Two weeks from now will find closure coming to something that should have ended a long, long time ago. Kingdom Come, purportedly the LAST installment of the Left Behind series of novels, comes out on April 3rd.

These books have done absolutely nothing positive for Christianity. They’ve scared a lot of people into professing Christ as their lord and savior. Unfortunately a relationship with Christ has to be built on something more than fear. Being a Christian isn’t supposed to be something you embrace as “fire insurance” against Hell: there’s more to it than that. This is something you do because you realize that on your own, you really don’t have meaning or purpose. Being a witness for Christ means showing others the work that God is completing in our lives. It doesn’t mean scaring people: there’s no spiritual growth possible when fear is made out to be ...