In Burn$ We Tru$t/References

Continuity

 * Burn's autobiography, Will There Ever be a Rainbow?, was written in "Blood Feud" and was published sometime before "The Old Man and the Lisa".
 * Burn's has taken the reins of the Church before in "She of Little Faith".
 * Flanders looks at different faiths similar to Lisa did in She of Little Faith. He looks at Judaism, Hinduism, Snake Handling and Movementarinism.
 * The Leader from the "The Joy of Sect" is working in Krusty Burger.
 * Laddie appears in Dog Heaven.

Trivia

 * The name refers to the saying "In God We Trust", which has been referenced in the episode In Marge We Trust.
 * The sign outside the Church reads "Now with 25% more dogma".
 * Ned invests his money in Evangelical.com stock.
 * Mr. Burns' stained glass windows show him standing in front of the power plant, helping a child, saving a women from a building burning and walking on the moon.
 * Organisations Burns makes sinful are include the Environmental Protection Agency, Green Peace and Lisa Simpson's Tree Hugging Society.

Cultural references

 * The stained glass windows after Lenny repairs them contains Drew Carey, Mimi Carey and Lewis Kiniski from the Drew Carey Show
 * Krusty takes Ned to the Orthodox version of Fiddler on the Roof, where the daughters listen to their father instead of rebelling and end up dying old maids.
 * Burns refers to Oprah's book club when turning the Church into one.
 * Instead of talking about the Bible, Burns proposes his autobiography, then afterwards the Ayn Rand Collection and How to Win Friends and Crush Enemies by Joseph Stalin.
 * Smithers uses the catchphrase "You are the weakest link. Goodbye" from quiz show The Weakest Link