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Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer

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1 week ago

Send us a text What do you do with a gospel that doesn’t tell the Christmas story, starts before time, and keeps circling back on itself like it’s thinking out loud? In this episode of Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible, we dive into the opening of Gospel of John—a text that is beautiful, frustrating, poetic, and dense all at once. Pastors Bob Schaefer and Eric Damon are joined by Pittsburgh comedians John Bankart and Roy Gackle for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from Catholic chore...

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Send us a text What do you do with a gospel that doesn’t tell the Christmas story, starts before time, and keeps circling back on itself like it’s thinking out loud? In this episode of Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible, we dive into the opening of Gospel of John—a text that is beautiful, frustrating, poetic, and dense all at once. Pastors Bob Schaefer and Eric Damon are joined by Pittsburgh comedians John Bankart and Roy Gackle for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from Catholic chore...

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Episodes (20/59)

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

“Grace, Truth, and a Very Confusing Gospel” (January 4, 2026 - Christmas 2A)

Send us a text What do you do with a gospel that doesn’t tell the Christmas story, starts before time, and keeps circling back on itself like it’s thinking out loud? In this episode of Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible, we dive into the opening of Gospel of John—a text that is beautiful, frustrating, poetic, and dense all at once. Pastors Bob Schaefer and Eric Damon are joined by Pittsburgh comedians John Bankart and Roy Gackle for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from Catholic chore...

1 week ago

57 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

“The Christmas Text Nobody Wants to Preach” (December 28, 2025 - Christmas 1A)

Send us a text The First Sunday of Christmas isn’t all angels, carols, and gentle joy. In this Short Take, pastors and comedians Erick Williams (@comicaledubs) and Abby Evans (@itsabbye) join the conversation as we sit with one of the hardest gospel readings of the season — the flight into Egypt and the slaughter of the innocents. It’s a text many preachers quietly dread, because it refuses to offer easy comfort or tidy resolutions. What do you preach when grief can’t be explained away, when ...

2 weeks ago

33 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

"You Forgot How Weird Christmas Is" (December 21, 2025 - Advent 4A)

Send us a text What does it mean to say yes when the cost is public scandal? In this Advent 4 episode, Pastors Bob Schaefer and Eric Damon are joined by comedians John Benkart (@johnbenkartcomedy) and Roy Gloeckle (@royjay.comedy) to wrestle with Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth—the version that centers not on Mary’s announcement, but on Joseph’s quiet, risky obedience. Along the way, the conversation wanders (as it always does) through Catholic school memories, youth group survival strategi...

3 weeks ago

54 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

"The One Where Jesus Talks in Riddles" (December 14, 2025 - Advent 3A)

Send us a text Season 3 kicks off with the return of our Resident Comic Theologians, Abby Evans and Erick Williams, as we dive straight into Matthew 11—the part where John the Baptist is in prison, Jesus sounds like Columbo, and nobody can agree how many Highlander films are canon. Along the way we cover: Advent, aka the spiciest, wokest liturgical calendar seasonWhy some churches still have a lone pink candle and whether that makes them hereticsMacduff, belly buttons, Adam’s abdominal scars...

4 weeks ago

32 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

"Healthcare Jesus & Bob’s Slow-Clap Showcase" (August 27, 2025 - Proper 16C)

Send us a text In the Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible Season 2 finale, we start with bidets and end with Bob in wedge heels. In between, comedians Harriet Riley (@harrietrileycomedy) and Cassi Bruno (@cassi_dicci) bring stories of improv, sarcasm, and church-gone-sideways as we dive into Luke 13 and a Jesus who heals on the Sabbath like a first-century chiropractor. Eric insults the guests (twice).Harriet tries to become a bishop.Jesus breaks social norms.It all builds to Bob’s unforgett...

4 months ago

57 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

"Hangry Jesus & the Rule of Threes" (August 17, 2025 - Proper 15C)

Send us a text It’s our last Short Take of the season, and Luke 12:49–56 is bringing the heat — literally. Jesus says he came to bring fire to the earth and division to households, not peace. We unpack what that means without sliding into persecution cosplay, and why this isn’t just a “Buddy Jesus” moment but a glimpse of a stressed-out, fully human Messiah. Along the way, the conversation zigs: Strawberry Shortcake hair, Kim Possible vs. Wednesday Addams, Snickers ads for Jesus, and the cur...

4 months ago

31 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

"Verily, We Cometh Unglued" (August 10, 2025 - Proper 14C)

Send us a text This week, our sacred text is drawn from Luke’s Gospel—an invitation to stay awake, gird one's loins, sell one’s possessions, and fear not. But when Bob insists on reading it in the King James Version, all theological decorum unravels. Eric breaks. Cassi drowns in a sea of “comeths.” Harriet, ever the Anglican, remains composed for nearly three verses. What follows is an hour of exorcisms, sheep-based theology, bribed sacraments, purse allegories, and one shockingly tender medi...

