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Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

Von: 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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  • CPTB Special: Library After Dark Comedy Showcase (Part 2)

    CPTB Special: Library After Dark Comedy Showcase (Part 2)
    Jun 22 2026

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    A note to our audience: We're taking a week off from our normal mix of comedy and Bible study. We'll jump back into the readings next week. In the meanwhile, we're pleased to present...

    CPTB Special: Library After Dark Comedy Showcase (Part 2)

    A pastor walks into a library and tells jokes. The books didn't leave.

    This special episode takes you inside the room for Library After Dark, CPTB's debut comedy showcase at the Monroeville Public Library — an evening of standup that felt right at home among the stacks.

    • Erick Williams lets his Amish flag fly and waxes poetic about his love of beer.
    • Jared Helfer leads with an unforgettable impression and receives the longest ovation of the night.

    Don't miss two of Pittsburgh's funniest guys, bringing their act to the library crowd!

    More sets from the Library After Dark showcase are coming. The full show — including headliner Georgia Warder — will be released as a complete special.

    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.
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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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    26 Min.
  • Roll for Theology - Proper 7A (June 21, 2026)

    Roll for Theology - Proper 7A (June 21, 2026)
    Jun 15 2026

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    Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible is the podcast where Pittsburgh-area standup comedians join ELCA Lutheran pastors to explore the week's gospel text from the Revised Common Lectionary — because the people least likely to read the Bible undefended are sometimes the most interesting people to have read it first.

    This week: no comedians. In the first of two experimental summer episodes, Pastor Bob Schaefer and Pastor Eric Damon are joined by Pastor Brian Bennett and Pastor Ryan Kobert — two colleagues who also happen to be tabletop RPG players — to tackle Matthew 10:24–39. It's Father's Day. The text opens with Jesus saying he came not to bring peace, but a sword. The lectionary has no chill.

    Expect:

    • A crash course in tabletop RPGs, LARPing, and video game RPGs — what they share, where they diverge, and why the Venn diagram between collaborative storytelling, comedy, and preaching is doing real theological work
    • The insight that may reframe how you read scripture forever: the Bible isn't the story — it's the stat sheet; the church is the continuing campaign
    • Two Christianities in America, one centered on obedience and one centered on love, and a word about which one Jesus was actually running
    • Rules as written vs. rules as intended — a question tabletop gamers and Lutherans are apparently both losing sleep over
    • The Satanic Panic, annotated by someone whose pastor just asked to sit in and watch
    • A natural 20 on the worthiness question: "Because I love you, therefore be worthy of me"
    "The scripture isn't the story. It's the stat sheet." — Pastor Eric Damon


    Matthew 10:24–39 | Proper 7 / Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (NRSVue)

    Jesus said to the twelve, "A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!

    "So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground unperceived by your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

    "Everyone, therefore, who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven, but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.

    "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

    For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's foes will be members of one's own household.

    Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it."

    Let me know if you want anything adjusted before this goes in.

    Hosted by Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer.

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    Music: Trickster by Phat Sounds
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    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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  • The Worst Barre Class - Proper 6A (June 14, 2026)

    The Worst Barre Class - Proper 6A (June 14, 2026)
    Jun 8 2026
    Send us Fan MailWhat does it take to be sent out in Jesus' name? Apparently: no money, no bag, no second tunic, and a working knowledge of exactly how bad crucifixion is on your core. Resident Comic Theologians Abby Evans (@itsabbye) and Erick Williams (@comicaledubs) join us to tackle Proper 6A — the commissioning of the Twelve — and somehow we arrive there through a detailed anatomical detour into Roman execution technique.In this Short Take, expect:A biomechanical explanation of crucifixion that reframes it as the original barre class ("T-position. Hold for eternity.")Judas Iscariot as Aaron Burr — tragic figure, defined entirely by his one bad momentWhy Sodom and Gomorrah's actual sin has nothing to do with what you think it does — and why that matters for this textThe harvest is plentiful, the laborers are few — and what that means for congregations that are shrinkingJesus Christ Superstar, the Apostles on social media, and Alex Jones as an unintentional object lesson in how not to read Matthew 10"Autobots, assemble" as a legitimate summary of the Great Commission"I have never thought of crucifixion as the worst barre class until now." — Erick WilliamsMatthew 9:35–10:23 (NRSVue)[35] Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness. [36] When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. [37] Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; [38] therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” [1] Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. [2] These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee and his brother John; [3] Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus; [4] Simon the Cananaean and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. [5] These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not take a road leading to gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town, [6] but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. [7] As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ [8] Cure the sick; raise the dead; cleanse those with a skin disease; cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. [9] Take no gold, or silver, or copper in your belts, [10] no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff, for laborers deserve their food. [11] Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave. [12] As you enter the house, greet it. [13] If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. [14] If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. [15] Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. [16] “I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. [17] Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues, [18] and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the gentiles. [19] When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you at that time, [20] for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. [21] Sibling will betray sibling to death and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, [22] and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. [23] When they persecute you in this town, flee to the next, for truly I tell you, you will not have finished going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.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/cptbpodMusic: Trickster by Phat SoundsFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10864-tricksterLicensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseScripture 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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    28 Min.
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