by Miguel A. De La Torre | Oct 9, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
The United States, as the self-proclaimed “shining light on the hill,” has always seen itself through apocalyptic eyes. Most Christians prior to the Civil War were postmillennialists, believing in a thousand years of peace before Christ returns. The only thing...
by Mark Schroeder | Jul 19, 2011 | News
MILWAUKEE (RNS) Recent news reports have thrust the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) into the middle of a presidential campaign. What has catapulted this relatively small Lutheran church body into the media spotlight is the fact that, until recently,...
by Francis Rocca | Mar 11, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Violence committed in the name of God or religion is a “favorite instrument of the Antichrist,” Pope Benedict XVI writes in a new book on the life and teachings of Jesus. “Violence does not build up the kingdom of God, the kingdom of humanity,”...
by James L. Evans | Aug 28, 2009 | Opinion
In 1970, evangelical author Hal Lindsey penned a book that became a staple of Christian end-time table talk. The title said it all: “The Late Great Planet Earth.” In this book, Lindsey laid out the now all-too-familiar scheme of end-time paranoia, which...
by Brian Kaylor | May 29, 2007 | News
In his book “The Cost of Deception,” John Williams noted that over the years many people have been accused by religious leaders of being the anti-Christ. Among the false predictions he outlined were two about Jimmy Carter. According to Williams, prophecy...
