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Summary: Indescribable
Review: No words can describe how exciting this series is. It's good clean reading, definitely fast-paced and it will have you waiting impatiently for the next book. It also makes you check your bible and your salvation.
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Summary: Left Behind
Review: Wow! A book I simply could not put down. It held my attention from start to finish. I read it in only a few days. This book is a must for believers and non-believers alike. To the believer it will frighten you just enough to be sure of your convictions and redidicate your life to what you know is right. To non-believers it will inspire you to learn more and ensure you are not "left behind". A great tale about the beginning of the world's last days. What can I say...a MUST have.
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Summary: Read All 8 Books in Ten Days?
Review: The truth is hard to swallow but its a Great eight course meal Hey Jerry & Tim How Long till Desert ? Looking forward To Book #9
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Summary: Fiction, Entertainment and Theology
Review: The response to this book will depend on whether one is a believer in the Bible along with their view of Bible prophecy. This book represents a dispensational view - that is, that Jesus Christ will return, rapture or take away the believers, and a seven year "great tribulation" will follow. If this prophetic view is not plausible, then the book will not make a lot of sense other than being entertainment. It should be noted that there are many theologians who do not agree with the dispensational view represented in the book. There is no question that the New Testament affirms the return of Jesus Christ. The other important fact is that the New Testament also emphasize the necessity of being ready for that great event regardless of when it occurs. I did find some of the characters rather shallow - but maybe that's ok since society seems to be the same way. I did have to laugh at the prospect of the future anti-christ (Nicolae) paying even two seconds attention to a stewardess - and equally funny that the jounalist (Buck) if he is the heavy-hitter portrayed would take the time to introduce a stewardess to Mr. Big. Read it and enjoy it - and don't try to figure out the theology.
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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: At first,I was reluctant in reading this book since I'm not Christian and also I have some issues with so-called Christians today. Although I have not read Book of Relevations for awhile, I have to say that this book made me look at life differently. At the same time, it didn't make me change my mind about Christianity. I still question its beliefs.
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Summary: AWESOME BOOK!!
Review: first I have to say I'm not religious in any way but I just happened upon this book when I saw it for sale in an ABC catalog. It piqued my interest but I didnt buy it. I then kept running across it in kmarts and supermarkets so I thought what the heck and I bought the first book in the series. I must say this was the most impressive book I've read in a long time. Its definatly NOT preachy and it dosnt try to shove christianity down your throat. I found the characters extremely interesting and the writing exceptional! I finished it in 3 days! I cant wait to get my hands on the other books in the series. This is just a regular book that happens to have biblical refrences, which I think make the book all the more compelling and interesting! I is defiantly a must read!!!!!!!n adventure series written for the Christian mass audience. Like many novels aimed at Christians, it is very attentive to the truth of the Gospel but creates an almost comic book view of people, science, politics, and the world in general. Although it attempts to faithfully follow the events of the Tribulation, it presents sometimes rigid, sometimes impossible scenarios of how those events occur. Other prophetic events are glossed over or totally ignored. Still, Left Behind is a fast-paced exciting story which has awakened millions to Revelation and end-times prophecy, and for some it is reported to have been life changing. THE CHRIST CLONE TRILOGY is a "front row seat" to the Tribulation as seen through the eyes of a non-Christian. It presents an entirely realistic and believable explanation of every end-times event from the prophecies of both the Old and New Testaments. Written by a man who has been a political science professor, a newspaper publisher, an intelligence analyst for the National Security Agency, and politician who once ran against Al Gore for Congress, The Christ Clone Trilogy is flawless in its presentation. The science is first cla --This text refers to the Paperback edition
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Summary: Left Behind: Begin a Journey
Review: The books of this fictionalized end-of-time series about people who are "left behind" after the Rapture of the church and must endure the Tribulation and other prophetic events foretold in Revelation before Christ's return to Earth are compellingly hard to put down. Left Behind, written in the mid-nineties, is the first of the apocalyptic series. In Left Behind we meet Rayford Steele, pilot, and his flight attendant, Hattie Durham. When Steele puts the plane on autopilot and goes to visit Hattie, he finds some passengers aboard the Boeing 747 are missing. All that remains are rumpled piles of clothing, pieces of jewelry, fillings, surgical pins, and the like. In his investigation, he quickly discovers that the disappearances are worldwide. People around the world have mysteriously disappeared and theories about why surface -- terrorists, UFOs, aliens from another planet. With the Rapture of the Saints, terror and chaos reign. Steele teams up with Buck Williams, a hot shot young newshound, to investigate exactly what has happened to their loved ones. Nicolae Carpathia also makes his appearance as he begins his rise to establish a one-world government, soothe the fears, and unite the world. For those left behind, the apocalypse has just begun. The book's words give reality and substance to the familiar words and themes of Revelation. Sharing the authors' premillennial view, I have no problem with the theological presentation of the series as others do. These books are written for entertainment, not as eschatology treatise. They are easy to read with suspenseful action and character development that progresses through the series. Jenkins and LaHaye purposed to write "...the first fictional portrayal of events that are true to the literal interpretation of Bible prophecy." I believe they accomplished that goal and provide a truly great wake up call to their readers to examine their own beliefs.
