Left Behind & Loving It: A Cheeky Look at the End Times

Left Behind and Loving It is a cheeky critique of popular writings about the end times. Rather than presenting a steroid-buffed Jesus wrapped in an American flag and ＂coming again in clouds of gunfire,＂ Left Behind and Loving It invites readers to approach some of the most controversial and scary portions of the Scriptures with the utter confidence that ＂God’s steadfast love endures forever.＂ Rather than asserting a hope premised on a few chosen ones escaping the world, Left Behind and Loving It argues that if it is Jesus who is to return (and not his evil twin), then the second coming has redemption written all over it. Many today cannot accept the escapist, violent, end-of-the-world scenario envisioned by ＂Left Behind＂ theology. Left Behind and Loving It invites readers not to fear but to trust in God’s steadfast love and look at the finitude of the world with hope in an infinitely loving God.

D. Mark Davis is the pastor of Heartland Presbyterian Church in Clive, Iowa. He is the author of Talking about Evangelism (2007).