{"podcast":{"title":"Church of the Undead","slug":"church-of-the-undead-4947254","podcast_index_feed_id":4947254,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5337300/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead--5337300","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8b4b1a18dcd3ce92827402044dc7e145.jpg","author":"Darren Marlar","episode_count":420,"summary":"Hello, Weirdos – I’m Pastor Darren – welcome to the Church of the Undead. It doesn’t matter if you are a \"Weirdo-in-Christ\" or just a Weirdo – everyone is welcome here at the Church of the Undead. And I use the word “undead” because here we are DEAD to sin and ALIVE in Christ! If you want to join this Weirdo congregation, just click that SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button – and visit us online at WeirdDarkness.com/CHURCH . Full disclosure – I might use the term “pastor” because I’ve branded this podcast as a church – but I do not have a theology degree, nor did I ever go to Bible college. I’m just a guy who gave his life to Christ in 1989 and has tried to “walk the walk” every since – and has stumbled a lot along the way – because, like everybody else, I am an imperfect, heavily-flawed human being. So please don’t take what I say as gospel; dig into God’s word yourself for confirmation, inspiration, and revelation. That being said, welcome to the Church of the Undead!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T08:17:29.506914+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead-4947254"},"episode":{"title":"WHEN DARKNESS BECOMES THE TEACHER: Why Christians Shouldn’t Shy Away From Horror Stories","slug":"when-darkness-becomes-the-teacher-why-christians-shouldn-t-shy-away-from-horror-stories","published_at":"2025-09-28T05:00:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead-4947254/when-darkness-becomes-the-teacher-why-christians-shouldn-t-shy-away-from-horror-stories","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead-4947254","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-horrorstories","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67902979/cotu20250928_horrorstories.mp3","summary":"The shelves of your local Christian bookstore hold stories of prairie romances and missionary adventures, but certain sections remain conspicuously absent. There's a reason some believers avoid entire genres of literature, convinced that faith requires turning away from shadows. Yet scripture itself tells a different story about the role of fear and darkness in the journey toward light. SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-horrorstories Original source: https://lorehaven.com/speculativefaith/reasons-christians-dont-read-horror-and-why-they-should/ Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarkness Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025. NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is not an AI voice. #ChristianHorror #BiblicalHorror #ChristianityAndFear #HorrorInTheBible #FaithAndDarkness Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church","meta_description":"The shelves of your local Christian bookstore hold stories of prairie romances and missionary adventures, but certain sections remain conspicuously absent…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1291,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/church-of-the-undead-4947254/episodes/when-darkness-becomes-the-teacher-why-christians-shouldn-t-shy-away-from-horror-stories/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead-4947254/when-darkness-becomes-the-teacher-why-christians-shouldn-t-shy-away-from-horror-stories.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}