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Timothy Francis LaHaye (April 27, 1926 – July 25, 2016) was an American Baptist evangelical Christian
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who wrote more than 85 books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the '' Left Behind'' series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-authored with Jerry B. Jenkins. He was a founder of the Council for National Policy, a right-wing conservative Christian advocacy group. LaHaye was vociferously anti-homosexual, a harsh critic of
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, and a strong believer of the Illuminati global conspiracy theory.


Biography


Early life

Timothy Francis LaHaye was born on April 27, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan to Frank LaHaye, a Ford auto worker who died in 1936 of a heart attack, and Margaret LaHaye (née Palmer). His father's death had a significant influence on LaHaye, who was only nine years old at the time. He had been inconsolable until the minister at the funeral said, "This is not the end of Frank LaHaye; because he accepted Jesus Christ, the day will come when the Lord will shout from
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and descend, and the dead in Christ will rise first and then we'll be caught up together to meet him in the air." LaHaye later said that, upon hearing those remarks, "all of a sudden, there was hope in my heart I'd see my father again." LaHaye enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1944, at the age of 18, after he finished night school. He served in the
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as a machine gunner aboard a bomber. In 1950, LaHaye received a Bachelor of Arts from Bob Jones University in
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. LaHaye held the Doctor of Ministry degree from Western Seminary.


Ministry

He served as a pastor in Pumpkintown, South Carolina, and after that he pastored a congregation in Minneapolis until 1956. After that, the LaHaye family moved to San Diego, California, where he served as pastor of the Scott Memorial
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(now called Shadow Mountain Community Church) for nearly 25 years. In 1971, he founded Christian Heritage College, now known as San Diego Christian College. In 1972, LaHaye helped establish the Institute for Creation Research in
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, along with
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.


Political activism

LaHaye started numerous groups to promote his views, having become involved in politics at the Christian Voice during the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, he encouraged
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to found the Moral Majority and sat on its board of directors. LaHaye's wife, Beverly, founded Concerned Women for America, a conservative
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women's activist group. Then in 1981, he left the pulpit to concentrate his time on politics and writing. That year, he helped found the Council for National Policy (CNP) a policy making think tank in which membership is only available through invitation; it has been reported "the most powerful conservative organization in America you've never heard of". In the 1980s he was criticized by the evangelical community for accepting money from Bo Hi Pak, a longtime
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operative. Barbara Forrest and
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. '' Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design''. 2004, page 272
He was additionally criticized for joining Moon's Council for Religious Freedom, which was founded to protest Moon's 1984 imprisonment. In 1996, LaHaye's wife spoke at an event sponsored by Moon. In the 1980s, LaHaye founded the American Coalition for Traditional Values and the Coalition for Religious Freedom. He founded the Pre-Tribulation Research Center along with Thomas Ice in 1998. The center is dedicated to producing material that supports a dispensationalist,
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interpretation of the Bible. He and his wife had connections to the John Birch Society, a conservative,
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group. LaHaye also took more direct roles in presidential politics. He supported
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's elections as United States president. He was a co-chairman of
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's 1988 presidential bid but was removed from the campaign after four days when his anti-Catholic views became known. LaHaye played a significant role in getting the Religious Right to support George W. Bush for the presidency in
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. In 2007, he endorsed
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during the primaries and served as his spiritual advisor.


''Left Behind''

LaHaye is best known for the ''Left Behind'' series of apocalyptic fiction that depicts the Earth after the
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which Premillennial Dispensationalists believe the Bible states, multiple times, will occur. The books were LaHaye's idea, though Jerry B. Jenkins, a former sportswriter with numerous other works of fiction to his name, wrote the books from LaHaye's notes. Jenkins has said, "I write the best I can. I know I'm never going to be revered as some classic writer. I don't claim to be C. S. Lewis. The literary-type writers, I admire them. I wish I was smart enough to write a book that's hard to read, you know?" The series, which started in 1995 with the first novel, includes 12 titles in the adult series, as well as juvenile novels, audio books, devotionals, and graphic novels. The books have been very popular, with total sales surpassing 65 million copies as of July 2016. Seven titles in the adult series have reached No. 1 on the bestseller lists for '' The New York Times, USA Today'', and '' Publishers Weekly''.
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said about the first book in the series: "In terms of its impact on Christianity, it's probably greater than that of any other book in modern times, outside the Bible." The best-selling series has been compared to the equally popular works of Tom Clancy and
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: "the plotting is brisk and the characterizations Manichean. People disappear and things blow up." LaHaye indicates that the idea for the series came to him one day circa 1994, while he was sitting on an airplane and observed a married pilot flirting with a flight attendant. He wondered what would befall the pilot if the Rapture happened at that moment. The first book in the series opens with a similar scene. He sold the movie rights for the ''Left Behind'' series and later stated he regretted that decision, because the films turned out to be "church-basement videos", rather than "a big-budget blockbuster" that he had hoped for.


