“Left Behind” Articles

Silliman argues that each of these stories prefigures the current crisis within evangelicalism.

Both The Leftovers and Left Behind may be mere entertainment, but they nonetheless expertly play into the fears of what a less-populated world would entail.

There’s an underlying cynicism in irony-drenched viral marketing, the same philosophy that undergirds the megachurch culture that made the ‘Left Behind’ franchise a hit in the first place.

Even the original Left Behind novel series showed more truth and humanity than the soulless new movie.

I just wish more evangelicals realized Left Behind is still just end times fantasy and could have fun with it anyway, rather than taking it all so seriously.

Both of these bestselling book series feature magical worlds, good-versus-evil battles, and “wizard”-like heroes. But only one seems more prone to Christian fans’ sinful abuse.