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If you don’t know about the rapture, this is the lecture for you. It’s believed by many millions of Christians in our world. If you do know about the rapture, this lecture is even more for you. I bet you don’t know where the idea came from! (Well, some of you maybe might.)
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I don’t want to be left behind! Ahaha
Just watched your most recent “discussion” with Justin Bass on the Justin Brierley show. While Brierley seemed to find the experience enlightening, for me the contributions of apologists (unwilling to think much about historical methodology) are unrewarding. I asked Brierley to consider arranging discussions between you and actual historians, Christian people like Dale Allison, Dale Martin, or Mark Goodacre, and avoid the apologists (like LU’s Gary Habermas, which some reviewers mentioned, who were unhappy with Bass’s poor showing). Do you think discussions with Christian scholars who are your friends would be productive in the Premier Unbelievable venue, and still enlightening for Brierley and his audience?
I’ve just finished, Armageddon, and think it may be your best trade book. It was extremely well written. I will be recommending it for some local book-club discussions. As a side note, on May 21, 2011, I stood on Tel Megiddo and awaited Harold Camping’s reported Rapture, which would have “left me behind.” My travel friends were mostly liberal Christians, who were a little surprised by my silly behavior. I look forward to your Rapture lecture this coming Saturday.
Well, I’m glad you weren’t left beyind….
I think that kind of discussion would be hugely more productive, but it wouldn’t be of much interest to most of his audience, who is mainly interested in hearing the evangelical side of things. But you can watch my Podcast where I interview folk like that!