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Tim LaHaye

1926 - 2016

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Timothy Francis LaHaye (April 27, 1926 – July 25, 2016) was an American Baptist evangelical Christian minister who wrote more than 85 books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-authored with Jerry B. Jenkins. He was a founder of the Council for National Policy, a conservative Christian advocacy group. LaHaye opposed homosexuality, believing it to be immoral and unbiblical. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim LaHaye has received more than 914,050 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim LaHaye is the 5,927th most popular writer (down from 5,187th in 2019), the 9,473rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,065th in 2019) and the 716th most popular American Writer.

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  • 19

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  • 3.57

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Notable Works

The Mark
Fantasy fiction, Rapture (Christian eschatology), Fiction
The international fiction series phenomenon continues. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye pick up the exciting end-times saga where The Indwelling left off. The evil world leader Nicolae Carpathia officially takes his place as the Antichrist and begins his three-and-a-half year reign of terror over the earth. Technology provides the means to place the mark of the beast on every human, and the Trib Force scrambles to survive.
2000
Nicolae
Fiction, Rapture (Christian eschatology), Rayford Steele (Fictitious character)
1997
Tribulation Force
Fiction, Illinois in fiction, Rapture (Christian eschatology)
1996
Left Behind
Fiction, Rapture (Christian eschatology), Rayford Steele (Fictitious character)
Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun
1995
Apollyon
Fantasy fiction, Rapture (Christian eschatology), Fiction
Best-selling authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins deliver a great page-turning combination of fiction and prophecy in the fifth book in the Left Behind series, Apollyon. The Tribulation Force travels to Israel for the Meeting of Witnesses as further judgments are released upon the world. Satan falls from heaven and opens the bottomless pit, releasing Apollyon and his plague of locusts that torture the unsaved. Apollyon is a thriller that will be tough to put down.
1999
Prophecy Study Bible
2000
The Indwelling
Fantasy fiction, Rapture (Christian eschatology), Fiction
The Indwelling, book number seven in the best-selling Left Behind series, marks the beginning of the second half of the seven year Tribulation period. The question of who killed Nicolae at the end of book number six, Assassins, will be answered. Readers will experience the horrors of God's judgment and the hope of salvation as they follow Rayford, Buck, Chloe, and the rest of the Tribulation Force in heart-stopping action. This book begins soon after Nicolae Carpathia is assassinated, and tells more on the end of the Gala, the midpoint of the Tribulation and the opening of the Great Tribulation. The members of the Tribulation Force -- just three in the safe house and the rest scattered about the globe -- face their most dangerous challenges. Following the assassination of the Antichrist, some are murder suspects; others test the precarious line between subversion and being revealed. Rayford Steele must escape Israel. Buck Williams must find a friend. Chloe Steele Williams despairs for her life and the life of her baby. Tsion Ben-Judah becomes a man who dreams dreams. Meanwhile, David, Annie, Mac, and Abdullah live life on the edge, toiling inside the very lair of the evil one, always a breath away from lives as fugitives. All over the news, reporters announce that Rayford Steele is Nicolae Carpathia's assassin, but Buck soon learns the truth. The world mourns the loss of a world leader until events at Nicolae's funeral bring all mourning to an end. Is the safe house really safe anymore? Is a Trib Force member guilty of murder? Who is the next comrade to die? Has their help come from too unlikely a source? - Publisher.
2000
Martin Chuzzlewit
Social life and customs, Literature, Description and travel
The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin's journey – an experience that teaches him to question his inherited self-interest and egotism – Dickens created many vividly realized figures: the brutish lout Jonas Chuzzlewit, plotting to gain the family fortune; Martin's optimistic manservant, Mark Tapley; gentle Tom Pinch; and the drunken and corrupt private nurse, Mrs Gamp. With its portrayal of greed, blackmail and murder, and its searing satire on America Dickens's novel is a powerful and blackly comic story of hypocrisy and redemption.
1800
Apollyon
Rapture (Christian eschatology), Suspense fiction, Christian life
Best-selling authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins deliver a great page-turning combination of fiction and prophecy in the fifth book in the Left Behind series, Apollyon. The Tribulation Force travels to Israel for the Meeting of Witnesses as further judgments are released upon the world. Satan falls from heaven and opens the bottomless pit, releasing Apollyon and his plague of locusts that torture the unsaved. Apollyon is a thriller that will be tough to put down.