5 months ago

59 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

"Eat, Drink, and Miss the Point" (August 3, 2025 - Proper 13C)

Send us a text This week on Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible: Short Take, our resident comic theologians Abby Evans and Erick Williams join Bob and Eric to face down one of Jesus’ sharpest parables—and things get weird fast. We’re talking Luke 12, where a man tries to rope Jesus into a family inheritance dispute and instead gets a barn-burning sermon on greed, mortality, and the dangers of talking to your soul like it’s your pet. Erick goes full spice mode with riffs on socialist God, Bil...

5 months ago

29 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

"God (Especially) Loves Tim!" (July 27, 2025 - Proper 12C)

Send us a text This week on CPTB, we're joined once again by chaos chemists Tim Ross and Alex Stypula—because once clearly wasn’t enough. We talk Lego addiction, the linguistic challenges of translating the Bible into Klingon, and what prayer is actually for (besides soothing Tim’s persecution complex). Plus: Alex dreams of a Catholic Dune reboot, Eric accidentally makes a serious theological point, and Bob tries to keep the podcast from collapsing into a milk-fueled singularity. This Week's ...

5 months ago

59 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

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

Send us a text 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 hostingA surprising theological defense of love languagesJazz riffs on Jesus, chores, and whether Martha just needed a podcastAlso featuring: plastic-covered furniture, Lazarus L...

5 months ago

30 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

God Hates Tim... But Not Samaritans! (July 13, 2025 - Proper 10C)

Send us a text 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 prin...

6 months ago

58 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

The Gospel According to Lasagna (July 6, 2025 - Proper 9C)

Send us a text 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 Je...

6 months ago

32 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

Golden Retrievers and Gutsy Risk-taking (Peter and Paul, Apostles - June 29, 2025)

Send us a text Comics Lou Pastorius (@notorious_pastorius) and Abby Evans (@itsabbye) are back to discuss the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Topics include: Baby baptismsCosplay crucifixionsThe calls of Peter and PaulThis Week's Gospel: John 21:15–19 (NRSV) [15] When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” [16] A second time he said t...

6 months ago

56 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

June 22, 2025 - Proper 7C

Send us a text Resident comic theologians Erick and Abby join us for a short take. Let's get to the point! This Week's Reading: Luke 8:26–39 (NRSV) [26] Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. [27] As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. [28] When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, “What have you to ...

6 months ago

33 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

June 15, 2025 - Holy Trinity C

Send us a text Comics Lou Pastorius (@notorious_pastorius) and Abby Evans (@itsabbye) join us just in time. Topics include: New people in church.God's praise kink.The mystery of the Trinity.This Week's Gospel: John 16:12–15 (NRSV) [12] “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. [13] When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are ...

7 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

June 8, 2025 - The Day of Pentecost C

Send us a text Resident comic theologians Erick and Abby join us for a short take. Let's get to the point! This Week's Reading: Acts 2:1–21 (NRSV) [1] When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. [2] And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. [3] Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. [4] All of them were filled with the Holy Spi...

7 months ago

32 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

June 1, 2025 - Easter 7C

Send us a text Comics Vinny Palatucci (@vinnypalatucci) and Logan Gatensby are back for another round. Topics include: Running "the light" in comedy and preaching.The sexiness of Catholic worship.Jesus praying for his disciples.This Week's Gospel: John 17:20–26 (NRSV) [20] [Jesus prayed,] “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, [21] that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so...

7 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

May 25, 2025 - Easter 6C

Send us a text Resident comic theologians Erick and Abby join us for a short take. Let's get to the point! This Week's Gospel: John 14:23–29 (NRSV) [23] Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. [24] Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me. [25] “I have said these things to you while I am still with you. [26] Bu...

7 months ago

32 minutes

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

May 18, 2025 - Easter 5C

Send us a text Comics Vinny Palatucci (@vinnypalatucci) and Logan Gatensby join us on the pod. Topics include: Aristocratic animism.Heresies of heaven and hell.The pros and cons of being sheep.This Week's Gospel: John 13:31–35 (NRSV) [31] When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. [32] If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. [33] Little children, I am with you only a ...

7 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible

SNEAK PEAK: May 18, 2025 - Easter 5C

Send us a text Bob is at the Festival of Homiletics this week. Too bad his gear (and the recording of this week's episode) is back home in Pittsburgh! We'll get the episode published by Friday morning. In the meanwhile, here's a little sample to tide you over. 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...

7 months ago

7 minutes