The Maverick Minister Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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These podcasts are a unique combination of creative and unconventional stories. Some of them are based on various scriptural traditions, but all of them are intended to help clear our minds of preconceptions, so that we might take a fresh look at spiritual ideas without jaw clenching seriousness.
In this Episode, God has a conversation with God’s self (The Trinity) about how and why humanity doesn’t seem to be on board with being self-giving, compassionate, and committed to helping make the whole creation what was planned in the beginning. So, God then has a conversation with Abraham about the two of them entering into an agreement (covenant and circumcision) that will make Abraham the example and leader of a new, positive, and helpful kind of humanity. Finally, since Abe has agreed to the covenant and, reluctantly to circumcision, he and God have one more conversation. This time, it’s a negotiation about how God plans to deal with Sodom and Gomorrah.
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In this Episode God has a conversation with God’s Self (The Trinity) about how to deal with humanity’s failure to change its ways and become more self-giving, compassionate, and committed to making the whole creation what God planned in the beginning. The upshot of this conversation becomes God’s new plan to build a model human community starting with one person, Abram, Abraham, or Whatever His Name Was.
Chapter 5 – Uh Oh, It Looks Like Rain
This narrative recounts how God, who, after several generations, is pretty fed up with humanity and has a long conversation with God’s Self. The upshot of that conversation becomes a restart on humanity after a really big rainstorm.
Chapter 4 – The Fruit of Violence
In this episode Adam and Eve have been banished from the Garden of Eden and taken up residence in the real world. This story tells about how they begin to make their way in life without perfection and how, because of a rivalry between their sons, Cain and Abel, violence first comes into the creation.
The Origin of the Brown and Serve Scrolls
This is the "factual" account of how these Ancient Biblical Archeological Documents were found in a kosher delicatessen in Miami Beach.
The Creation Story
Chapter 1 - It All Had To Start Somewhere.
This story is loosely based on the first part of the creation narrative found in the book of Genesis and deals with some very interesting concepts about how and why the creation may have come about.
Chapter 2 - What Went Wrong?
This story picks up right after the creation is finished, when everything is perfect. But as it turns out, in the midst of perfect, something went wrong.
Chapter 3 - Now What Do We Do?
In this story, "Now What Do We Do" pretty much says it all, as we come to the close of the creation narrative.
The Maverick Minister Podcasts presents the Final Episode in the Deranged Story of Jesus. Episode #8 discloses a conversation between Satan and God about the fate of humanity while Jesus was dead and in the tomb after the crucifixion. This conversation is narrated by the Archangel Gabriel who at God's direction transcribed it. And, after converting it from spirit to spirit communication, Gabriel shares it with us in a form we can understand. We hope you find this creative journey into the resurrection part of this story enjoyable and maybe even enlightening.
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The Maverick Minister Podcast Series presents Episode #7 of the Deranged Story of Jesus Series with eyewitness accounts of the events surrounding Jesus’ arrest, trial, torture, crucifixion, and death. Mary Magdalene, Mary the Wife of Clopas, and Simon Peter return to tell us their experiences and feelings about Jesus’ last day. We hope you find this creative journey into the minds of some of the most significant characters in the Story of Jesus to be interesting and enlightening.
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The Maverick Minister Podcast Series presents Episode #6 of the Deranged Story of Jesus Series with an Interview with Caiaphas, the High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem. Caiaphas, who is not a fan of Jesus, shares his perspective on why Jesus was both a religious and political threat to the nation of Israel during the Roman occupation in the first century. He also defends his part in engineering the crucifixion and death of Jesus. We hope you find this creative journey into the mind of one of the most significant characters in the Story of Jesus to be interesting and enlightening.
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As we recognize Women’s History Month, the Maverick Minister Podcast Series presents Episode #5 of the Deranged Story of Jesus Series with an Interview with Mary Magdalene. Mary shares her insights about the status and struggles of women during the time of Jesus and her experiences with him both as a friend and disciple. We hope you enjoy this creative journey into the life of one of the most significant characters in the Story of Jesus.
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The fourth episode of The Deranged Story of Jesus Series of the Maverick Minister Podcasts continues with an interview with Simon who Jesus renamed Peter. He was one of the first disciples of Jesus and he talks candidly with us about some of his experiences and how his time with Jesus influenced his life.
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The third episode of The Deranged Story of Jesus Series of the Maverick Minister Podcasts continues with an interview with Jesus' Aunt Mary from Nazareth. She talks candidly about what happened after Jesus had finished his time in the desert and why his homecoming to Nazareth turned out to be less than a rousing success.
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This second episode of The Deranged Story of Jesus Series of the Maverick Minister Podcasts continues the story with a visit from Satan who tempted Jesus in the wilderness.
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If you’ve listened to some of our other episodes, from either the Deranged Bible Stories or The Deranged Christmas Story series, you might remember that they are a unique, humorous and very unusual ways of looking at parts of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures.
Since we have just finished with the Christmas Story, this series will continue with the story of Jesus as written in the Gospel Books of Mark, Matthew and Luke. As always, they will present this story from a unique, humorous and very unusual perspective, while trying to keep the meaning and spiritual value intact.
Welcome to the final episode of our special Christmas Edition of the Maverick Minister Deranged Bible Stories Podcast Series.
In the first three episodes we have told the Biblical Christmas Story in a very unusual and unique way. What we have done in this episode, is to share some traditional, and some not so traditional secular Christmas stories with you.
