Churches will preach about God's love all day long, but they won't tell you that Jesus warned about hell more than He promised heaven — or why the phrase 'go to hell' rolls off your tongue so easily but never comes from the pulpit. SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-gotohell Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org . “Church Of The Undead” theme...
Aug 17, 2025•53 min
When people clinically die and come back describing encounters with Jesus, glimpses of paradise, or terrifying darkness, should Christians believe them — or could something more sinister be at work? SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-ndes Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org . “Church Of The Undead” theme music by Epidemic Sound. "I have com...
Aug 11, 2025•37 min
You've heard the terrifying tales of people meeting their exact doubles throughout history, but the most dangerous doppelgänger you'll ever face might be the false version of yourself you've been sending out into the world. SERMON TRANSCRIPT…https://weirddarkness.com/church-doppelganger Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org . “Church Of The Undead” theme mu...
Aug 03, 2025•27 min
What If Your Biggest Problem Is Something You Don't Believe In? From the paranormal investigator who can't find demons because he doesn't believe in them, to the atheist missing God for the same reason, to the Christian blaming everything on spiritual warfare – we're all blind to the realities we've already decided don't exist. SERMON TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/church-Cant-Diagnose-What-You-Deny Fr. Kenneth Torres’ original Facebook post: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bp6termj Hear pr...
Jul 27, 2025•40 min
In this urgent message about false gods in the digital age, discover the shocking truth about how AI chatbots are triggering severe mental breakdowns, destroying families, and leading people into dangerous delusions—and why only the unchanging truth of Jesus Christ can protect us from these modern-day idols. SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/church-WhenAIBecomesYourGod Blog post “When A.I. Triggers Psychosis” I mentioned: https://weirddarkness.com/ai-psychosis/ Hear previous #ChurchOf...
Jul 20, 2025•44 min
When the clay creatures we mold to protect ourselves grow beyond our control, we discover the terrifying truth that we've become slaves to the very things we created to serve us. SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-makersofmonsters Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through th...
Jul 13, 2025•24 min
While scientists race to freeze brains and extract memories by 2125, they've overlooked one terrifying question: what happens when you successfully download everything except the one thing that makes you... YOU? SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-downloadbrain Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media!Darren Marlar is a...
Jul 06, 2025•20 min
You're trapped in your own body while dark figures watch from the shadows – but what science calls sleep paralysis might be something far more sinister, and in this episode we'll explore how ancient spiritual attack is alive and well just in your nightmares, but in your waking hours as well. But you have a weapon that will conquer it all. SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-sleepparalysis Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share t...
Jun 29, 2025•22 min
In 1931, a hospital worker named Carl Tanzler stole the corpse of the woman he loved and lived with her decaying body for seven years, believing he could bring her back to life. In this week’s message, we'll explore how this chilling true story reveals the dangerous difference between God's perfect love and our own twisted obsessions. Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a lin...
Jun 22, 2025•16 min
In the autumn of 1982, seven innocent people in Chicago died after taking what they thought was safe medicine — but the poison hidden inside those Tylenol capsules reveals a chilling truth about the spiritual dangers that lurk behind things that appear perfectly normal in our daily lives. Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Tha...
Jun 15, 2025•20 min
Native American tribes told of a creature born from cannibalism whose endless hunger mirrors the spiritual appetite that devours souls from within. Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! === Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org . Find his oth...
Jun 08, 2025•24 min
What if the grave isn’t the end, but the beginning — and your next body is already waiting to rise in glory from the dust? Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LINKS… (Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.) http...
Mar 30, 2025•10 min
Ever felt completely stuck, like there’s no way out? That’s exactly where we were—trapped in sin with no hope of rescue. But God stepped in, not because we earned it, but because of His incredible grace that we receive through faith. Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LIN...
Feb 02, 2025•24 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Death is one of life’s greatest mysteries, and even for Christians, it often carries a heavy weight of fear—not because of what comes after, but because of the unknown pain and sorrow in the process. While faith assures us of eternal life with Christ, the sting of death and the finality of goodbyes can still grip the heart. Yet, the Bible reminds us that death is not the end—it’s a doorway to something far greater. Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://Weir...
Jan 19, 2025•23 min
God has the same definition of narcissists as most of us do: “lovers of self.” In this message we unpack how the ancient myth of Narcissus ties into God’s truth about pride and selfishness, and we ask the question, “is there any hope for a narcissist to get into heaven?” Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and...