Later activities

In 2001, LaHaye co-hosted with
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the prophecy television program ''The King Is Coming''. In 2001, LaHaye gave $4.5 million to Liberty University to build a new student center and School of Prophecy, which opened in January 2002 and was named after LaHaye. He also served as its president. He provided funds for the
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on the campus of Liberty University, which opened in January 2006. LaHaye's book ''The Rapture'' was released on June 6, 2006, in order to capitalize on a 6-6-6 connection.


Personal life and death

Tim LaHaye married activist and fellow author Beverly Ratcliffe in 1947 while attending Bob Jones University. In July 2016, the LaHayes celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. They had four children and nine grandchildren, and lived in the Los Angeles area. The LaHayes owned a home in Rancho Mirage, California. LaHaye died on July 25, 2016, in a hospital in San Diego, California, after suffering from a stroke, aged 90. In addition to his wife, Beverly, he was survived by four children, nine grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, a brother (Richard LaHaye), and a sister. His funeral service took place at Shadow Mountain Community Church on August 12, 2016, with David Jeremiah, who succeeded LaHaye as pastor at what was then Scott Memorial Baptist Church, led the service. LaHaye is interred at
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in San Diego, California.


Social views


Homosexuality

In 1978 LaHaye published ''The Unhappy Gays'', which was later retitled ''What Everyone Should Know About Homosexuality''. The book called homosexuals "militant, organized" and "vile." ''The Unhappy Gays'' also argues that homosexuals share 16 pernicious traits, including "incredible promiscuity", "deceit", "selfishness", "vulnerability to sadism-masochism", and "poor health and an early death." He believed that homosexuality can be cured.Bob Moser
"Holy War"
, Southern Poverty Law Center; accessed December 20, 2007.
However, he said that such conversions are rare.


Global conspiracies

LaHaye believed that the Illuminati is secretly engineering world affairs. In ''Rapture Under Attack'' he wrote:
I myself have been a forty-five year student of the
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ically-inspired, centuries-old conspiracy to use government, education, and media to destroy every vestige of Christianity within our society and establish a new world order. Having read at least fifty books on the Illuminati, I am convinced that it exists and can be blamed for many of man's inhumane actions against his fellow man during the past two hundred years.
The Illuminati is just one of many groups that he believed are working to "turn America into an amoral, humanist country, ripe for merger into a one-world socialist state." Other secret societies and liberal groups working to destroy "every vestige of Christianity", according to LaHaye, include: the Trilateral Commission, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Organization for Women,
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, "the major TV networks, high-profile newspapers and newsmagazines," the
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, major foundations ( Rockefeller, Carnegie, Ford), the United Nations, "the left wing of the Democratic Party",
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, Yale "and 2,000 other colleges and universities."


Eschatology and ''Left Behind''

LaHaye held apocalyptic beliefs and asserted the end of the world was near. Other believers in dispensational
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, who believe that the
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is imminent, criticize various aspects of his theology, saying he has "some real problems with his prophetical teachings in the ''Left Behind'' series." It is noted that "in books 8 & 9, LaHaye and Jenkins teach that on-willingrecipients of the mark of the beast can still be saved". However, in ''The Mark'', "the Chang scenario" is developed, whereby a character receives both the mark of the beast and the sealing of the Lord. In ''Desecration'', his dual-marking was justified in the storyline. This has led some readers to wonder "how a Christian can have the mark of the beast and still be saved" and has been asked many times by perplexed readers on the ''Left Behind'' messageboard. Attempts to address this question have appeared on the FAQ page at LeftBehind.com. Many mainstream Christians and certain other evangelicals had broader disagreements with the series as a whole, pointing out that "most biblical scholars largely reject the eschatological assumptions of this kind of pop end-times literature." Others say that LaHaye portrays the Book of Revelation with a selective literalism, choosing to take some things literally (such as the violence) and others as metaphor (the Beast) as it suits his point of view.Rev. Paul Tellström.
Left-Behind: Rationalism
". Sermon at Irvine United Congregational Church. March 4, 2007.
In ''The Rapture Exposed'' by Barbara Rossing, a number of criticisms are raised regarding the series, particularly its focus on violence.Tom Sine.
Who is Tim LaHaye? And how did he become 'the most influential Christian' in the country?
. ''Sojourners''. September–October 2001.


