Cats and Dogs! Living Together! Catholic Mass Hysteria!: The Chronicle of Young Satan, Chapter 3 • The Devil According to Mark Twain
A man beats a dog, falls off a cliff, and the dog spends two days trying to save him. Young Satan heals the eye and makes his case against the moral sense. Twain is not playing.
The Mysterious Mix-Up: The Chronicle of Young Satan, Chapter 1 • The Devil According to Mark Twain
We start Twain’s Chronicle of Young Satan — and Chapter 1 doesn’t even need its devil yet. A village that punishes goodness and rewards fear is already doing the work.
MISTER Satan is My Uncle!: The Chronicle of Young Satan, Chapter 2 • The Devil According to Mark Twain
Twain’s Satan creates a village, kills everyone in it, wipes the clay on his handkerchief, and lists humanity’s faults with mild curiosity. His deepest contempt: the moral sense. File that away.
Nightmare Fuel: The Mysterious Stranger Claymation Clip from The Adventures of Mark Twain • The Devil According to Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s dark late period used Satan to say what he couldn’t otherwise. We start with a rated-G claymation — and the news that the book we assigned doesn’t quite exist
The End Of The End Times • Revelation, Chapter 22
Revelation ends not with a sword or smiting — but a river, a tree, and grace. John would like a word with everyone using this book to justify the very thing it condemns.
New Earth, Who Dis? • Revelation, Chapter 21
We read Revelation 21 and discover the New Jerusalem isn’t waiting for us in the clouds — it’s a cube the size of a continent coming down here, and the gates are never shut.
Turns Out The Devil Is A Millennial! • Revelation, Chapter 20
One Greek word about testing coins. One passage in Revelation 20. Possibly the entire fire-and-brimstone version of hell built on a misread.
This Chapter Is For The BIRDS! • Revelation, Chapter 19
Heaven throws the Bible’s only “hallelujah” party, Sword Mouth Jesus rides in on a white horse mocking Roman triumphs, and the lake of fire debuts—rewriting everything we think about hell.
Babylon Is Fallen… And It Can’t Get Up! • Revelation, Chapter 18
Revelation 18 is a taunt song disguised as a funeral lament, and we are here for every delicious, brutal word of it. The highlight of the reading? John’s exhaustive merchandise list.
Babylon….and on….and on… • Revelation, Chapter 17
We dive into Revelation 17, unpacking the Whore of Babylon as a symbol of empire, corruption, and resistance — with surprising modern parallels.