Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable.

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He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause...

He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause...

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.

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive...

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive...

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...

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

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

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

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...

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and...

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and...

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.

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc.,...

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc.,...

The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.

The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.

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...

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the...

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the...

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 love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

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 was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to...

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to...