Tim LaHaye
Tim LaHaye
Timothy F. "Tim" LaHayewas an American evangelical Christian minister, author, and speaker. He is best known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-wrote with Jerry B. Jenkins. He authored more than fifty books, both fiction and non-fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Author
Date of Birth27 April 1926
CountryUnited States of America
believable call gifted holy inspired jerry matter prayer spirit
Jerry and I really made it a matter of prayer that he could be gifted to and inspired by the Holy Spirit to write what I call a believable conversion.
cave creative fiction goes jerry met team together
And then I met Jerry and he's such a creative fiction writer, and I don't know if there's ever been a team put together the way we are - where one person does the theological way out and suggestions, and the other person goes into the cave and does the fiction writing.
believe hard
Yes, in fact, it's hard to believe this, but it was almost 18 years ago when I first got the idea.
characters dreaming fallen fun happen love people
We've fallen in love with the characters and the people and we're dreaming about what's going to happen to them. It's really a fun experience.
facts way salvation
But when you take the Bible literally, for what it says, you have to come back to the fact that there is only one way of salvation; there's only one Savior.
equal stations values
Nobody is just anything... everyone is of equal value, regardless of their station
saved
When you allegorize, you're gonna get everybody saved somehow.
opposites selfishness
In short, selfishness is the opposite of love.
burden shoulders deeper
All I know is that the closer I get to God, the deeper I get into the Bible, and the heavier the burden seems on my shoulders.
millennials earth kingdoms
But the Jews will also be believers, so you can say that all the saints, both gentiles and Jews, will go into the millennial kingdom and populate the earth.
afterlife would-be jerry
Jerry and I hoped that it would be a popular bestseller.
prophecy
You have to take Bible prophecy literally, just like everything else in the Bible.
revenge weapons world
Revenge is the most worthless weapon in the world.
biblical media yeah
Yeah, I have been because, generally speaking, to we Biblical literalists, the media is very hostile.