Don’t expect to exit the theatre confessing your sins to the first person you see. But if you’re really honest, you’ll admit to seeing the light.

We’re talking a huge leap of faith here for Rick Miller here. He doesn’t believe Jesus was the Son of God or that any of us should rely on a silly concept like salvation. He doesn’t buy into the original sin scenario and thinks the gospels written 40 years after the death of Jesus has little accuracy of the man that was nailed to a piece of wood for insisting that we all just get along.

So what does he believe? That we’ll never know. But he’s consummated a degree of impressive research on the subjects of ridicule and polished the material with a shroud of uproarious wit that leaves you vivacious and uplifted.

The audience, in essence, is congregated for a multi-denominational Mass with utter absurdity sliced between portions of the liturgy. From the gleeful ‘Wake Up Your Jesus’ bit to the gut-busting last supper whereby Jesus is joined by a unusual selection of disciples including John Lennon, Luke Skywalker, and the Mahatma, just to name a few.

In short, Bigger Than Jesus is a production that stirs, heals, and defies, but it simply will not apologize.

And why should it? When the artist isn’t rollicking in sacred text, there are a few scenes where there’s a profound sense that the performer has eminent regard for a man who walked the earth 2,000 years ago. One such moment comes when Miller, as Jesus, responds to the prayer of a passenger aboard a doomed flight. Smartly, he tucks away the sacrilegious-bordering comedy and to sway theatreogers with orthodox compassion and piety.

Sharp, stimulating, and glorious, Rick Miller puts on a show that is his ticket to Sainthood.

Much of this is accredited to the guiding hand of a celestial director such as Daniel Brooks who refuses to let a moment slip by that you won’t reflect on.

Yet the contributions of the creative team elevate the multi-media elements to a higher plane and make the show plenary visual ecstasy.

Just a warning to the easily offended, the opening segments may make you think the actor is about to launch an all out assault on everything you were taught. He’s too smart for that.

Bigger Than Jesus is all about the art, not the statement.