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Summary: Right in step with Right behind
Review: "I laughed all the way through this book," I said.
"Is it really that funny?" my wife said.
"Yes, I said."
"Why did you say 'I said'?" she said.
"You will have to read the book to find out," I said. "You will also find out lots of other interesting stuff, like what happens to your dental fillings and clothes when you are Raptured," I also said.I heartily recommend this book. It will make you laugh, even if you haven't read _Left Behind_. When you are ready to read something serious again, get a copy of Gary DeMar's _End Times Fiction_.
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Summary: When the rapture comes, I'm wearing a helmet ...
Review: ... yup, as an individual who actually sat through a year of Sunday morning Bible study of dispensational escatology taught by none other than Tim LaHaye, I have to say this book is a kipper. Oh wait, that's that jabez mantra stuff, I mean it's a keeper. Right Behind takes advantage of the hackneyed poor attempt of Clancy-esque writing in the original book in both style and substance. It only fails in that Right Behind does a better job at keeping my attention with a fast pace ... and though a parody ... with better technical detail than it's "Left" counterpart. All the while it takes aim at the weird post-modern thinking that has infected the church through almost 200 years of anti-intellectualism ... with all the insane plot twists of the Hitchhiker's guide. In fact my wife, who also took the LaHaye class with me, is upstairs Right Behind my book marks, laughing out loud.
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Summary: I haven't bought it yet...
Review: ...but how can I resist a book written by someone named Buffers Files Tools Edit Search Mule Help Nathan D. Wilson? (See above; Amazon wouldn't mess with us, right...?)
Did Mom just call him Buffers Mule for short? and is Mr Wilson allowed to have all of that on his driver's license?
I am so glad to see that a Christian man can still be a wacky parodist, & understand the absurdity about him, poking fun at it rather than either embracing or damning it.
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Summary: OH MY!
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Okay, I admit it, I read the first book in the Left Behind series. It was moderately interesting, but I can't say I was dying to read the second one. This parody is relatively short, and there were about three scenes that just made me roll on the floor! The one in the Christian bookstore was *priceless*, and the author truly captured our crazy Christian culture. There were some cute suprises in the dialogues, things that make you giggle to yourself. Here you find an excellent and thoughtful critique of modern pop-Christianity all wrapped up in goofiness. You will find yourself laughing and thinking at the same time. There was so much potential in this project that I feel it didn't quite live up to. But overall, it was a joy to read, and I even read a few of the scenes out to my husband, who laughed as loud as I did. Those scenes earned this book four stars.
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Summary: Great book for skewering dispensationalism.
Review: Absolutely great book. It's about time a Christian who is actually concerned with what the Bible actually says writes a book, (...). As for the previous bad review, two excerpts from the back of the book. "The upturned table in our series name points back to Christ's anger with the merchants in the temple. Our paraody series isn't as concerned with money in the Temple as it is with what modern Evangelicals spend on abject silliness." And also... "The first response from many who love the books we aim to skewer is to be wounded and offended, but that is the tiresome refuge of every little god who thinks blasphemy restrictions apply to him." The Wilsons, Doug Jones, and the entirety of Christ Church have done a great service to the Christian community. Great going, and never give in to the silly little modern Evangelicals who don't understand anything about biblical prophesy.
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Summary: Great book for skewering dispensationalism.
Review: Absolutely great book. It's about time a Christian who is actually concerned with what the Bible actually says writes a book, rather than someone who is trying to cash in on pathetic trendy pop-Christian trash. As for the bad review, two excerpts from the back of the book. "The upturned table in our series name points back to Christ's anger with the merchants in the temple. Our paraody series isn't as concerned with money in the Temple as it is with what modern Evangelicals spend on abject silliness." And also... "The first response from many who love the books we aim to skewer is to be wounded and offended, but that is the tiresome refuge of every little god who thinks blasphemy restrictions apply to him." The Wilsons, Doug Jones, and the entirety of Christ Church have done a great service to the Christian community. Great going. (...)
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Summary: It's about time!
Review: Can you believe one of the reviewers referred to revelations. My Bible contains no such book. It does however contain a book called Revelation. I bet if you look it up you will find I am right. (I guess I really did learn something in seminary)
This is a great parody. If you really want to learn about the Book of Revelation, there is an excellent book by Efird, "Revelation for Today: An Apocalyptic Approach" that will actually contain good information.
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Summary: Good grief indeed
Review: Can you believe one of the reviewers referred to revelations. My Bible contains no such book. It does however contain a book called Revelation. I bet if you look it up you will find I am right. (I guess I really did learn something in seminary)
This is a great parody. If you really want to learn about the Book of Revelation, there is an excellent book by Efird, "Revelation for Today: An Apocalyptic Approach" that will actually contain good information.
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Summary: Finally... righteous satire!
Review: Christianity has provided the greatest satirists. Swift was poking fun at enlightenment rationalism. Chesterton couldn't stop laughing at modernism. And even our Lord put the Pharisees on the defensive a few times with a hard-edged joke. Right Behind might not be another Gulliver's Travels, but he's certainly the best I've seen from Christians in this genre in a long time. While I've been entertained by all the Left Behind novels, I cannot even come close to saying that I appreciate them. The dialogue is absolutely horrible, and the plot line is even worse (though I suppose we can blame that on Darby and Scofield as much as Jenkins and LaHaye). If you come to this book having the mindset that eschatology is not something to be laughed at, you better get ready for a change of thinking.
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Summary: Goofy is what goofy does
Review: Given the state of the modern evangelical church, it is about high time someone had a high time with all the goofiness. Nathan Wilson does just that. If you liked Left Behind, you'll hate Right Behind. But if you thought Left Behind should have been left behind, you may find yourself on the floor. Mr. Wilson's best moments are in his mockery of bad writing. Having sampled some of Mr. Wilson's other attempts at literary acumen, I know he can put together a worthy sentence. In a couple of spots in Right Behind, he almost slips out of character and writes something worth reading, but he quickly retreats into the genre and gives us something wonderfully bad to laugh at. By the early indications, the right people will be mad at this book and the rest will be holding on to their appendix. It's worth the money. Have a laugh.
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