Anti-Catholic sentiments

LaHaye was a harsh critic of
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, which he called "a false religion". In his 1973 book ''Revelation Illustrated and Made Plain'', he stated that the Catholic Church "is more dangerous than no religion because she substitutes religion for truth" and "is also dangerous because some of her doctrines are pseudo-Christian." Elsewhere the same book compared Catholic ceremonies to
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rituals. It was these statements that were largely responsible for LaHaye's dismissal from Jack Kemp's 1988 presidential campaign. It was later revealed that
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, the San Diego church that LaHaye had pastored throughout the 1970s, had sponsored an anti-Catholic group called
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; one of their pamphlets asserted that Pope Paul VI was the "archpriest of Satan, a deceiver, and an antichrist, who has, like Judas, gone to his own place." The issue of anti-Catholicism also comes up in regard to the ''Left Behind'' series. While the fictional Pope John XXIV was raptured, he is described as having "stirred up controversy in the church with a new doctrine that seemed to coincide more with the 'heresy' of Martin Luther than with the historic orthodoxy they were used to," and this is implied as the reason he was raptured. His successor, Pope Peter II becomes Pontifex Maximus of
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, an amalgamation of all remaining world faiths and religions. In Book 9 of the series, ''The Desecration'', Nicolae Carpathia, the villain, specifically refutes all happenings at Jesus' crucifixion that are part of the Catholic stations of the Cross but not in the canonical gospels, further undercutting the Catholic traditions.LaHaye, Tim and Jerry Jenkins. The Desecration, Pg. 20. Other Catholic writers have said that while the books aren't "anti-Catholic per se" they reflect LaHaye's other writings on the subject.Carl E. Olson.
No Rapture for Rome: The Anti-Catholics behind the Best-selling ''Left Behind'' Books
". Catholic.com. Accessed December 14, 2007.
Despite his anti-Catholic views, he praised traditionalist Catholic director Mel Gibson's 2004 film '' The Passion of the Christ'', saying that "Everyone should see this movie. It could be Hollywood's finest achievement to date." He also endorsed Catholic convert
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for president in 2012.


Tributes

'' Time Magazine'' named LaHaye one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in America, and in the summer of 2001, the ''Evangelical Studies Bulletin'' named him the most influential Christian leader of the preceding quarter century.


Awards

He received an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from Liberty University.


Works

LaHaye authored over 85 books in his lifetime.


