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Summary: Left Behind Series Are Wonderful
Review: These books were so interesting.I couldn't put them down.And I have hardly picked up a book in years.I am exploring and learning and wanting to "not be left behind."Its a novel,but with truth to wake you up.I believe myself to be a christian and I think this book will help those that are serching and to look beyond the book and check out the real book.THE BIBLE..I am so looking forward as well as my family and friends are to the next one.
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Summary: Enjoyable but, come on!!
Review: I have to admit, I thought this was an enjoyable little book. The whole basis behind it is pretty worthless though. Honestly, I don't see anywhere in the Bible where it mentions the word rapture. If you look at the history of rapture theory it starts with a guy named John Nelson Darby who lived the 19th century. The earlier Christians and Apostles never taught rapture theory for the simple reason it was not there. If this book had been more fictional I would have given it a higher rating, but making the Bible say what it does not? I won't go for that. Good fiction, but not truth. If you believe this book tells the truth read the Bible for your self. I really don't believe you'll see anything that will lead you to believe the theory behind this book.
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Summary: More, please!
Review: One of the best reads I've had in YEARS! While perhaps not the best writing (the subsequent books in this series improve), the content grabs you whether you are a believer in Christ or not. It is uplifting and underscores the importance of "hope" and "humanity" for all - which are sorely missing in most of the same media (films, movies, videos, and yes, books). Even if you have little or no knowledge of the Bible, this book and the entire series will cause you to seek out a Bible and read it. I can't wait for the next in the series.
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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read!!!!
Review: Left Behind is extremely well-written. I couldn't put it down! The plot is excellent, the characters are well-developed, and it gives an accurate presentation of the end times. I have read all 8 books in the series, and can hardly wait for the next one to be published!! No one can read this book and say they do not know the truth of God's Word!! Truly one of the best books I have ever read!!
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Summary: Wonderful story, poorly written
Review: The story of the Rapture of the Church should be a gripping read - a true page turner - an all-nighter. Unfortunately, this attempt to capture the drama of those left behind, is cliche ridden and so poorly written that it was all I could do to finish the book. The characters are one-dimensional, the dialog is awkward, and the plot devises are predictable. The authors are certainly to be commended for attempting to bring the story to the mass market, but this book is a dismal failure as literature.
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Summary: Excellent for the former atheists among us
Review: An innocuous review of the "Left Behind" movie in the Wall Street Journal a few months ago turned me on to this series of books. I actually found the subsequent books in the L.B. series to be better, but enjoyed the first one immensely and the movie as well. As a former agnostic-turned-atheist socialist/radical feminist/pro-abortion ignoramous (there's a mouthful for you), I am happy to be reading simple Christian fiction and getting the Biblical education I never got in my humanistic Sunday school as a child. I fully admit I view all art in political and moral terms and always have. I am just viewing it now from the opposite perspective of what I had for over 33 years. In my opinion, the success of this series says volumes about the spiritual hunger in our society and culture, and I can only celebrate fiction that encourages either curiosity or belief in Biblical teachings. I worry that unGodliness in our culture will be our undoing. This book and series can make you think and pray, if you are willing. And the premise that a seductive global leader could come and blind the world to his (or her...if you picture the new senator from NY) pure evil, in the guise of total government control and feel-good New Ageism, hits frighteningly close to home in plausibility.As for the quality of the writing, it is perhaps not the best, although I find the books extremely readable and engaging. I am so disgusted by what constitutes "the best" these days, in movies, books, and music, that I likely am extremely out of touch and don't much care. Some of "the best" constitutes what I consider pornography and nihilism, and if anything is an antidote to those, this series is! I highly recommend the first book and the whole series to the non-atheists among us (you know who you are).
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Summary: The truth is interesting
Review: Left Behind is the best book I've ever read.It tells the truth about the future, and will keep you interested all the way. I promise you'll love it so much you won't be able to resist buying Tribulation Force.
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Summary: Good story despite Biblical inaccuracies
Review: I enjoyed the story despite that the rapture occurs at the wrong place. According to 1 Thess. 4:16-17, the rapture occurs once Christ returns, at the end of the tribulation. Oops. The concepts of pre-, mid-, and pan-tribulation were created recently by man.
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Summary: Very Good!
Review: If you read this book and don't make a commitment to Christ- you are a fool. It has a powerful message! I couldn't put it down and look forward to the next.
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Summary: Thought Provoking
Review: Left Behind is a fictional story based on the concepts found in Revelations and the idea of the Rapture. As a literary work it is somewhat lacking in style and true character development. I found Left Behind and the others in this series to be fast, easy reads. I usually polished off a book in one evening. In my Christian upbringing, my church never really touched on the Rapture. The first time I ever heard the term the Rapture was when I moved from New York to Texas. My Baptist friends told me of the Rapture. I found the idea of the Rapture to be intriguing. But that was about all. After reading the Left Behind series I was literally yearning to read my Bible again. I think this real feeling of a need to read the Bible is the best gift the authors of this series gives to its readers.
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