NATO. Come for the theological hot takes, stay for the GI Joe lore, Gettysburg hippies, and Tim’s relentless persecution complex.

    We dig into Luke 10:25–37 (The Good Samaritan)—a parable so familiar it’s practically a bumper sticker. But how do you preach—or even hear—this story when it’s lost its teeth? Eric invokes princess theology to remind us that God loves the dragons, Bob takes issue with the Lawyer’s question, and our guests explore what it means to see someone with compassion… even if they’re dressed like a bootleg action figure and holding a working-class beer.

    Plus: an unexpected parable remix, a deeply chaotic gospel moment, and the argument for milk as the true ecumenical language.

    This Week's Reading:

    Luke 10:25–37 (NRSVue)

    [25] An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” [26] He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” [27] He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself.” [28] And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” [29] But wanting to vindicate himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” [30] Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and took off, leaving him half dead. [31] Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. [32] So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. [33] But a Samaritan while traveling came upon him, and when he saw him he was moved with compassion. [34] He went to him and bandaged his wounds, treating them with oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. [35] The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him, and when I come back I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ [36] Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” [37] He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

    Hosted by Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer.

    Join the community!
    Email us at cptbpod@gmail.com.
    Find us at @cptbpod on most social media platforms.
    More at linktr.ee/cptbpod

    Music: Trickster by Phat Sounds
    Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10864-trickster
    Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

    Scripture quotations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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    58 mins
  • The Gospel According to Lasagna (July 6, 2025 - Proper 9C)
    Jun 30 2025

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    In this Fourth of July weekend Short Take, Bob, Eric, Abby, and Erick dig into Luke 10 and the radical, communal vision of mission Jesus lays out—no purses, no sandals, just go and be present. Along the way, the crew explores what the lectionary conveniently skips (spoiler: fire and brimstone), the heresy of Americanism, and the difference between John Wayne Jesus and real-deal discipleship. Also: lasagna theology, vampire communion, a surprising endorsement of paid labor by Jesus himself, and an actual comedy gig where clothes are optional. It’s all here. Even pants. Probably.

    This Week's Reading:

    Luke 10:1–20 (NRSV)

    [1] After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. [2] He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. [3] Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. [4] Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. [5] Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ [6] And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. [7] Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. [8] Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; [9] cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’[10] But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, [11] ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’

    [12] I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town. [13] “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. [14] But at the judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you. [15] And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades.

    [16] “Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” [17] The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!” [18] He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. [19] See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. [20] Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

    Hosted by Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer.

    Join the community!
    Email us at cptbpod@gmail.com.
    Find us at @cptbpod on most social media platforms.
    More at linktr.ee/cptbpod

    Music: Trickster by Phat Sounds
    Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10864-trickster
    Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

    Scripture quotations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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    32 mins

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