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March 2020

March 14, 2020

The Secret: Background and Pre-Review Chat Post!

Lately, we've been talking about how the cult of positive thinking invaded and remade Christianity....

March 12, 2020

Roll to Disbelieve Early Lucky Day Super Special! (#16)

Gosh, where'd the time go? Here we are sitting on top of Easter, that season...

March 09, 2020

Briefly Escaping a Hotel Gala in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #132, Ch. 18)

In this installment, the bad guy's closest servant turns out to be a whistleblower, while...

March 02, 2020

Blessed are the Peacemakers in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #131, Ch. 18)

Welcome back! We return to our off-topic chat series, Lord Snow Presides (LSP), in which we...

February 2020

February 24, 2020

Confirmation Bias and Angelic Meddling in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #130, Ch. 17)

In this installment, we discover how Frank Peretti's tribe thinks angels create coincidences--and how they...

February 17, 2020

The Boss From Hell in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #129, Ch. 17)

In Frank Peretti's motherlode of bad writing, This Present Darkness, the author frequently reveals his lack...

February 10, 2020

Way Too Much Projection in the Conspiracy in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #128, Ch. 16)

In this installment, we get to the heart of the earthly plot to take over...

February 03, 2020

An Exorcism in Christian Fantasy-Land in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #128, Ch. 15)

In this installment, a TRUE CHRISTIAN™ wages honest-to-goodness spiritual warfare--and he wins, because of course...

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...

January 20, 2020

More Dumb Demons in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #126, Ch. 15)

In this installment, we find more characters who aren't nearly as smart as their creator...

January 14, 2020

2019’s Top Ten Posts! (Super Special #15)

now that 2019's all tidied away and lining the cosmic birdcage, so to speak, I...

January 13, 2020

A Repulsive Urban Legend Retold in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #125, Ch. 14)

Hello and welcome back to our off-topic chat series, Lord Snow Presides! Today, we return...

January 06, 2020

Weaksauce Substitutes and Daddy Issues in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #124, Ch. 14)

In Chapter 14, we'll discover how dangerous it is for Christians to seek out real...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

The Anger of Evil in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #123, Ch. 13ish)

Hello and welcome back to our off-topic chat series, Lord Snow Presides! We return to our review...

December 23, 2019

An Evil Ecumenical Church Service in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #122, Ch. 13)

Hi and welcome back to our off-topic Monday chat series, Lord Snow Presides (LSP)! Lately, we've been reviewing...

December 16, 2019

The Angel in the Back Pew in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #121, Ch. 13)

In today's installment, we discover a popular Christian urban legend when a literal angel shows...

December 09, 2019

Meet the Remnant in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #120, Ch. 12)

In this installment, we encounter the term remnant, meet a Lucky Charms angel, and explore some...

December 02, 2019

The Stuff NOBODY Talks About in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #119, Ch. 12)

In this installment, Sandy Hogan endures a conversation that literally nobody has ever had in...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve Turkey Day Super Special! (#14)

Today's that happy day when Americans celebrate fun, family, and delicious food. Well, theoretically that's what happens,...

November 25, 2019

The Power of Prayer in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #118, Ch. 11)

In this installment, we examine the Yoda-like superpowers of ancient widow Edith Duster. Along the...

November 18, 2019

The Very Unlikely Party Tank in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #117, Ch. 11)

In this installment, we encounter a fundagelical trope at least as venerable as its embodiment:...

November 11, 2019

Abusing the Help in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #116, Ch. 11)

In today's installment, we see how demons take defeat--and how poorly they treat their human...

November 04, 2019

The Big Church Meeting in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #115, Ch. 10)

Finally, we enter the big scene Peretti set up as the big conflict from the...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

Of Gallbladders and Unintelligent Design (LSP #114)

Yesterday, you might have noticed that for the first time in six years, I missed...

October 24, 2019

The Anti-Pumpkin Spice Super Special! (#13)

Hello and welcome to a Roll to Disbelieve Super Special! Goodness, we're already smack dab in the...

October 21, 2019

The Tempting of Pastor Hank in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #113, Ch. 10)

I find this book fascinating still, even after all these weeks of reading and reviewing...

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....

October 07, 2019

The Jezebel Spirit Manifests in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #111, Ch. 8)

If you couldn't tell, this book just fascinates me--not because of its writing or story,...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Meet the Professor in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #110, Ch. 8)

Most of the awful traits we see in evangelicals nowadays began to take shape during...

September 26, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve Fall Fling Super Special! (#12)

Hi and welcome back! Gosh, the spigot of summer just turned off around here. It is...