The Book That Felt Like Fiction… Until It Didn’t
Written by Leynize Koen
As a deeply rooted Christian woman, I knew going into this article that it would require a great deal of brainpower and critical, independent thinking to clearly justify my perspective, not only to fellow believers, but to non-believers as well.
The last thing I wanted was for it to read like the plot of a crazy Quentin Tarantino movie.
Because what I’m discussing is anything but fiction.
When I picked up A Nefarious Plot, I didn’t approach it as mere entertainment or as a work of fiction. If you’ve ever watched the film Nefarious, you’ll understand what I mean, because the themes it explores can easily sound like something straight out of a movie theater. Yet the ideas it raises are meant to be taken far more seriously than simple storytelling.
I have always been a believer. As a mother who has lived through her share of turmoil in this world, I’ve come to understand that spiritual warfare is not just symbolic language, it is real. Because of that, the premise of a senior demon mentoring a junior one on how to undermine a nation, all while operating through a human host, did not strike me as fantasy. What struck me was how practical it felt.
Written by Steve Deace, the book unfolds as a series of strategic letters outlining how to dismantle a culture, not through violence, but through influence, patience, and timing. For those who may not have read the book or seen the film Nefarious, the following is a brief overview of its central premise.
In the story, an atheist psychologist is assigned to evaluate a death-row inmate convicted of multiple murders, expecting to make a logical and scientific determination about the man’s mental state. Instead, the prisoner claims to be a demon named Nefarious and begins revealing deeply personal details about the psychologist, things no one else could possibly know, slowly forcing him to question his atheism and confront the possibility that God, angels, and demons truly exist.
At one point, the demon even echoes the well-known biblical declaration, “We are legion, for we are many,” rendered in Latin as “Legio sumus, quia multi sumus.”
During their chilling exchange, the demon explains that his kind has been waging war against God and humanity since before our time, delighting in human suffering and tormenting their hosts in an attempt to wound the Creator by corrupting those made in His image. Because they exist beyond the limits of human time, patience is one of their greatest tools. They can wait generations if necessary to achieve their goals.
Because the real weapon in this war is not force, but patience.
The strategy is not to shock a nation into collapse. It is to change it so slowly that no one panics, so gradually that each shift feels minor, and so strategically that by the time people realize something is wrong, the foundation has already shifted. Not through anything explosive or theatrical, but through small adjustments repeated patiently over time.
Line by line.
Definition by definition.
Policy by policy.
From generation to generation.
Until good is called evil, and evil is called good.
When change happens slowly enough, we do not resist it, we adapt to it, rationalize it, and convince ourselves it is compassionate or necessary. By the time we realize that the culture around us has fundamentally changed, we can barely recognize it, because the transformation did not happen through force, but through patience and persuasion disguised as free will.
The book does not describe chaos, it describes calibration. Words are slowly redefined, moral boundaries are shifted, sin is reframed as progress, and control is rebranded as compassion.
Scripture warned about this long ago:
Isaiah 5:20 (ESV) — “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.”
That is moral inversion, and we are watching it unfold in real time.
“Tolerance” once meant the ability to peacefully disagree, now it increasingly demands agreement. “Healthcare” once meant healing the sick, now it can include ending life. “Freedom” once meant living according to one’s conscience, now it is often framed as freedom from moral boundaries, but not freedom from oversight.
When language is reshaped, thinking follows, and when thinking changes, culture follows.
The Clearest Pattern Can Be Seen in What Is Happening to the Family
Marriage rates are declining, birth rates are collapsing, and fatherlessness is rising. Children are increasingly shaped by institutions and screens more than by their own parents.
Yet instead of calling this instability, we are told it is progress.
From the beginning, God established marriage as sacred:
Genesis 2:24 (ESV) — “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
Jesus reaffirmed that design:
Matthew 19:4–6 (ESV), “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female… What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
The family is not a social experiment, it is a divine institution established by God. Parents were given the responsibility to form and guide the next generation.
Deuteronomy 6:6–7 (ESV), “You shall teach them diligently to your children…”
Marriage itself is tied to raising godly generations.
Malachi 2:15 (ESV), “And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring.”
Children are not burdens, they are blessings entrusted to us.
Psalm 127:3–5 (ESV), “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord…”
And the responsibility remains clear.
Ephesians 6:4 (ESV), “Bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
The Bible does not outsource the formation of children, and when the family weakens, society weakens with it.
The Normalization of Innocent Blood
No honest conversation about cultural decay can avoid the subject of abortion.
