About this episode

The episode features comedians reading and discussing the week's lectionary gospel, focusing on Jesus' parables.

Send us Fan Mail The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like a New York Deli Comedians with Pastors Talking Bible pairs Pittsburgh standup comedians with Lutheran pastors to read the week's lectionary gospel cold, with no preparation and no safety net. This week's a Short Take — no warm-up banter, just our Resident Comic Theologians Erick Williams (@comicaledubs), Abby Evans (@itsabbye) and the text. Jesus fires off five parables in a row, asks if the disciples understood, and they lie and say yes. This ep...

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Hosts: Pastor Eric Damon, Pastor Bob Schaefer

Guests: Erick Williams, Abby Evans

Topics covered

• parables
• gospel
• comedy
• theology
• Christianity

Keywords

• New York Deli
• comedians
• Lutheran pastors
• lectionary
• parables
• disciples

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