Meet “Reverend” Brendan Powell Smith. He’s not an ordained minister, but he’s applied all his creative energies and a vast collection of Legos to telling one story — one that features rape, incest, stoning, forbidden fruit, and rains of fire and brimstone. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
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