We hope that these stories will help to make your holiday season a little more jolly and meaningful, as we close out this very challenging and stressful year.
Welcome to a special Christmas Edition of the Maverick Minister Deranged Bible Stories Podcast Series.
We’ve already heard about Zachariah, Elizabeth and the birth of John the Baptist, as well as the message the Angel Gabriel brought to Mary about her becoming the mother of God’s son in episode 1.
We have heard the story of the birth directly from Joseph, Mary, The Inn Keeper and his wife in podcast 2.
In this podcast we will hear the rest of the Christmas Story from the Angels, Shepherds, and Wisemen.
Welcome to a special Christmas edition of the Maverick Minister Deranged Bible Stories Podcast Series.
Since the holiday season is always a special time of year, especially for those who celebrate Christmas, we are continuing our unique perspective on the Christmas Story from episode #1.
Welcome to a special Christmas edition of the Maverick Minister Deranged Bible Stories Podcast Series.
Since the holiday season is always a special time of year, especially for those who celebrate Christmas, this is the first episode of a very unique perspective on the Christmas Story.
This story is unique in that it isn’t really based on a particular Bible passage or book. It is in fact, one of several documents accidently unearthed by a questionable archeological expedition. This, like several of these archeological documents, is a letter written by a well-known Biblical character.
Since there doesn’t seem to be any real information in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures about the origin of the institution of marriage, I have to wonder just when and why it actually came about.
I guess the only way to know the answers to those questions is to consult an expert. Luckily, the following ancient letter was written by the very first marriage expert and does a pretty good job of answering most of the important questions about marriage, both in ancient times and in ours.
The Great Heroes of Israel Collection - #5
This story is based on the book of Jonah in the Hebrew Scriptures. It tells about how a man named Jonah received a job offer from God, how he tried to opt out of the opportunity, and how persuasive God’s hiring approach can be.
This story is based on chapter 11 in the Second Book of Samuel in the Hebrew Scriptures. The story tells about how David, the second and greatest king of Israel, got entangled in a pretty thorny situation with a woman named Bathsheba, and how he secretly tried to cover it up. It also tells about his coverup backfired and made everything worse, and how God laid out for David the harsh realities and the long term consequences of his really unscrupulous decisions and actions.
This story is based on chapter 3 in the Hebrew book of Exodus. In it, Moses, the liberator of the Hebrew people, experiences a very unusual visit from God and a rather persuasive invitation to become the leader, hero, and deliverer of the Jewish people from their bondage in Egypt.
I have to wonder why Moses was picked to be such a great leader. In fact, I wonder how God chooses any of the leaders, prophets and other people who are equipped to do such heroic and great deeds for the benefit of the world. Is there a training program, an internship, or a form that you fill out to apply for the job? Just what kind of criteria does God look for in a leader?
This story is based on chapter 18 in the Hebrew book of Genesis in which Abraham, the great patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and God enter into a pretty heated negotiation about the fate of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
I wonder if God ever has to struggle with whether to be loving and merciful or just and decisive when it comes to responding to human misconduct and destructive behavior. Just how does God go about making the right decision? Does God have someone to talk to about this kind of stuff?
According to chapter 12 in the book of Genesis, God appeared to a man named Abram who lived in Mesopotamia and told him to pack up his wife, servants, extended family and everything he had and move west. God didn’t specify exactly where he was going but promised to work that out after everybody got on the road. God also promised him that when he and his entourage arrived there would be great perks. Not to mention that the world would be a much better place because he did what God told him to do. So Abram did it.
A significant number of years pass without any of the things God promised him coming to pass, and a lot of what does happen to him over that period isn’t very pleasant. So, I have to wonder what Abram must have been thinking after all that time passed without any of the promised pay-off. And, I wonder what he might have wanted to say to God if he had the opportunity.
Some of the biggest businesses in our economy are based on people’s appetites for violence and destruction. Many psychologists and sociologists have written treatises and conducted studies attempting to prove that human beings have instinctual primitive drives for violence and “blood lust”. If that is really true then were those drives a part of God’s creative design? How did violence become a part of the human experience anyway, and why?
Well, the deranged story of Cain and Abel has some interesting insights into those questions.
Newton's law of gravitation: If you are standing on the earth and you throw something up in the air, the consequence of that action is that it must come down, every time. Does what we choose and what we do in life have a consequence every time?
Well, at the beginning of this whole creation story God told Adam and Eve that the consequence for eating the forbidden fruit would be their death. However, as we come to the close of the story, that death consequence doesn’t actually happen. So, there must be a significant difference between Newton’s law of gravity and God’s law of spiritual gravity. What is the difference and why?
This story picks up right after the creation is finished, when everything is perfect. God had created human beings and had something made in God’s own image to love and be in relationship with, and, human beings had an intimate, loving and ever present relationship with God, not to mention the most perfect place in all of the creation to live and share their lives with each other and God.
This should have been a story about how wonderful life was for Adam and Eve and God. But that isn’t how it turns out. In the midst of perfect, something went wrong. What was it?
Since, according to the story in Genesis, God created everything. Then, God had be around before anything else was created. And, since God is God, and is in relationship with everything both before and after the creation. What was God in relationship with before the creation and why did God decide to create in the first place? This story is based on the first part of the creation narrative in the book of Genesis.