Loved the soundtrack.
Posted on 12/07/2006 9:00:57 AM PST by Alex Murphy
Evangelical Christian authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins are publishing superstars famous for the after-the-rapture "Left Behind" thrillers, which have sold more than 62 million copies and inspired three low-budget movies, a video game, a lawsuit and charges of anti-Semitism. Now, the pair have begun a new project: "The Jesus Chronicles," a series of four novels based on the New Testament. This time, they're likely to rile biblical purists, even as they aim for "Da Vinci Code" fans hungry for less strident approaches to the mysteries of the Bible.
Though the books aren't built on premises as controversial as those underlying their last series, in which Jews and others who don't convert die in a bloody battle, LaHaye and Jenkins say their message is still the same: The end is coming. Be ready. Know the Bible.
"John's Story: The Last Eyewitness (Book One of the Jesus Chronicles)" follows the last living apostle as he records the miracles of Jesus and later, after months of hard labor in the marble mines, writes the psychedelic Book of Revelation. Here, John is 89, leading Christians in secret, spreading Jesus' teachings by word-of-mouth. Then Cerinthus, a new celebrity preacher, hits the Roman Empire, and his Gnostic sermons gather huge crowds. So along with two sidekicks, twentysomething acolyte Polycarp and aspiring martyr Ignatius, John sets out to write his Gospel.
Jenkins lives in the evangelical stronghold of Colorado Springs, Colo.; LaHaye and his wife, Beverly, founder of Concerned Women for America, live in Rancho Mirage, outside of Palm Springs. Last week, midway through a weeklong media tour, the diminutive LaHaye and his younger, grayer co-author Jenkins shared a sofa in their Marina del Rey Ritz-Carlton hotel suite and wearily defended their mission. They don't hate Jews, or for that matter...
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Around the time that the first of three films was released in 2000, LaHaye sued Canadian film production company Cloud Ten Pictures and Namesake Entertainment, claiming they made a lower quality film than the contract demanded. LaHaye said he's still fighting to win back the rights to the series.
I read the first 12, and part of that was just a commitment to finish the series. I couldn't get past the poor writing to figure out whether or not they got the theology correct.
I don't want to go back and find out what those people were up to before the Rapture. I'm tired of them.
[I read the first 12, and part of that was just a commitment to finish the series. I couldn't get past the poor writing to figure out whether or not they got the theology correct. ]
It took all 12 books to figure out that you couldn't get past the writing?
On more than one occasion, I set them aside for several months.
[On more than one occasion, I set them aside for several months.]
LOL. I still haven't finished them.
I did the same thing and still have not finished. On the good side, you can sit and read a book in about 4 hours. They read like a children's book, but the story is a good one. It's no wonder that the bible is a best seller.
(The notion of the rapture is theologically incorrect so it'd follow that the books would be also)
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I listened to the audio books when I used to do a lot of driving for work. They were abridged, so I didn't have any trouble getting through it. I found it interesting.
I listened to the audio books when I used to do a lot of driving for work. They were abridged, so I didn't have any trouble getting through all 12 books in a reasonably short period of time. I found it interesting.
...All twelve books?
...Nevermind.
:o)
Yeah. Like I said, they were audio books (checked out from the library) and they were abridged. It took a couple of months to do the whole series, but I had to be in the car anyway.
I really enjoyed getting audio books from the library back then, but I don't spend enough time in the car to justify it anymore. I'd never get through an entire book with the small amount of driving I do these days.
Loved the soundtrack.
"I really enjoyed getting audio books from the library"
When I drove longhaul across the country I borrowed the whole "Jack Ryan" series by Tom Clancy from the library. Finished them in about 4 months. Some were abridged, but the "Bear and the Dragon" was not. Over 25 hours for that one I think. I could not even sleep in the truck they were so interesting.
I've been listening to the NIV version of the Bible, narrated by Max McLean. His inflection is interesting. Sometimes. He's. Very. Shatneresque.
Other times, he's dramatic and excited. He narrated the Great Flood as if he were narrating an action adventure film.
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