Scripture affirms the value of life even before birth:
Psalm 139:13–14 (ESV), “For you formed my inward parts, you knitted me together in my mother’s womb…”
Life begins with God.
Yet in our culture, abortion has been reframed as healthcare, autonomy, or choice. Changing the language does not change the reality. Ending innocent life is still ending innocent life.
In the Old Testament, God condemned the sacrifice of children:
Jeremiah 32:35 (ESV), “They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.”
Ancient civilizations sacrificed their children to false gods in exchange for perceived security, prosperity, or favor. Today no one stands beside bronze idols with outstretched hands, but we do live in a culture where unborn children are sacrificed on the altars of convenience, career, fear, or autonomy.
The idol may look different, the setting may be clinical, and the language may be sanitized, but a moral truth does not change simply because the presentation becomes more sterile. The shedding of innocent blood remains the shedding of innocent blood.
This is not hatred toward women who have been pressured, frightened, or misled. Many have been told that this decision represents empowerment or freedom.
But when a society protects the destruction of its most vulnerable, something spiritually profound has gone wrong.
Spiritual Warfare in Plain Sight
For many Christians, spiritual warfare is often imagined as something dramatic or supernatural, something distant from everyday life. But Scripture repeatedly shows that the most dangerous battles are often the quiet ones, fought not with spectacle but with influence, persuasion, and deception.
Ephesians 6:12 (ESV), “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
The enemy rarely arrives announcing himself openly. Instead, the influence appears gradual, subtle enough that people accept it without realizing what is happening. Over time, ideas that would have once shocked the conscience slowly become normalized.
The apostle Paul warned believers about this very kind of influence:
2 Corinthians 11:14 (ESV), “And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”
Deception rarely looks evil at first glance. More often it presents itself as compassion, progress, or liberation. The language may sound noble, the intentions may seem caring, and the policies may promise freedom or fairness.
Yet when the outcome consistently weakens the family, blurs moral boundaries, and undermines the value of human life, it is reasonable to ask whether something deeper is taking place beneath the surface.
For Christians, this is where discernment becomes essential. Spiritual warfare is not always visible, but its effects can be seen in the direction a culture begins to move.
And increasingly, that direction is difficult to ignore.
Connecting the Dots
When we step back and look carefully at what is unfolding around us, certain patterns begin to emerge. We see expanding digital oversight, speech limitations increasingly framed as safety, and educational systems that are gradually sidelining parental authority. Medical institutions face pressure to align with shifting ethical standards, while large corporations now adopt and enforce moral positions that once belonged only in the realm of government.
At the same time, an increasingly institutionalized LGBTQ ideology has moved beyond the question of civil rights and into the realm of compulsory affirmation. It now influences language, education standards, workplace policies, and even the developmental spaces of children.
The conversation is no longer simply about whether adults can live as they choose. In many places, the issue has quietly shifted to whether disagreement itself is still permitted.
Parents who raise concerns about gender curriculum are often labeled extreme. Professionals who question medical transitions for minors face professional consequences. Even basic biological definitions are sometimes treated as hostility rather than discussion.
Taken together, the direction becomes difficult to ignore. What we are witnessing is a pattern of centralization, redefinition, and moral fluidity that is increasingly enforced rather than openly debated.
What many dismiss as a cultural conflict is, in truth, a deeper spiritual battle playing out in plain sight.
Hosea 4:6 (ESV), “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me.”
Why This Matters to Me
As a mother, this conversation is not abstract.
I do not want my children anchored to whatever cultural trend happens to dominate the moment. I want them anchored to something far more enduring, to eternity itself, grounded in unwavering faith in the one true and living God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Scripture reminds us of the depth of God’s love for humanity:
John 3:16 (ESV), “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
God loved the world enough to send His Son to die for us. Through the cross, the enemy’s plan was disrupted, and eternal condemnation is no longer the inevitable end for those who believe.
The enemy cannot overthrow God. But he can attempt to wound what God loves.
Human beings bear the image of God. We are offered redemption. We are promised eternity. Because of that, the goal of deception has always been separation, separation from truth, from family, from faith, and ultimately from God.
If faith never takes root, salvation is never claimed. That is why what we are witnessing is far more than a cultural or political struggle. At its heart, it is a battle for the human soul, and the outcome carries eternal consequences.
Yet even in the midst of that struggle, I leave you with this final thought. Remain firmly rooted in your faith, for God never fails. Never lose hope that goodness and truth will ultimately prevail, and above all, let love be the compass that guides your heart.
1 Corinthians 13:13 (ESV), “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three, but the greatest of these is love.”
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