Podcaster Mike Cosper made an excellent expose called The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. It’s part of the Christianity Today magazine, which itself is quite remarkable in that the podcast was very introspective about the legacy of megachurch pastors and the cultural impact of Christianity at industrical scale.
Well, Cosper is at it again, making — dare I say? — This American Life level of quality nonfiction podcasting? His newest how, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea:
…takes you back to the Satanic Panic that gripped America in the 1980s and 90s.
This limited series explores how hysteria gripped parents and teens through cautionary tales like Go Ask Alice, influenced notorious criminal cases like the West Memphis Three, and catapulted the political agenda of the Moral Majority.
…we seek to understand how this wave of panic devastated innocent lives and diverted the church’s attention from the evil lurking in its own pews.
It’s an excellent series. It takes us back to Mike Warnke (remember him?!), the West Memphis Three, the International House of Prayer, and a host of Evangelical church scandals. The finale alone, where Cosper brings it home to the Janurary 6th Insurrection is a masterclass that should be studied by the Left to fully appreciate Evangelical hegemony.
I just can’t understand how Cosper remains theologically and political conservative after all that Christian cesspool wallowing.
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