Analyzing Christianity
The night my fear of Hell died
Today, I’ll tell you what happened the night I finally lost my fear of Hell.
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The Evolving Appeal of Cinderella (LSP #189)
As narratives go, Cinderella has alternated between capturing American women’s imaginations to repelling them, then back again to charming them. Today, Lord Snow Presides over a fairy tale that speaks to how we feel, ultimately, about relationships — and people are examining this age-old love narrative from a modern perspective.
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The Land of Lords and Ladies (LSP #188)
I ran into this story this past week and it made me smile. I hope it has the same effect on you! It’s just one more example of how people try to announce to the world, I was here! This was me! Today, Lord Snow Presides over the land of lords and ladies, and what they say about the human condition.
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Matt Gaetz: Nobody’s Even Surprised
Today, let me show you the scandals swirling around Matt Gaetz — and just how unsurprised anybody really is about any of it.
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Sovereign Citizens Ideology Has Infested New Zealand (LSP #179)
Hi and welcome back! Well, I suppose it was inevitable that wackadoodles in New Zealand would eventually happen upon the sovereign citizens movement. Indeed, this story might just be yet another so-called gift we can thank COVID-19 for. Today, Lord Snow Presides over yet another woo conspiracy theory that just won’t go Read more
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The Schadenfreude Files: Mar-a-Lago Mood is ‘Dispirited’ Lately, Y’all (LSP #176)
Today, Lord Snow Presides over the ‘dispirited’ feel at the Mar-a-Lago resort, leading to its recent hemorrhage of paying members.
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Narcissistic Rage: Of Game Admins and Presidents (LSP #175)
To borrow a phrase and wreck its meter: ‘the time has come,’ the walrus said, ‘to speak of many things: Of shoes and ships…’ And narcissistic rage, of dysfunctional game admins and extremely seditious presidents. In the case of those last two items, these two groups have some very important traits in common: their narcissistic desire for attention, the mind-boggling extremes to which they are both willing to go in order to get it, and their catastrophic rage when it is denied. Today, Lord Snow Presides over how I learned to spot narcissists in a game I once loved.
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Hilaria Baldwin: Yet Another White Person Faking Her Ethnicity (LSP #172)
It’s barely even news anymore, what happened with Hilaria Baldwin this past week. But it illustrates a point I wanted to address: it might be getting harder to fake one’s ethnicity these days. Today, Lord Snow Presides over the mediocre white people faking their ethnicity — and getting caught.
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Unca Pat Robertson Tells Donald Trump to Take His L (LSP #171)
Today, Lord Snow Presides over Pat Robertson telling Donald Trump he just needs to accept his loss and move on with his life, while not noticing that he and his entire tribe needs to take that same advice.
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The Big Problem Here: Singleness Edition (LSP #168)
Seriously. How could I possibly resist the spectacle of an evangelical offering up The Big Problem Here for unwanted singleness? Now add in the fact that these two stories intersect with our current topic of evangelism. How how how how could I resist? I couldn’t. That’s how.