Novels

;''Left Behind'' series (with Jerry B. Jenkins): ''Left Behind'' series: # Oct. 1995, '' Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days'' () # Oct. 1996, '' Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind'' () # Oct. 1997, '' Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist'' () # Aug. 1998, '' Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides'' () # Feb. 1999, '' Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed'' () # Aug. 1999, ''
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: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist'' () # May. 2000, '' The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession'' () # Nov. 2000, ''
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: The Beast Rules the World'' () # Oct. 2001, '' Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne'' () # Jul. 2002, '' The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon'' () # Apr. 2003, '' Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages'' () # Mar. 2004, '' Glorious Appearing: The End of Days'' () # Apr. 2007, ''
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: The Final Victory'' () ''Before They Were Left Behind'' series (prequel): # March 2005, '' The Rising: Before They Were Left Behind'' () # November 2005, ''
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: Before They Were Left Behind'' () # June 6, 2006, ''
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'' () '' Left Behind: The Kids'' series (spin off): # ''The Vanishings: Four Kids Face Earth's Last Days Together'' (1998) # ''Second Chance: The Search For Truth'' (1998) # ''Through the Flames: The Kids Risk Their Lives'' (1998) # ''Facing the Future: Preparing for Battle'' (1998) # ''Nicolae High: The Young Trib Force Goes Back to School'' (1999) # ''The Underground: The Young Trib Force Fights Back'' (1999, with
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) # ''Busted!: The Young Trib Force Faces Pressure'' (2000, with
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) # ''Death Strike: The Young Trib Force Faces War'' (2000, with
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) # ''The Search: The Struggle to Survive'' (2000, with
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) # ''On the Run: The Young Trib Force Faces Danger'' (2000) # ''Into the Storm: The Search for Secret Documents'' (2000, with
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) # ''Earthquake!: The Young Trib Force Faces Disaster'' (2000, with
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) # ''The Showdown: Behind Enemy Lines'' (2001, with
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) # ''Judgment Day: Into Raging Waters'' (2001, with
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) # ''Battling the Commander: The Hidden Cave'' (2001, with
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) # ''Fire from Heaven'' (2001, with
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) # ''Terror in the Stadium: Witnesses Under Fire'' (2001, with
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) # ''Darkening Skies: Judgment of Ice'' (2001, with
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) # ''Attack of Apollyon: Revenge of the Locusts'' (2002) # ''A Dangerous Plan: Race Against Time'' (2002, with
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) # ''Secrets of New Babylon: The Search for an Imposter'' (2002) # ''Escape from New Babylon: Discovering New Believers'' (2002, with
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) # ''Horsemen of Terror: The Unseen Judgment'' (2002, with
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) # ''Uplink from the Underground: Showtime for Vicki'' (2002, with
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) # ''Death at the Gala: History in the Making'' (2003, with
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) # ''The Beast Arises: Unveiling the Plan'' (2003, with
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) # ''Wildfire: Into the Great Tribulation'' (2003, with
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) # ''The Mark of the Beast: Dilemma in New Bablyon'' (2003, with
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) # ''Breakout!: Believers in Danger'' (2003) # ''Murder in the Holy Place: Carpathia's Deadly Deception'' (2003, with
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) # ''Escape to Masada: Joining Operation Eagle'' (2003, with
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) # ''War of the Dragon: Miracles in the Air'' (2003, with
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) # ''Attack on Petra: Through the Inferno'' (2004, with
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) # ''Bounty Hunters: Believers in the Crosshairs'' (2004, with
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) # ''The Rise of False Messiahs: Carpathia's Evil Tricks'' (2004) # ''Ominous Choices: The Race for Life'' (2004, with
Chris Fabry Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...
) # ''Heat Wave: Surviving the Fourth Bowl Judgment'' (2004, with
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) # ''The Perils of Love: Breaking Through the Darkness'' (2004, with
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) # ''The Road to War: Facing the Guillotine'' (2004, with
Chris Fabry Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...
) # ''Triumphant Return: The New Jerusalem'' (2004, with
Chris Fabry Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...
) ;'' Babylon Rising'' series: # October 2003, '' Babylon Rising'', with Greg Dinallo () # August 2004, ''The Secret on Ararat'', with
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() # September 2005, ''The Europa Conspiracy'', with
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() # August 29, 2006, ''The Edge of Darkness'', with
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() ;''The Jesus Chronicles'' series (with Jerry B. Jenkins): # ''John's Story: The Last Eyewitness'' (2006) () # ''Mark's Story: The Gospel According to Peter'' (2007) # ''Luke's Story: By Faith Alone'' (2009) # ''Matthew's Story: From Sinner To Saint'' (2010) ;''The End'' series (with Craig Parshall): # ''Edge of Apocalypse'' (2010) # ''Thunder of Heaven'' (2011) # ''Brink of Chaos'' (2012) # ''Mark of Evil'' (2014) ;Standalone novels: * ''Come Spring'' (2005, with Gregory S. Dinallo) * ''Always Grace'' (2008, with Greg Dinallo, Gregory S. Dinallo)


Comics

;''Left Behind'' Graphic Novel series (with Jerry B. Jenkins): # ''Left Behind: A Graphic Novel of Earth's Last Days'' (2001, with Aaron Lopresti,
Jeffrey Moy Jeffrey may refer to: * Jeffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Jeffrey'' (1995 film), a 1995 film by Paul Rudnick, based on Rudnick's play of the same name * ''Jeffrey'' (2016 film), a 2016 Dominican Republic documentary film ...
) # ''Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind'' (2002, with
Brian Augustyn Brian Augustyn (November 2, 1954 – February 1, 2022) was an American comic book editor and writer. He often worked as editor or co-writer with writer Mark Waid, such as on ''The Flash'' in the 1990s. He wrote ''Gotham by Gaslight –'' which i ...
)


Poems

* ''Our Favorite Verse'' (1986, Beverly LaHaye)