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Summary: Not quite what the authors intended
Review: The authors have really shot themselves in their collective feet with this. I'm sure their intention was to expose a secular audience to Christian beliefs. This is the wrong way to go about it. Most secular readers will be turned off by the ham-handed, and never-ending preaching. It would have been much better from that perspective to leave out the sermonizing, and let the story (any story) speak for itself. I guess the authors don't trust the native intelligence of their core audience. As many other reviewers have noted, this is a really poorly-written book. The characters are the most formulaic stock characters. The only "development" in any character occurs when that character is "saved." At that point, any tiny shred of individuality disappears completely. Is it actually possible for a character to be one-dimensional?? The amazingly juvenile dialogue apparently only exists to hammer Fundamentalist Christian dogma at the reader again. And again. And again. In fact, there's one bit that really stands out. There's a bizarre phone conversation that (from nowhere) turns into an anti-choice piece. There are also several full-blown sermons sprinkled throughout. I think a couple were repeated almost word-for-word. Another telling moment: the newly-saved Christians believe that a certain character is the anti-Christ because... get this... he can speak several different languages fluently. And he's extremely well-informed about world politics. And can discuss many subjects with intelligence. Clearly, the message here is that too much education is something to be feared. I won't even go into the theological merit (or lack thereof) of this book. If people want to believe this, fine. If they follow another form of Christianity, fine. If they choose to believe in another religion, fine. If they want to believe that someday giant pandas will appear and lead us all into the promised land of gumdrops and little singing elves in fuzzy feetie-pajamas, that's fine, too. As long as they're not hurting anyone. As an avid reader, I'm willing to suspend my disbelief if an author or plotline can convince me. There is nothing here to warrant that. This book (the first of HOW many??) reads like an excrutiatingly detailed diary. You'll know how every character spends every minute of every day of the week or so covered. Entire chapters are devoted to seeing each character safely home after the disappearances. Then we get to follow each character to work again. Was there no editor? The only possible reason I can see to continue reading this series is because, in a way, it's like a really bad B movie. One that's so bad, it's entertaining. I understand that the giant locusts make an appearance in a later volume. Really. I just don't think I'll last that long.
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Summary: Left Behind; A Story of Epic Porportions
Review: You are on a plane and all of a sudden your child disapears right before your eyes! This is what happens to many people in the book, Left Behind. Follow Rayford and Buck's adventures as they go through the most shocking event in history. As the plot thickens, they are facing trials, ones that are a matter of life or death, such as being decieved by the Anti-christ. I recommend this book to the reader who enjoys inspiration titles. But, to the ones who don't, they may get bored. This book was very well written, with great personalities, such as Hattie Durham and Nicloae Carpathia. Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins have outdone themselves once again.
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Summary: Nice work of art
Review: Ok, I will admit that this isn't the best book in the world. And there are a few questionable items in it. But, the book overall is deeply engrossing and great way to pass the time. Writing about the end of the world is a topic that is all to common in most books today. But, not many authors use refernces in the bible so effectively when doing so. Again, there are a few questionable items in this book. And they tend to stick out if you know what to look for. But, if you look past this flaw you will find a great book worth your time.
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