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Matthew Avery Sutton

The Left Behind Franchise: Biblical Epic or Epic Fail?

The following guest post is by Mark Edwards, assistant professor of US history and politics at Spring Arbor University in Michigan, author of The Right of the Protestant Left: God’s Totalitarianism, and co-chair of the recent 2014 S-USIH Conference.I was born and bred in rapture culture. Chick tracts were my Marvel comics (btw, be sure to download the Chick tracts app to your phone so you can see what happens to Charlie’s ants when they die!). For some Christian young people today, growing up as a potential Leftover is tough. When discussing fundamentalist readings of the end of days last Read more