Episodes

Welcome back to Sacrilegious Discourse , where we read the Bible so you don’t have to. This week 2 Maccabees Chapter 4 delivers the spiritual equivalent of a corrupt city council meeting… with bonus n...

Three dead Americans. Three official stories. And a whole lot of “trust us, bro” from the same federal machine that keeps demanding obedience while waving guns around like they’re handing out parking ...

Jerusalem’s supposedly vibing in “unbroken peace” until one petty bureaucratic snitch decides the temple treasury looks a little too stacked—and runs to the Seleucid power structure like a hall monito...

Snowpocalypse hit Ohio, the schedule got wobbly, and somehow that still wasn’t the most chaotic thing in this episode. We kick off 2 Maccabees Chapter 2 with a very real moment, our hearts are with Mi...

A peaceful 20-minute protest walks into a Southern Baptist church in St. Paul, Minnesota … and somehow the church reacts like it got hit with the Book of Revelation and a Yelp review. The target? A pa...

Welcome to Second Maccabees, Chapter 1, aka “First Maccabees, but make it churchy.” The crew kicks off with the Jews in Jerusalem sending a very official “hey fam” letter to the Jews in Egypt… and imm...

America claims separation of church and state , then turns Christianity into a loud, sweaty political identity, complete with church “startups,” worship bands, and a whole personality built around tel...

So… we accidentally finished 1 Maccabees . Like, fully. The last chapter. The end. Nobody noticed. Because we are professionals (derogatory). This episode is the frantic, hilarious cleanup where we ad...

Simon “I’m too old for this shit” Maccabee finally taps out and hands the family blood-feud business to his sons, because nothing says “healthy succession plan” like immediate warfare and a leadership...