As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the history. Harmony takes work.

Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable.

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is more.

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotional, I would tell them a rapture story.

No life is messier than one in ministry

You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.