Nonfiction

;Self-help: * ''Spirit-Controlled Temperament'' (1966) * ''How to Be Happy Though Married'' (1968) * ''Transforming Your Temperament'' (1971) * ''The Beginning of the End'' (1972) * ''How To Win Over Depression'' (1974) * ''Ten Steps to Victory Over Depression'' (1974) * '' The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love'' (1976, with Beverly LaHaye) * ''Opposites Attract'' (1977) * ''Understand Your Man: Secrets of the Male Temperament'' (1977) * ''Understanding the Male Temperament'' (1977) * ''Six Keys to a Happy Marriage'' (1978) * ''Spirit-Controlled Family Living'' (1978) * ''The Unhappy Gays: What Everyone Should Know About Homosexuality'' (1978) * ''Your Temperament Can Be Changed'' (1978) * ''Anger Is a Choice'' (1982, with
Dr. Bob Phillips, Ph.D Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...
) * ''How to Manage Pressure Before Pressure Manages You'' (1983) * ''Increase Your Personality Power'' (1984) * ''Practical Answers to Common Questions about Sex in Marriage'' (1984) * ''The Coming Peace in the Middle East'' (1984) * ''Your Temperament: Discover Its Potential'' (1984) * What Lovemaking Means to a... series: *# ''What Lovemaking Means to a Woman: Practical Advice to Married Women about Sex'' (1984) *# ''What Lovemaking Means to a Man: Practical Advice to Married Men about Sex'' (1984) * ''Sex Education is for the Family'' (1985) * ''Why You Act the Way You Do'' (1987) * ''Finding the Will of God in a Crazy, Mixed-Up World'' (1989) * ''If Ministers Fall, Can They Be Restored?'' (1990) * ''Our Life Together'' (1990, with Richard Exley) * ''I Love You, But Why Are We So Different?: Making the Most of Personality Differences in Your Marriage'' (1991) * ''Raising Sexually Pure Kids: How to Prepare Your Children for The Act of Marriage'' (1993) * ''Smart Money'' (1994, with Jerry Tuma) * ''The Spirit-Filled Family: Expanded for the Challenges of Today'' (1995, with Beverly LaHaye) * ''Gathering Lilies from Among the Thorns: Finding the Mate God Has for You'' (1998, with Beverly LaHaye) * ''The Power of the Cross'' (1998) * ''The Act of Marriage After 40'' (2000, with Beverly LaHaye, Mike Yorkey) * Soul Survivor series: *# '' Mind Siege: The Battle for the Truth'' (2000, with David A. Noebel) *# ''All the Rave'' (2002, with Bob DeMoss) *# ''The Last Dance'' (2002, with Bob DeMoss) *# ''Black Friday'' (2003, with Bob DeMoss) * ''Perhaps Today: Living Everyday in the Light of Christ's Return'' (2001, with Jerry B. Jenkins) * ''The Transparent Leader: Spiritual Secrets of Nineteen Successful Men'' (2001, with Dwight L. Johnson, Dean Nelson) * ''Heart Attacked: How to Keep and Guard Your Heart for God'' (2002, with
Ed Hindson Edward Hindson (December 21, 1944 – July 2, 2022) was an American Christian evangelist and host of ''The King Is Coming'', a syndicated television broadcast shown across the United States. Hindson wrote more than twenty books that deal with ...
) * ''Seduction of the Heart'' (2002, with
Ed Hindson Edward Hindson (December 21, 1944 – July 2, 2022) was an American Christian evangelist and host of ''The King Is Coming'', a syndicated television broadcast shown across the United States. Hindson wrote more than twenty books that deal with ...
) * ''Embracing Eternity: Living Each Day with a Heart Toward Heaven'' (2004, with Jerry B. Jenkins, Frank M. Martin) * ''Jesus and the Hope of His Coming'' (2004, with Jerry B. Jenkins) * ''Turn Your Life Around: Break Free from Your Past to a New and Better You'' (2006, with Tim Clinton) * ''The Essential Guide to Bible Prophecy: 13 Keys to Understanding the End Times'' (2012, with
Ed Hindson Edward Hindson (December 21, 1944 – July 2, 2022) was an American Christian evangelist and host of ''The King Is Coming'', a syndicated television broadcast shown across the United States. Hindson wrote more than twenty books that deal with ...
) * ''A Quick Look at the Rapture and the Second Coming'' (2013) :History: * ''Faith of Our Founding Fathers'' (1987) * ''Hitler, God & the Bible'' (2012, with Ray Comfort) ;Politics: * ''The Hidden Censors'' (1984) ;Religion: * ''Revelation Unveiled'' (1973) * ''Revelation: Illustrated and Made Plain'' (1973) * ''How to Study the Bible for Yourself'' (1976) * ''The Ark on Ararat'' (1976, with
John D. Morris John David Morris (born 1946) was an American young earth creationist. He was the son of "the father of creation science", Henry M. Morris, and served as president of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) from the time of his father's death ...
