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Miracle Mike and the Headless Church

In 1945, a farmer in Colorado tried to butcher a chicken named Mike. He cut...

June 2026

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Every Restoration Is a Retcon

Every nationalist movement claims it's bringing something back. None of them are. You cannot restore...

June 09, 2026

White Grievance Month: Your Official June Observance Guide

"By the authority vested in me by absolutely no one, I declare June to be...

March 2026

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You Can’t Shame People Back Into Reality

I’ve called MAGA a cult. Not as a metaphor. I meant it. I’ve watched people...

February 2026

February 24, 2026

Quoting Scripture Isn’t Authority—It’s Insecurity

There was a time when quoting scripture functioned as authority. Not because it was magic,...

February 10, 2026

Why Christian Nationalism Runs on Grievance, Not Faith

Christian Nationalism is exhausting to argue with because it doesn’t behave like a belief system....

February 05, 2026

This Isn’t Ignorance. It’s Loyalty.

There are moments when the moral lines are drawn in blood, not ink. Protesters gunned...

January 2026

January 27, 2026

Revelation Came and Went. We Kept the Machinery.

The world is burning. That’s no longer a fringe observation—it’s background noise. Ecological collapse, political...

September 2025

September 12, 2025

The Twisted Math of American Violence

Every time there’s a mass shooting in America, we’re handed the same buffet of scapegoats:...

September 02, 2025

Baptism as Brand Rehab

It’s been over a month since Hulk Hogan died, and if your algorithm is anything...

August 2025

August 27, 2025

The Parable of the Snark

We’ve reached a point in American Christianity where the name of Jesus gets invoked more...

August 20, 2025

We Are the Horsemen

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse aren’t waiting in the wings. They’re already here, riding...

August 13, 2025

There Will Be Blood When Capitalism Claims the Cross

Oil, Faith, and the American Dream It always ends in the bowling alley. Two men....

August 06, 2025

The Seven Mountains Mandate is Not a Hill You Want to Die On

American Christianity never met a conspiracy theory it couldn’t baptize. Enter the Seven Mountains Mandate—a...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Trump Didn’t Ruin the Church—He Revealed It

I’ll admit it. It took me a while. But I’ve finally come around. Donald J....

July 09, 2025

When “Thus Saith the Lord” Becomes a Brand Slogan

It's prophecy season again — and wouldn’t you know it? God’s apparently very concerned with...

July 02, 2025

Why Are Evangelicals So Horny for War?

They say you should never mix religion and politics. But what if your religion is...

June 2025

June 18, 2025

Tony Perkins and the Gospel of Punishing the Poor

Tony Perkins is the kind of man who could watch someone drown and offer them...

June 11, 2025

Blessed Are the White Refugees

Welcome to America, Where Whiteness is a Visa Congratulations, white South Africans — your MAGA...

May 2025

May 26, 2025

The Gospel According to the Pentagon

America loves its myths. Apple pie. Bootstraps. A flag planted on the moon. But perhaps...

May 14, 2025

You Can’t Serve Two Masters (But America Keeps Trying)

Let’s just say the quiet part out loud: nationalism and Christianity are not friends. They...

April 2025

April 30, 2025

Trump 2.0: When God Loves You Enough to Break You

Trump 2.0: When God Loves You Enough to Break You Fox News recently declared that...

April 23, 2025

The Great Awakening (To Our Own Stupidity)

Remember when religious revivals were all the rage? The tent meetings, the sweaty preachers, the...

April 09, 2025

This Is Your Brain on MAGA

Or: How to Turn a Soul into Glass in Three Easy Steps In 79 AD,...

March 2025

March 26, 2025

The Gospel of the Orphan Crushing Machine

The Orphan Crushing Machine isn’t real—but it should be. Or rather, it should be talked...

March 12, 2025

How to Deal with Seriously Unserious People in Power

It used to be that if you wanted a career in politics, you at least...

February 2025

February 26, 2025

How American Christianity Grooms People to Embrace Fascism

There’s an old saying: If you want to know what people really believe, watch what...

February 14, 2025

❤️ Valentine’s Day: From Sacred to Secular

Valentine’s Day: A time for love, romance, and an overpriced racket of chocolates and wilted...

January 2025

January 29, 2025

Kessler Syndrome and Christianity’s Theological Junkyard

Somewhere in the vast emptiness of space, an ever-growing cloud of debris hurtles around our...

October 2024

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...