Robert Eastwood is a child who has been raised in a world of Born Again Christianity, where he has been taught to look for signs and to think that evil lurks just outside the front door. When he arrives at school, he discovers that no one else believes the earth was created in seven days or that Jesus will return. Robert becomes the center of a spiritual tug of war as he tries to escape his religious beliefs. Caught between his Mother, who is determined to bring Jesus' love to a dying mining town, and his best friend Marcus, who has introduced him to adolescent rebellion, Robert becomes the center of a spiritual tug of war as he tries to escape his religious beliefs. When he comes across a dead body in the woods, he realizes that God has sent him a sign. The Devil Outside is a tale of ordinary insanity.