) * ''Life in the Afterlife: What Really Happens After Death?'' (1980) * The Battle for the Mind/Family series: *# ''The Battle for the Mind'' (1980) *# ''The Battle for the Family'' (1981) * ''The Battle for the Public Schools'' (1982) * ''The Race for the 21st Century'' (1986) * ''No Fear of the Storm: Why Christians Will Escape All the Tribulation'', AKA ''Rapture Under Attack: Will Christians Escape the Tribulation?'', AKA ''The Rapture: Who Will Face the Tribulation?'' (1992) * ''Understanding Bible Prophecy for Yourself'' (1992) * ''Jesus: Who Is He?'' (1996) * ''Understanding the Last Days'' (1998) * ''Bible Prophecy: What You Need to Know'' (1999) * ''Are We Living in the End Times?'' (1999, with Jerry B. Jenkins) * ''Tim LaHaye Prophecy Study Bible'' (2000) * ''The Complete Bible Prophecy Chart'' (2001, with
Thomas Ice Thomas Ice is an American theologian and author of books on biblical prophecy. Education and career Ice received his BA from Howard Payne University in 1975, his masters in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1981, and a PhD from Tynda ...
) * ''The Merciful God of Prophecy: His Loving Plan for You in the End Times'' (2002) * ''End Times Controversy: The Second Coming Under Attack'' (2003) * ''God Always Keeps His Promises'' (2003, with Jerry B. Jenkins) * ''The Promise of Heaven'' (2003, with Jerry B. Jenkins) * ''These Will Not Be Left Behind: Incredible Stories of Lives Transformed After Reading the Left Behind Novels'' (2003, with Jerry B. Jenkins) * ''A Kid's Guide to Understanding the End Times'' (2004, with Jerry B. Jenkins,
Chris Fabry Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...
) * ''Jesus Is Coming Soon!: A Kid's Guide to Bible Prophecy and the End Times'' (2004, with Jerry B. Jenkins) * ''Why Believe in Jesus?'' (2004) * ''The Authorized Left Behind Handbook'' (2005, with Jerry B. Jenkins, Sandi L. Swanson) * ''The Best Christmas Gift'' (2005, with Greg Dinallo, Gregory S. Dinallo) * ''A Party of Two: The Dating, Marriage, and Family Guide'', AKA ''Party of Two: Lessons for Staying in Step in Dating, Marriage, and Family Life'' (2006, with Beverly LaHaye) * ''The Popular Bible Prophecy Workbook: An Interactive Guide to Understanding the End Times'' (2006, with
Ed Hindson Edward Hindson (December 21, 1944 – July 2, 2022) was an American Christian evangelist and host of ''The King Is Coming'', a syndicated television broadcast shown across the United States. Hindson wrote more than twenty books that deal with ...
) * ''Global Warning: Are We on the Brink of World War III?'' (2007, with
Ed Hindson Edward Hindson (December 21, 1944 – July 2, 2022) was an American Christian evangelist and host of ''The King Is Coming'', a syndicated television broadcast shown across the United States. Hindson wrote more than twenty books that deal with ...
) * ''The Popular Bible Prophecy Commentary: Understanding the Meaning of Every Prophetic Passage'' (2007, with
Ed Hindson Edward Hindson (December 21, 1944 – July 2, 2022) was an American Christian evangelist and host of ''The King Is Coming'', a syndicated television broadcast shown across the United States. Hindson wrote more than twenty books that deal with ...
) * ''Jesus: Why the World Is Still Fascinated by Him'' (2009) * ''The Book of Revelation Made Clear: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Understanding the Most Mysterious Book of the Bible'' (2014, with Timothy E. Parker) * ''Target Israel: Caught in the Crosshairs of the End Times'' (2015, with
Ed Hindson Edward Hindson (December 21, 1944 – July 2, 2022) was an American Christian evangelist and host of ''The King Is Coming'', a syndicated television broadcast shown across the United States. Hindson wrote more than twenty books that deal with ...
) * ''Bible Prophecy for Everyone: What You Need to Know About the End Times'' (2016) * ''Who Will Face the Tribulation?: How to Prepare for the Rapture and Christ's Return'' (2016)


See also

*
Christian eschatology Christian eschatology, a major branch of study within Christian theology, deals with "last things". Such eschatology – the word derives from two Greek roots meaning "last" () and "study" (-) – involves the study of "end things", whether of ...


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