Book of Revelation
His popular blog debunks Christian myths. With the profits, he does the Christian thing.
By Yonat Shimron — February 10, 2023
(RNS) — Bart Ehrman is known for challenging established Christian teachings. But there’s a part of him that still honors his abandoned Christian faith and what he sees as its moral obligations, such as giving to charity.
Changing Mormon beliefs about — and preparations for — the end of the world
By Jana Riess — August 17, 2020
Mormons used to routinely predict not only the end of the world but particularly the downfall of America. What changed? Scholar Christopher Blythe explains.
What kind of people will Mormons be in a global apocalypse?
By Jana Riess — March 20, 2020
This is an apocalypse. It will help to reveal who we are individually . . . and who we are as a Mormon people.
Quitting job over 666 was ‘a blessing,’ says Christian worker
By Bob Smietana — January 2, 2020
(RNS) — In 2012, Walter Slonopas quit his job as a maintenance worker after '666' showed up on his official tax forms. In the years since, things have turned out well for Slonopas — he found a new job with better pay, while his former company closed down.
What do Mormons do with the Book of Revelation?
By Jana Riess — December 23, 2019
(RNS) — What the LDS curriculum attempts to do with Revelation reflects our own me-centered, therapeutic era: The Bible’s most controversial book becomes a road map for each person’s very own spiritual growth.
‘Dig’ digs into the Bible — but is it ‘true’?
By Kimberly Winston — March 6, 2015
(RNS) "Dig," the new action thriller from the USA Network, is a cocktail of biblical prophecy and End Times beliefs. But how much of its religion content is true?
Tim Chey’s ‘Final: The Rapture’ adapts ‘horror movie’ label
By Mark I. Pinsky — February 21, 2014
(RNS) In an interview outside the Orlando multiplex where his film, "Final: The Rapture" is playing, Tim Chey said he’s comfortable with the Christian horror movie label, or even “Christian disaster movie.”
Muslim views of the Apocalypse
By Daniel Burke — February 6, 2013
(RNS) Muslim and Christian views of the Apocalypse are remarkably similar, albeit with a different ending.
How the “Islamic Antichrist” reflects our era’s anxieties
By Daniel Burke — February 6, 2013
Every age needs an Antichrist. For Protestant reformers, it was the papacy. For Cold War Christians, it was the Soviets. Now, a growing group of evangelicals say the Antichrist will be Muslim.
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