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

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, Bill Maher impressions, and ergot poisoning conspiracies. Abby brings it back to earth with thoughtful insight (and a college roommate story). Bob reframes the parable’s economics with a sharp eye for what Jesus is really condemning. And Eric—well, Eric gives us his sorry face. (Don't miss the video.)

Along the way:

• What is your soul’s name?
• Can greed wear a collar and talk about microphones?
• And does Jesus ever just not want to parent your sibling fight?

Whether you come for the theology or stay for the absurdity, this one’s full of good grain and better laughs. Just don’t forget whose barn it’s in.

Plus: Abby’s upcoming shows, Erick’s close call with pastoral ministry, and the biblical origins of “Eat, drink, and be merry”—spoiler: you’ve been quoting the bad guy.

This Week's Reading:

Luke 12:13–21 (NRSVue)

[13] Someone in the crowd said to [Jesus], “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” [14] But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” [15] And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” [16] Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. [17] And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ [18] Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. [19] And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ [20] But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ [21] So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

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