The End Times Part V: Signs, Prophesies, and Current Events
I wrote yesterday about the Tribulation. According to Premillennial belief, though, the Tribulation won’t just randomly start. Instead, it will be preceded by various signs. When Premillennialists...
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The End Times Part VI: Rapture Anxiety
I have written before about suffering from salvation anxiety and demon anxiety. I was surprised how many others chimed in to say they had shared my experiences. There’s a third kind of anxiety to be...
View ArticleThe End Times Part VII: Dispensationalist Premillenialism’s Recent Origins
When I first started having questions about some of the beliefs I was raised with, I delved into the history of these beliefs. I had thought that Christians had always been Young Earth Creationists,...
View ArticleSuddenly the world got so much bigger
I grew up believing that the world was created in 4004 B.C.E. and that the world would end within my lifetime. In other words, I believed that the entire length of the world’s existence would be...
View ArticleWorthwhile Reads: Kirk Cameron, Monumental, and Dominionism
“Monumental” Lies – Kirk Cameron Visits David Barton - Chris Rodda skillfully debunks the “history” presented in Kirk Cameron’s latest film, Monumental, which discusses America’s supposedly Christian...
View ArticleThe church that cried persecution
Evangelical and fundamentalist Christians are very invested in being persecuted. Very interested. Here’s an example from a Fox News article on the whole Chick-fil-a issue: “‘If the thought police come...
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The Mark of the Beast
Evangelicals in a school district in Louisiana are objecting to a palm scanner that kids could use to pay for their lunches, thus eliminating the need for lunch money. Why? Because it sounds too...
View ArticleThe UN, the Antichrist, and a Global Takeover
Fred Clark of The Slactivist recently put up a post about how evangelicals’ beliefs about the end times are influencing public policy, especially the belief that the UN is just a placeholder for the...
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Fear and the Fundamentalist Child
Today is Halloween. Sally is giddy with excitement. I’m taking her trick-or-treating this evening, and she’s been asking every day for a month now if it is “Halloween Day.” Bobby will be going too, his...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Think Mark Driscoll Was Joking
Several weeks ago, Mark Driscoll said this: I know who made the environment and he’s coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV. When people got upset about it, he claimed it was...
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