“Bible-prophecy scholarship” in this story — and in real life — is phlebotinum. The Rapture and the rest of the End Times chart are about as “biblical” as reversing the polarity on a tachyon pulse. Read more

The actor playing Hattie Durham wants us to know that she doesn’t approve of Hattie’s behavior. And thus we never see Hattie’s behavior, only the actor’s disapproval. All of the “unsaved” characters in Left Behind are like this. Read more

Tim LaHaye’s theology and the awkward plot Jerry Jenkins has constructed for it simply do not allow for humanity to rage against or to question or to negotiate with God. “Cruciatus in crucem” — “to Hell with your punishments” — is not a phrase anyone in “Left Behind: The Movie” is allowed even to think, much less to say. Read more