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Taken up: Being prepared

In discussing two books on the new apocalypticism, Jason Byassee confesses that he failed as a pastor to know what his people were reading and thinking about the topic. I know what he means. I don’t read this stuff either. But a lot of people are reading it. Sales estimates for the Left Behind series range from 40 million to 60 million. Whatever the exact figure, authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins are surpassing John Grisham in the category of popular novelists.

En-raptured

"I heard that when the tribulation comes, China will be one of the few countries with a big enough army to take over the United States.” My parishioner looked at me earnestly, awaiting confirmation of her theological and political observation.

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