But of course he does. Count the number religious metaphors in this piece. He knows exactly what he is doing.
While I'll agree that we're all fallen, preachers and everyone else, I seem to remember that Keillor actually grew up Methodist. Unless there are pockets of Methodists who put the fun back in fundamentalist and rant about fire and brimstone (and not the church soft ball league), he made the story up out of whole cloth.