A house divided

Christian Century, Dec 14, 2004

A HOUSE DIVIDED: Tyndale House has sold 42 million Left Behind books, a sensationalist series of novels that contends born-again Christians will be raptured into heaven, while the rest of humanity faces an Apocalypse. But now the evangelical publisher has launched a counter series, written by Christian radio host Hank Hanegraaff, who believes that the Book of Revelation describes first-century persecution of Christians under Emperor Nero, not some future tribulation of nonbelievers.

Tim LaHaye, coauthor of the Left Behind series, was not amused when Tyndale asked him to debate Hanegraaff in a promotion of the new series (Time, November 22).