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July 2021

July 31, 2021

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?...