It's the last installment of this month's theme, Music May-hem, and the guys go all out on the explosive album, "Who's Next" by legendary band The Who. This week, Father Patrick Funston (aka "Father Fun") joins us with his all-time favorite album, and takes us all to church on everything there is to know about The Who's greatest album. There's plenty of talk about the hits like Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, and Won't Get Fooled Again, as well as some deep diving into deeper cuts, the origin of the album, and much, much more. Join us for this episode as we play out Music May-hem, and make way for a brand new month full of Masters of Divinity goodness!

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This week on Masters of Divinity's latest installment of Music MAY-hem, WE ARE GROOT! Keeping with the theme of the month, and also in the spirit of mixing things up, JP, Father Chuck, and Matt talk about this month's cinematic treasure, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2. Chuck finds interesting gnostic parallels in the relationship between Ego the Living Planet and Chris Pratt's character Peter Quill. They talk about their favorite musical numbers in the movie, their favorite relationships and character moments, and go all in on analyzing and critique the important themes and supposed metaphors the movies espouses. It's about time we geek out over the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe masterpiece!

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In this short but sweet episode, Father Chuck and JP discuss Paul Simon's "Graceland," that album Father Chuck chose for this latest installment of Music MAY-hem. JP had to go outside his wheelhouse for this one as this wasn't punk or alternative or New Wave, but luckily he was very much rewarded for his faith in Paul Simon. They talk about the history of the album, the impact it had on Paul Simon's career, its hand in possibly ending apartheid in South Africa, and of course revealing to the world that is the incredible vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. "Graceland" is a fascinating story and even more fascinating album with its poetic lyrics and beautiful addition of Ladysmith's music. You Millennials may THINK you won't get anything from it, but trust us, you'll love it, just like you'll love this episode!

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In this episode about the album The Beatles recorded to get back to their roots and record in the same space together, the Masters of Divinity get back to their roots and record in the same space together! This week on Music MAY-hem [guitar riff], Deputy Matt chooses "Let It Be... Naked" by The Beatles. Chuck gives us an in-depth history of the album, Matt tells us why the album is his favorite Beatles album, and why it's so important, and JP (a Beatles neophyte) talks about his first impressions on the album. The guys are back together for this episode, and they had a blast geeking out over the greatest band of all time, The Beatles, and we're sure you will too!

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In our first episode of Music MAY-hem, JP chats individually with Father Chuck and Matt about Green Day's most successful album, "Dookie." JP and Chuck share their history with the album, and Matt reveals that the album has made him realize how much he misses punk music. There's a lot of discussion about the lyrics of some of the most popular songs on the album (Basket Case, Longview, When I Come Around, Welcome To Paradise) as well as some not-so-popular songs. It's a great first installment of this month's series, and stay tuned until the end where Matt selects the album for next week's episode so you can listen along!

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In this episode, JP and Father Chuck delve deep into their relationships with the fantasy genre. These days the genre seems to be exploding, with roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons exploding on the scene and more Harry Potter movies. They talk about draw fantasy has toward Christian authors, why some fundamental Christians are so against fantasy, and their own history with the genre. Also, a teaser for next week's theme: Music May-hem!

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One of the cool things about being The Masters of Divinity is that our very own Fr. Chuck is a working priest in the Episcopal Church. And so we decided that we'd take a week off and let him do the heavy-lift— I mean, give you all the opportunity to hear him preach his Easter sermon. So if you've ever wanted to hear the proclamation of our Risen Lord preached alongside references to Moses, Mad Max: Fury Road, and the 1986 Disney Classic, Flight of the Navigator, then boy-howdy do we have the sermon for you!

Please enjoy this little diversion and remember to like and subscribe and share and all that good stuff. It's basically the same thing as evangelism, right? It's gotta count for something.

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In this episode, JP, Father Chuck, and Silent Matt talk about demons. Father Chuck takes JP to school with his knowledge on the origin of demons and the true nature of the demonic, while dispelling myths and common misconceptions. We’ve got biblical demons, personal demons, pop culture demons, and Frank Peretti demons - we cover the whole gamut of mankind’s understanding of demons. And in true Masters of Divinity, it is handled with reverence and finesse. Kinda.

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It's episode 54, and the gang is once again reunited, this time to take on the infamous Bible code! Do you remember the Bible Code? Apparently there are secret messages hidden in the Bible that predict events in the future, and one brave soul discovered a code to find these messages...that doesn't really gel with our Masters of Divinity, and they dive deep into the history of the fad as well as the methods used. Shocker: it gets weird.

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Welcome, Space Brothers! JP and Father Chuck are here to guide you through the bizarre and fascinating world of UFO's, aliens, and conspiracies! How far can you push yourself to the boundaries of your own sanity while JP and Chuck educate you on the two different species of Grey Aliens, the function of the Mantids, and lift the curtain on the Reptilian Conspiracy?! We also learn about the highest ranking government official from a G8 country that takes the aliens VERY seriously. Also, The Masters of Divinity make an unofficial plea to join The Galactic Federation of Light! Mostly because they wanna chill with the Nordics. They're good aliens, you see.

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