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Why QAnon is Attacking Evangelical Leaders Lately
Hi and welcome back! In the past, we've discussed QAnon -- the new moral panic...
July 22, 2021
Beach Reach Training: How to Craft a Testimony (And Why)
Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Beach Reach. That's a short-term mission...
November 2020
November 16, 2020
Why Gullible Christians Believe the Ouija Board’s Hype (LSP #166)
Today, Lord Snow Presides over yet another huckster creating -- and then coincidentally filling --...
November 02, 2020
The New Mo-RAL Pa-NIC: Syncopation! (LSP #164)
Back in 2011, a Christian salesman tried his best, bless his cotton socks, to start...
October 2020
October 28, 2020
How the Satanic Panic Led Straight to QAnon
After a couple of years of ignoring the whole thing, evangelical leaders have finally noticed...
October 25, 2020
John Ramirez: A Star Might Be Fading
He's carved out a small career for himself by trying to resurrect the old Satanic...
September 2020
September 21, 2020
‘Christian Rock’ During the Satanic Panic (LSP #158)
Hi and welcome back! I've wanted to feature this topic for a while now, and...
August 2020
August 04, 2020
The Big Coincidences Build in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #152, Ch. 33-34)
Hi and welcome back! Now, let's turn our attention to the finale gaining steam in...
July 2020
July 20, 2020
False Accusations in Jesus-Land in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #150, Ch. 30)
Hi and welcome back! It being Monday, we turn our attention to Frank Peretti's cringefest...
June 2020
June 29, 2020
Frank Peretti’s Prayer Makeover (LSP #148, Ch. 27-28)
Hi and welcome back! It being Monday, we turn our attention now to Frank Peretti's...
June 22, 2020
Bobby Corsi’s Exorcism Fits and Creates A Pattern (LSP #147, Ch. 26)
In this installment, we briefly consider how the exorcism of Bobby Corsi perfectly fits the...
June 16, 2020
Accusations of Abuse That Didn’t Age Well (LSP #146, TPD Ch. 26)
Hi and welcome back! I got so excited about writing about SCOTUS yesterday that I...
June 08, 2020
The Exorcism of the Man in Black (LSP #145, TPD Ch. 25)
Hi and welcome back! We return now to our longform examination of Frank Peretti's literary...
April 2020
April 13, 2020
The Midpoint Slog in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #137, Ch. 21)
In this installment, we trudge through the midpoint plots one by one, without regard for...
January 2020
January 27, 2020
Jesus Power in the Arcade in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #127, Ch. 15)
In this installment, a TRUE CHRISTIAN™ invades an evil, Satanic video game arcade. Today, Lord Snow...
November 2019
November 14, 2019
How the Satanic Panic Hurt My Friend in the 1980s
Big David was larger than life. He had beautiful crystal-blue aquamarine eyes that seemed to...
October 2019
October 14, 2019
Evangelicals’ Hatred of Psychology in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #112, Ch. 8)
For a while now, we've been talking about Frank Peretti's cringeworthy 1986 book, This Present Darkness....
August 2019
August 26, 2019
Evil Ecumenism in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #105, Ch.7)
In this installment, we get our first real look at one of the other villains...
July 2019
July 08, 2019
A Muddling of Angels in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #98; Ch.5)
Here, we continue our examination of Frank Peretti's somehow-bestselling fantasy novel This Present Darkness. In Chapter...
July 01, 2019
The Sad Decline of Ashton in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #97)
We've talked about all kinds of stuff about the novel and its historical context. Today,...
June 2019
June 22, 2019
Meet the Christians Who Are HOPPING MAD About ‘Good Omens’
This time around, our brave widdle culture warriors flew into a lather over a television...
June 17, 2019
The Not-So-Casual Sexism in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #95, Ch. 1-5)
Written at the height of the Satanic Panic back in the 1980s, this novel provides...
June 10, 2019
The Magical Evil Demon Powers in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #94, Ch. 4-5)
We meet an honest-to-goodness demon, learn about the dangers of higher education, see fundagelical parenting...
June 06, 2019
Dungeons & Dragons: An Old Cartoon Is New Again
Dungeons & Dragons somehow, against all odds, became an animated TV show in 1983. My sister...
June 03, 2019
The Magical Christian Jesus Powers in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #93, Ch.3)
In this installment, we discover Magical Christian Jesus Powers that only TRUE CHRISTIANS™ can possess--and...
May 2019
May 27, 2019
The Persecution Fantasies in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #92)
This poorly-written book helped elevate the Satanic Panic in Christian imaginations--and shaped their conceptualization of spiritual...
May 20, 2019
The Hated Stereotypes in “This Present Darkness” (LSP #91)
Last time, we touched on how this book both derived from and defined those wild and woolly...
November 2018
November 08, 2018
THROWDOWN: Ex-Atheist Testimonies vs. Ex-Satanist Testimonies
Today, I'll show you the shared features of these two popular testimony styles, and which...
November 03, 2018
That Time Biff Tried to Become a Radio Show Host (Just Like Bob Larson)
At the height of the Satanic Panic, my ultra-Christian first husband, Biff, concocted a plan....
October 2018
October 31, 2018
Roll to Disbelieve Super Special #1: Halloween!
Need some extra reading material? Stuck waiting at home for the trick-or-treaters to ring the doorbell?...
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