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May 2020

May 04, 2020

Angels Betting on Zero in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #140, Ch. 21)

In this installment, angels openly shrug about the potential of humans going to hell, while...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

Evangelicals’ Two Biggest Fears Have Collided

Lately, evangelicals' metaphorical death cult seems to be turning into a real live one, thanks...

April 20, 2020

A Wingnut Meeting Gets Completely Out of Hand in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #138, Ch. 21)

In Chapter 21, Frank Peretti skipped merrily across a whole bunch of plots, giving us a little...

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...

December 2019

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...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

A White Knight Appears in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #109, Ch. 8-9)

In today's installment, a young man shows up and talks like a kidnapper to Sandy...

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...

August 06, 2019

Joshua Harris and the TRUE CHRISTIANS™

Don't know who TRUE CHRISTIANS™ are? Just ask them. They'll tell you! And as certain...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

That Oogly-Boogly Feeling (Became My Awakening)

Yesterday, I showed you a scene from This Present Darkness that gave a narrative shape to...

July 29, 2019

Spiritual Warfare in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #101, Ch.6)

Chapter Six contains a pair of vignettes about demonic attacks on people--and how those attacks...

July 19, 2019

Josh Harris Is Kissing His Marriage Goodbye

Coming as it did right near the height of evangelical dominance in America, courtship culture...

July 15, 2019

Culture Warriors Love Stupid Demons Best in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #99; Ch.5)

Today, we examine the second meeting--and see some important truths about the culture warriors who...

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 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 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...

May 14, 2019

The Biggest Broken Promise Christians Make

Call it a sterling example of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon if you like, and to be...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

In Search of the TRUE CHRISTIANS™

Last time we met up, we explored the authoritarian urge to control how people use...

January 18, 2019

Authoritarians, Designated Adults, and Control of Language

Authoritarian Christians try hard to police how people share information and how they share it. Today,...

January 05, 2019

Two Different Christians With One Problem: KIDS TODAY

Our lovely commentariat has found two completely different posts by two completely different Christians about...

December 2018

December 15, 2018

When Evangelists Play Deceptive Games

Last time we met up, we covered a book about evangelism called Soul-Winning Made Easy, by...

December 01, 2018

The Trainwreck Continues: Christian Responses to That 6,000-10,000 Closings Figure

We've been talking lately about the rash of church closures in America. A figure of...

November 2018

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....

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Andy Stanley Has Found Five Reasons Why Nobody Leaves the Church

Andy Stanley illustrates some potent takeaways in his essay. Today, let's walk together through "Five...

September 17, 2018

A Remedial Course at Fundagelical U (LSP #60)

It never fails to astonish me, how often TRUE CHRISTIANS™ need remedial educations in how...

August 2018

August 28, 2018

Book-Burning: As Christian As It Gets

Really, book burnings are as Christian as crusades, misogyny, and pseudoscience--which is to say, as...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

The No True Scotsman and Christians’ Version of Atheism

I'll show you what this fallacy is, why and how Christians use it, and why...

December 2017

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 08, 2017

The Rights of Consumers in the Post-Christian Marketplace

We're going to look more closely at one important aspect of the spiritual marketplace: would-be...

December 06, 2017

Introduction to the Post-Christian Marketplace (at Fundagelical U)

Today I'll show you how Christians could adapt to the changing reality of a post-Christian...