Left Behind Theology: The Great Christian Escape Plan That Never Was

Michael S. Heiser spent years pointing out the awkward truth that the modern, pre-tribulation “rapture” isn’t ancient doctrine rediscovered—it’s a relatively recent theological invention. The system most people assume is baked into the Bible shows up centuries late, largely tied to John Nelson Darby and the 19th-century appetite for tidy timelines. That doesn’t make it automatically false. But it should make you nervous about treating it like first-century Christianity.

A very liberal United Church of Christ bishop wants to throw out major parts of the Bible

One of the basic, underlying themes of Christianity, across all of the various denominations, is that the Bible is the word of God, given to authors who were divinely inspired by the Lord to bring his word to us mere, fallible mortals. Some Christians — former President Joe Biden, a (supposedly) devout and dedicated Catholic …

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