Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.

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In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus...

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus...

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear...

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear...

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading,...

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading,...

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the...

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the...

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Tim sends me a fairly ambitious workup in notebook form noting the passages we're going...

Tim sends me a fairly ambitious workup in notebook form noting the passages we're going...

I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.

I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

When you come to Christ as a real young person, I think when you become...

When you come to Christ as a real young person, I think when you become...

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is...

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is...

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself...

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself...

I think all fiction should be fair game for the Christian market, except porn, of...

I think all fiction should be fair game for the Christian market, except porn, of...

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea...

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea...

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got...

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got...

Good fiction must be entertaining, but what makes fiction special - and True - is...

Good fiction must be entertaining, but what makes fiction special - and True - is...

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and...

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and...