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October 2024

October 08, 2024

The Cure for Loneliness

Step into any Christian bookstore and you’ll find shelves overflowing with self-help guides promising spiritual...

October 01, 2024

How ‘God’s Will’ Became a Campaign Strategy

Lance Wallnau has earned a spot in the Christian Crazy Hall of Fame on Snarky...

September 2024

September 24, 2024

Biblical Doomscrolling: The Holier-Than-Thou Way to Miss It

Doomscrolling: that endless, soul-sucking spiral of bad news and outrage that keeps you glued to...

September 17, 2024

Sanewashing in the Bible: When Madness Becomes Divine

Donald Trump’s back in the spotlight, claiming migrants are eating people’s pets. It’s just the...

September 10, 2024

The Phantom Menace of Post-Birth Abortions

Ever since the fall of Roe v. Wade or the conservative fever dream of Project...

September 03, 2024

How to Curse Biblically: A Step-by-Step Guide

Ever find yourself scrolling through Twitter (let's be honest no one calls it X) and...

August 2024

August 27, 2024

The Next Frontier of Salvation: Evangelizing ChatGPT

Welcome to evangelism in the digital age! Gone are those days of awkwardly handing out...

August 20, 2024

Snarky’s Wager: Would Christians Follow Jesus Without Hell?

Pascal's Wager is the classic gamble on the existence of God and the afterlife. The...

August 06, 2024

Surviving Discussions with the Politically Possessed

Tried discussing politics lately? It's like stepping into a minefield covered with banana peels. We’ve...

August 01, 2024

Kinkservatism: The Politics of Repression and Control

If you strip away the patriotic cosplay and 'family values' rhetoric, Christian conservatism reveals itself...

July 2024

July 23, 2024

Greg Locke: Demon Slayer

If you're a listener of Snarky Faith, you'd know Pastor Greg Locke from our "Christian...

July 19, 2024

Faith on a Slow Cook: Fowler’s Stages and Deconstruction

Ever felt like your faith is a never-ending road trip? One filled with twists, wrong...

July 08, 2024

Book Review: “Nice Churchy Patriarchy”

Let's cut to the chase—Liz Cooledge Jenkins's Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism...

July 04, 2024

Enjoy the Illusion of Liberty

Happy Independence Day! It's that time when we celebrate our freedoms while cooking meat, blowing...

June 2024

June 28, 2024

Who Are We Without a Villain?

I don’t know about you, but it sure feels like America’s getting dangerously close to...

June 11, 2024

Healing in the Desert: Evolving from Religious Trauma Review

Have you ever felt like your religious upbringing left you more scarred than saved? Well,...

June 05, 2024

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Lately, I’ve been feeling like a stranger in the place I once called home. The...

May 2024

May 31, 2024

When God Closes a Door, You’re Stuck in the Dark

Don't you love those sweet, reassuring platitudes of modern American Christianity? Nothing like a comforting...

May 28, 2024

Cosmic Conundrums: “The Quantum Sayings of Jesus” Review

Ever wondered if Jesus might have been the first quantum physicist? Well, Keith Giles certainly...

May 23, 2024

The Fore-most Skin-ny on Bodily Autonomy: Just Biblical Tips

Conservatives have long acted like the self-appointed gynecologists of America, endlessly obsessed with controlling women's...

May 21, 2024

Mental Health Awareness Month: Beyond Prayers and Platitudes

May heralds Mental Health Awareness Month, bringing with it a slew of well-meaning ribbons and...

May 14, 2024

Divine DIY: Debunking the Myth of Spiritual Self-Service

In the world of Christian clichés, the phrase "God helps those who help themselves" holds...

May 09, 2024

Trump, Evangelicals, and the Dance of Hypocrisy

In the ever-shifting sands of American evangelical ideology, one might expect biblical teachings on morality...

May 07, 2024

All the Reich Moves: Christian Nationalism’s Project 2025

In a world where the lines between spiritual salvation and political domination blur, we find...

May 01, 2024

Ozzy vs. Trump: Rock’s Gospel and Political Discord

Editor's Note: Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, 2025. This article was originally published on...

April 2024

April 29, 2024

Finding Jesus Review & Interview

In a landscape where the Christian narrative often feels more like a cozy blanket than...

April 22, 2024

Unpacking Christianity’s Main Character Syndrome

Welcome to the grand premiere of "Christianity: The Ego Edition," where the pews are packed...

April 18, 2024

How Christians Become Targets for Grifters and Conspiracies

It’s an ironic twist that a religion founded on the teachings of a truth-seeking Messiah...

March 2024

March 31, 2024

Bible Sutra: Exploring Scripture’s Sacred Sensuality

As the spring equinox approaches, whispering tales of renewal and fertility that echo through both...

March 27, 2024

Mimetic Theory: Middle-earth Review

In his latest literary adventure, Matthew J. Distefano takes us back to the Shire in...