Catholics and the Rapture: Will You Be Caught Up Or Left Behind? [Audio Cassette]

Patrick Madrid (Author), Carl Olson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2002

You run into them everywhere these days - those best-selling, slickly produced, heavily publicized apocalyptic potboilers called the Left Behind series. Their co-authors, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, base their fictional books about the "End Times" on an eccentric and novel Protestant theory known as the secret "rapture," which they claim will be a third, "invisible," coming of Christ to snatch away all "true Christians" from the earth before the terrors of the Tribulation and the reign of the Antichrist begin.

Are these End Times stories merely a harmless diversion for rapture-believing Protestants and curious Catholics? Or is there something more dangerous in the theology and attitudes this mushrooming "rapture industry" is promoting? Get the facts in this explosive new tape set by best-selling Catholic author and apologist Patrick Madrid as he's joined by Carl Olson, a prolific Catholic writer, apologist, and convert from Fundamentalism. Together, they examine the problems with the Left Behind books and explain exactly what the Bible really says - and doesn't say -about the rapture, the Tribulation, and the Second Coming of Christ. An excellent resource to share with your Evangelical and Fundamentalist Protestant friends!

2-tape audio set

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About the Author

Patrick Madrid is the publisher of "Envoy" magazine and its website, an award-winning journal of Catholic apologetics. He is a best selling author whose books including "Pope Fiction," "Search and Rescue," "Where Is That in the Bible?," and the "Surprised by Truth" series. He is also the host of two EWTN television programs, "The Truth About Scripture and Tradition" and "Pope Fiction."

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Surprised By Truth Seminars (January 2, 2002)
• ISBN-10: 1931973016
• ISBN-13: 978-1931973014
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,112,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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PATRICK MADRID is a life-long Catholic. He has authored or edited 16 books on Catholic themes, including Search and Rescue, Where Is That in the Bible, and the acclaimed Surprised by Truth series.

In the fall of 2012, he will release four new books with four different publishers: Our Sunday Visitor, Servant Books, Saint Benedict Press, and Random House.

Since 1996, Patrick has published Envoy Magazine, and he also serves as the director of the Envoy Institute, which is dedicated to teaching Catholics how to explain their Faith more intelligently, defend it more charitably, and share it more effectively.

Commenting publicly on the effectiveness of Patrick's approach to doing apologetics, Cardinal Edward Egan, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, said, "How do you bring a friend or relative back into the Church? First you pray. Then, you follow Patrick Madrid's advice in [his book] Search and Rescue."

Prior to launching the Envoy apostolate, Patrick worked at Catholic Answers for eight years (1988 to 1996), where he served as vice president.

A veteran of a dozen formal, public debates with Protestant ministers, Mormon leaders, and other non-Catholic spokesmen, he has presented over 2000 seminars on Catholic themes, in English and Spanish, at parishes, universities, and conferences across the U.S. and around the world.

Patrick hosts the Thursday edition of EWTN's "Open Line" radio broadcast (3-5 p.m. ET), heard on approximately 195 AM & FM stations across the country, as well as on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 130 and globally via shortwave.

Patrick earned a bachelor of science degree in business at the University of Phoenix, as well as a B.Phil. in philosophy and an M.A. in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum (Columbus, OH).

He teaches theology and apologetics as an adjunct professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

His website is www.patrickmadrid.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!, June 2, 2002

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This review is from: Catholics and the Rapture: Will You Be Caught Up Or Left Behind? (Audio Cassette)

This tape set tells the truth about the rapture and the left behind books. Exposes the nonsense that writers use to sell books and make themselves rich.