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February 2018

February 20, 2018

Five-Year Blowout: A “Where Are They Now?” Update. (LSP #30)

I thought it'd be fun to walk down Memory Lane to revisit some of its...

February 13, 2018

No One’s Happier Than I: The Enchantment of Jack and the Beanstalk (LSP #29)

Ex-Christians have a lot of shorthand ways of talking about how it feels to be...

February 06, 2018

“Dirty Dancing” and the Best. Sportsball. Commercial. Ever. (LSP #28)

These commercials are like leading indicators for where Americans are as a culture; they are...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

#ExvangelicalCatchphrases (LSP #27)

An Exvangelical is someone who has walked away from evangelical Christianity, similar to how an...

January 16, 2018

A Church Embezzler Learns Not to Use Christianese Around a Judge (LSP #26)

Stephanie Everett found out exactly what the phrase "full responsibility" means out here in Reality-Land--and...

January 09, 2018

Lord Snow Presides… Over More MLM Deception in Christianity. (#25)

We look at a very, very curious list of traits that should sound very, very...

January 01, 2018

The Top Ten Roll to Disbelieve Posts of 2017! (LSP #24)

Today I thought it'd be fun to list the blog's top 10 posts from 2017.

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over Christian Love, Marker Beliefs, and the Cost of Dissent. (#23)

Here we see exactly what happens when a tribe claiming ultimate moral authority and a...

December 11, 2017

Lord Snow Presides Over Liars for Jesus (#22)

Today Lord Snow takes an off-topic day to laugh at the antics of yet another...

December 04, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over a “Love Quiz” that Mark Driscoll Fails Miserably. (#21)

I just can't stop laughing today over Mark Driscoll's current post. It's about a Love...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… over Friends Like These. (#20)

Christians' biggest problem can be found looking at them in the bathroom mirror every morning....

November 20, 2017

Lord Snow Presides: Regurgitation and Projection from Mark Driscoll. (#19)

Today, we point and laugh at one of Christianity's biggest bullies being reduced to scrambling...

November 14, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over Mark Driscoll’s Bad Advice About Marriage. (#18)

Mark Driscoll's blog has been a treasure trove lately, as he struggles to resolve one...

November 06, 2017

Lord Snow Presides…. Over the Zombie Curse on Mark Driscoll. (#17)

Hey, Mark Driscoll is not a professional writer or speaker or anything. He's not used...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #16: Mark Driscoll Can’t Stop the Signal.

Having suitably--he thinks at least--absolved himself of responsibility for Mars Hill's disintegration and his own...

October 24, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #15: Demons, Demons Everywhere

We're now at day 21 of Mark Driscoll's arrival to Patheos and the novelty hasn't...

October 16, 2017

LSP #14: Mark Driscoll’s Big Priorities, and Also Demons

Today Lord Snow presides... over Mark Driscoll and his weird priorities. And demons. Can't forget...

October 09, 2017

LSP #13: Mark Driscoll is the Very Model of a Modern Evangelical

Last week, Mark Driscoll arrived to the Evangelical channel. And he's clearly hoping everyone has...

September 2017

September 03, 2017

FULL KITTEN UPDATE: All Grown Up

It's been some time since we last had a FULL KITTEN UPDATE, so I thought...

June 2017

June 27, 2017

Lord Snow Presides Over Australia’s New Census: the Real Good News! (#12)

The results of that census from last year, posted just today, show that the number...

June 20, 2017

Lord Snow Presides Over Arizona’s Complete Lawlessness. (#11)

A new first has happened in America: an openly atheistic woman has been elected to...

June 12, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over Wonder Woman Reviews. (LSP #10)

But I wasn't surprised to learn recently that there are some Christians out there who...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #9: Ed Stetzer’s New Gig

With everything going on in Baptist-land lately, I'm just surprised he lasted this long. Lord...

May 17, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #8: Meet Texe Marrs.

I'm looking at end-of-the-world conspiracy theorists right now and ran across a name I hadn't...

May 08, 2017

Lord Snow Presents #7: Signs of Decline.

For a long time now we've been talking about evangelical churn and the strange and...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

Lord Snow Declares: Blessed Are the Cheesemakers. (LSP #6)

You have to wonder who the first person was to soak a bit of baby-animal-stomach...

April 10, 2017

Lord Snow Presides Over the “Sandkings.” (#5)

"Sandkings" is a 1979 novelette by none other than George R.R. Martin of Game of...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #4: How Can We Miss Them If They Won’t Go Away?

I'm torn between mocking them to within an inch of their lives for flouncing away,...

March 21, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #3: The Backlash Against the Internet Begins in Earnest

I've seen pastors try off and on to stop their congregants from accessing the internet,...

March 13, 2017

Lord Snow Presides #2: Dylan Thomas’ Voices.

Lord Snow says it's time for an off-topic chat post! I've been reading this play