Why There Will Be No Rapture
The Internet is alive with discussion of the Rapture, which Harold Camping’s most recent prediction says will occur this coming Saturday. Most people, and I think even most Christians, are at best...
View ArticleCleaning Up Another Apocalyptic Mess: Israel and the Palestinians
As one Rapture-related mess is being cleaned up, we should not forget another that great minds and national leaders are still struggling with: the tensions in the Middle East and in particular the...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Histories of the End
Via Deane Galbraithe: Call for papers: Histories of the End In 2012 Relegere will publish a special issue dedicated to reception histories of the end times, however they might be imagined, in religious...
View ArticleIs Revelation 17:9-10 the Decisive Evidence against the End-Times view of...
I avoided using the technical term for the viewpoint I am discussing here in the title. Those who’ve studied theology will know that the sort of view of the end times reflected in the Left Behind...
View ArticleEvery Eye Shall See Him, Even Those Who Pierced Him
Revelation 1:7 reads: Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. The...
View ArticleApocalyptic Philadelphia Freedom
This past Sunday in my Sunday school class, we discussed the message addressed to the church in Philadelphia in Revelation chapter 3. There are a number of interesting details, but in this post I want...
View ArticleRevelation 7: The Seal of God, the Earth’s Corners, and Tribal Errors
This past Sunday in my Sunday school class, we talked about Revelation chapter 7. Given my sense of humor, you won’t be surprised that I mentioned that Revelation 7:2 doesn’t mean this: William Blake’s...
View ArticleThat’s Not Taking Revelation Literally
One media outlet described the man who quit his job over a form with the number 666 on it as taking Revelation literally. Fred Clark had this to say, with his characteristic combination of sarcastic...
View ArticleJihadist Jesus Fake-Out
Bruce Gerencser shared this insightful quote from Brian McLaren’s book Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope: This eschatological understanding of a violent Second...
View ArticleWibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Pauline Eschatology
A friend shared a diagram from a blog called “Theologygrams” which has a lot of great stuff on it. Here’s the one that was shared with me: Also don’t miss the theology topic generator.
View ArticleMore on the Ridiculousness of Left Behind
Fred Clark is continuing his series that takes apart the unintentionally comical character of the Left Behind books in slow motion. His latest post on Nicolae: The Rise of the Antichrist is a gem. It...
View ArticleTime and Eternity in 20th Century Theology – and Doctor Who
TheologyGrams shared this gem: I shared another Doctor Who-related diagram from that blog once before. There are several other wonderful items that have since appeared there, and so here are a couple...
View ArticleSyria and the End Times
Hemant Mehta shared some interesting statistics and infographics about what Americans think about Syria, and how events there may be leading up to the “end times.” These statistics also give us in the...
View ArticleTranslation vs. Resurrection
Someone recently asked me about why Jesus’ death was understood by Christians as a resurrection rather than a “bodily translation to heaven” or something of the sort. It’s a fascinating question, and...
View ArticleFear of Judgment
I’ve talked in the past about how science fiction about parallel universes (which may or may not turn out to be science fact) turns out to offer a similar comfort to Abrahamic religious beliefs about...
View ArticleAgog About Gog
Mike Skinner wrote a post about the end-times prophecy approach to the Bible, and the attempt by some to identify Vladmir Putin as Ezekiel’s Gog. Here’s the conclusion: Let’s stop the madness of...
View ArticleCorrection
Unvirtuous Abbey shared the image above on Facebook. It is a correction to a letter to the editor. I’m not sure what paper it is from. But while I considered sharing it without comment, it struck me...
View ArticleMaking Christianity Easier
Benjamin Corey wrote a post that offers an explanation of the popularity of end-times Christianity:The end times version of Christianity that many of us grew up with has been immensely popular, not...
View ArticleThe Most Embarrassing Verse in the Bible
I saw the above quote on Facebook and wanted to comment on it, since it takes something that C. S. Lewis attributes to others, and treats it as though it were his own viewpoint. You can read a fuller...
View ArticleUpdate Your Calendars for October 1st, 2018
A friend shared the above flyer on Facebook.Does anyone else remember 88 reasons Why The Rapture Will Be in 1988? People have been offering calculations like this since before the time of Jesus....
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