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Why Love Never Ends

And why everything else does.

Why It's Hard to Imagine that Heaven Is Real

Learning to grasp what 'no eye has seen, no ear heard, and no mind has conceived.'

How to Eat, Play, Love—And Do Other Christian Acts

Ben Witherington III calls for serious theological reflection on activities that occupy most of our waking hours.

Planting Gardens in Prison: Why We Labor for Shalom Now

Even though we know we can't usher in God's kingdom, we're still called to establish order, beauty, and abundance in this life.

The Second Coming Christ Controversy: More Leaders Speak Out

David Jang's emissaries to Singapore speak for the first time on why they believed he was a new Christ, why they changed their minds, and how his organization operates.

How (Not) to Be Worldly: Tracing the Borders of the 'Earthly City'

What the ancient phrase can teach today's Christians about our attempts at cultural transformation.

The Second Coming Christ Controversy

David Jang has become an increasingly influential figure in Asian and now American evangelicalism. He and his followers have founded media outlets and a Christian college and are key influencers in the World Evangelical Alliance. But many say he leads a group that has encouraged the belief that he's the 'Second Coming Christ.' Is there any truth to the allegations?

The Course of Christian Zionism

A new book surveys the surprising shifts in evangelical and mainline Christian attitudes toward Jewish statehood.

A Purpose-Driven Cosmos: Why Jesus Doesn't Promise Us an 'Afterlife'

Jesus Christ embodies the meaning of life, the goal of history, and the pattern of the future.

Signs of the End Times

Our pursuit of justice in the present foreshadows the perfect justice of an age to come.

A Second-Coming Christian

The 'blessed hope' was the linchpin of my father's faith.

Harold Camping Is (Sort of) Right

Jesus will put an end to this earth—but that is not the end of the story.

Working on Eternity

Ben Witherington sets earthly labor in kingdom context. A review of 'Work: A Kingdom Perspective on Labor.'

Harold Camping's Rapture Campaign: Can He Be Sued for Fraud?

As an atheist group asks the California attorney general for action, legal scholars say efforts are almost certainly doomed.

Who Gets Left Behind?

How end times theories shape the ways we view our earthly abode.

A Cosmic Culmination

Recalling the earth-shaking, kingdom-sized message of Christmas.

A Covenant with the Earth

Why the work of Christ makes all the difference in our care of creation.

What 'Lost' Taught Us about Dying Well

The meaning behind "live together, die alone."

It's the End of the World, and We Love It

We're flocking to movies about the last days, even in the midst of a penny-pinching recession. Why?

Second Coming Ecology  Subscriber access only

We care for the environment precisely because God will create a new earth.

A Merciful White Flash  Subscriber access only

While despairing of nuclear annihilation, I received an irresistible consolation.

Good News from a Bad World

Hopeful signs in American culture could precede theological shifts.

From Eternity to Here  Subscriber access only

Randy Alcorn says the afterlife is crucial to how we live this one.

The Problem with Prophets  Subscriber access only

In their zeal for social change, some evangelical activists stand on shaky biblical ground.

The Fulfillment of Prophecy Right Before Our Eyes  Subscriber access only

Walking among Lebanon's Christians.

War's Cheerleader  Subscriber access only

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'Who Is My Neighbor' in the Lebanon-Israel Conflict?  Subscriber access only

Further reflections from the academic dean of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon.

Come, Lord Jesus—But Not Too Soon  Subscriber access only

Why it's hard to be heavenly minded.

The Compulsive Reader  Subscriber access only

What is this mania to reach the end of the book?

Finding Heaven  Subscriber access only

Where is heaven, and how will we experience it before the final resurrection?

Global Suspense  Subscriber access only

The trick of faith is to believe in advance what will only make sense in reverse.

LaHaye's Tribulation  Subscriber access only

Left Behind coauthor challenges Tyndale over Last Disciple.

How Will It All End?  Subscriber access only

Left Behind is neither the first nor the last word on last things.

Operation Evil Power  Subscriber access only

If Christ has truly defeated the powers of Satan on the Cross (Col. 2:15), why do the powers of evil effectively operate in this world?

Was September 11 the Beginning of the End?  Subscriber access only

Observers say geography and gravity of attacks have led to little prophecy speculation.

Apocalypse Now  Subscriber access only

Revelation says more about church life today than about how the world will end.

How Evangelicals Became Israel's Best Friend  Subscriber access only

Camping Misses End of World

ARTICLE: Charting Dispensationalism  Subscriber access only

News Feed
Mayan calendar aside, end times theology has meaning for many Americans
But Americans haven't entirely dismissed the idea that the world will come to end someday — possibly someday soon. A survey by Public Religion Research Institute showed 36 percent believe that the severity of recent natural disasters is evidence that we are in the biblically prophesied end times. (Deseret News)
China Arrests Christian Sect Members Over Doomsday Chat
Well, Church of Almighty God is "Christian" if "Christian" can mean believing God has returned to earth as a Chinese woman (The New York Times)
Were Other Presidents Called the Antichrist?
Hint: It's not just Obama. (Slate)

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