Jan 12, 2025•18 min
Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/over... . Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Originally published in Planet Stories, July 1962 - Beyond Lies the Wub tells the story of a space crew that encounters a massive, pig-like alien creature that they purchase as livestock for their journey. But as they prepare to slaughter the Wub for food, it re...
Oct 27, 2024•18 min
In today’s Weird Darkness episode - “PSYCHIATRIST SAYS DEMONIC POSSESSION IS REAL” ( https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5rhcz4pr ) we covered the eating of sins and demonic possession in this episode. So this might be a good time to touch on evil spirits in general, and how they are addressed in the bible. Evil spirits are often presented as entertainment for spooky thrills in movies and TV shows. But it’s important to take them seriously. Not only are evil spirits real, but they can significantly ha...
Sep 17, 2024•14 min
IN THIS EPISODE: There are many comeback stories – from Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, to Kurt Warner and Robert Downey Jr. But when it comes to your own comeback, can you dare to dream again? Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LINKS… BOOK: “Why God Why: What To Do...
Jul 14, 2024•10 min
IN THIS EPISODE: This week I’m bringing you a guest-teacher… the pastor of Stateline Church in Rockford, Illinois – Greg Giamalva. This is from Sunday, June 30th where he is starting a new series entitled “ASSASSINS” – and this first message really is powerful and applies to all of us. One particular line in the sermon was especially poignant. Regarding sin, “Compromise will have you feed what you are called to fight.” Greg talks about how easy it is to fall into compromise, a tiny step here, a ...
Jul 07, 2024•42 min
Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LINKS… https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/how-to-recognize-and-defeat-5-lies-the-enemy-wants-you-to-believe.html (Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.) === Darren Marlar is a licen...
Jun 30, 2024•17 min
Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LINKS… Source: Mike Leake, https://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/heaven-hell/did-god-create-hell-bst.html#google_vignette (Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.) === Darren Marlar is a lic...
Jun 23, 2024•11 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Every culture has certain phrases, repeated like foundational truths. These statements call everyone to a common morality or standard. But what if they’re wrong? For instance, a former generation used to say, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Usually, parents say this to get their kids to clean their rooms. And while there’s value to the discipline of keeping things orderly, this statement can’t be found in the Bible. Nowhere in the authoritative written Word of God does it eq...
Jun 09, 2024•17 min
IN THIS EPISODE: In the book of Acts Paul speaks to the early church—and to us—about cults. Cults will not only come, they are already here – and have been all along in some way, shape, or form. They existed then, they exit now, they will exist in the future until the Lord does away with evil once and for all… but that’s a topic for another day. The really dangerous part about cults is how attractive they can be to even the most intelligent among us, even those of us who profess Christ as our sa...
Jun 02, 2024•20 min
“ TIME ALONE WITH YOU ” #ChurchOfTheUndead Find us online at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LINKS… Darren Marlar’s music: https://amzn.to/4bNj0L2 (Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.) Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themon...
Jun 01, 2024•10 min
IN THIS EPISODE: When I was in my mid-30s, a well-meaning individual told me my that my depression was just in my head. “If you just stop thinking about it and fill your mind with God’s Truth instead, your problems will disappear.” They meant well, and probably believed what they told me… but they had no idea what they were talking about. Mental health issues can’t be written off with mere Christian cliches. Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! P...
May 26, 2024•25 min
IN THIS EPISODE: The Bible teaches that the Book of Life is the register of everyone who is going to heaven. Very simply, if your name is not in the Book of Life then you’re not going to heaven. So… how do you know if your name is written in the book? Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS...
May 19, 2024•10 min
“ BANGING HEADS AGAINST THE TREE OF EVOLUTION ” #ChurchOfTheUndead Find us online at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LINKS… Episode written by Darren Marlar (Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.) Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://...
May 18, 2024•4 min
Adapted from the daily bible study in the YouVersion bible app on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Hear previous messages and find our social media at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! === Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org . Find his other podcast, Weird Darkness, in your favorite podca...
May 05, 2024•8 min
Find us online at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LINKS… Stateline Church YouTube message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYL29IyviEA (Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.) Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org ....
Apr 22, 2024•38 min
Find us online at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church ! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless! MENTIONS, SOURCES, AND LINKS… Source: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2f6ks659 “Perfect Timing” by Sweet Comfort Band: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bddt99wd (Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.) Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Unive...
Apr 16, 2024•9 min