1999
Left Behind
Rapture (Christian eschatology), Rayford Steele (Fictitious character), Ficción
Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun
1995
Nicolae
Fiction, Rapture (Christian eschatology), Adventure
Global Community forces shatter U.S. cities. Carpathia promises peace, urges global unity. Military vows to eliminate insurgent ‘Tribulation Force’. In the two years since millions vanished in an instant, a new world order has risen from the rubble. Tension crackles as the strangely enthralling leader Nicolae Carpathia consolidates his power over the new Global Community. Heads of state, financial and religious leaders, and even the media cower before Carpathia, reduced to puppets of his regime. Only pilot Rayford Steele, journalist Buck Williams, and the rest of the Tribulation Force know Carpathia for what he truly is―a dictator intent on snaring the world in his web of deceit. Amid personal heartbreak and the bloodshed and chaos of World War III, the Tribulation Force must stop him at any cost.
1997
The Mark
Rapture (Christian eschatology), Christian fiction, Suspense
The international fiction series phenomenon continues. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye pick up the exciting end-times saga where The Indwelling left off. The evil world leader Nicolae Carpathia officially takes his place as the Antichrist and begins his three-and-a-half year reign of terror over the earth. Technology provides the means to place the mark of the beast on every human, and the Trib Force scrambles to survive.
2000
Martin Chuzzlewit
Social life and customs, Literature, Description and travel
The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin's journey – an experience that teaches him to question his inherited self-interest and egotism – Dickens created many vividly realized figures: the brutish lout Jonas Chuzzlewit, plotting to gain the family fortune; Martin's optimistic manservant, Mark Tapley; gentle Tom Pinch; and the drunken and corrupt private nurse, Mrs Gamp. With its portrayal of greed, blackmail and murder, and its searing satire on America Dickens's novel is a powerful and blackly comic story of hypocrisy and redemption.
1800
The Mark
Rapture (Christian eschatology), Christian fiction, Suspense
The international fiction series phenomenon continues. Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye pick up the exciting end-times saga where The Indwelling left off. The evil world leader Nicolae Carpathia officially takes his place as the Antichrist and begins his three-and-a-half year reign of terror over the earth. Technology provides the means to place the mark of the beast on every human, and the Trib Force scrambles to survive.
2000
The Indwelling
Fantasy fiction, Rapture (Christian eschatology), Fiction
The Indwelling, book number seven in the best-selling Left Behind series, marks the beginning of the second half of the seven year Tribulation period. The question of who killed Nicolae at the end of book number six, Assassins, will be answered. Readers will experience the horrors of God's judgment and the hope of salvation as they follow Rayford, Buck, Chloe, and the rest of the Tribulation Force in heart-stopping action. This book begins soon after Nicolae Carpathia is assassinated, and tells more on the end of the Gala, the midpoint of the Tribulation and the opening of the Great Tribulation. The members of the Tribulation Force -- just three in the safe house and the rest scattered about the globe -- face their most dangerous challenges. Following the assassination of the Antichrist, some are murder suspects; others test the precarious line between subversion and being revealed. Rayford Steele must escape Israel. Buck Williams must find a friend. Chloe Steele Williams despairs for her life and the life of her baby. Tsion Ben-Judah becomes a man who dreams dreams. Meanwhile, David, Annie, Mac, and Abdullah live life on the edge, toiling inside the very lair of the evil one, always a breath away from lives as fugitives. All over the news, reporters announce that Rayford Steele is Nicolae Carpathia's assassin, but Buck soon learns the truth. The world mourns the loss of a world leader until events at Nicolae's funeral bring all mourning to an end. Is the safe house really safe anymore? Is a Trib Force member guilty of murder? Who is the next comrade to die? Has their help come from too unlikely a source? - Publisher.
2000
Left Behind
Rapture (Christian eschatology), Rayford Steele (Fictitious character), Ficción
Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun
1995

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tim LaHaye ranks 5,927 out of 7,302. Before him are Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Bano Qudsia, Elsa Joubert, Daína Chaviano, Ellen Niit, and Giuseppe Berto. After him are Kåre Holt, Hanya Yanagihara, Meg Cabot, Alvah Bessie, René Boylesve, and Jorge Enrique Adoum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Tim LaHaye ranks 451. Before him are Elemér Szathmáry, Peter Zadek, Fritz Weaver, Aldo Ray, Maximilian Raub, and Anthony Shaffer. After him are Jorge Enrique Adoum, Randy Weston, Noemí Simonetto de Portela, Joan Lorring, Franco Faggi, and József Kovács. Among people deceased in 2016, Tim LaHaye ranks 466. Before him are Aage Larsen, Atilio López, Stephen Keshi, Clyde Lovellette, Kevin Randleman, and Ellen Niit. After him are Robert Stigwood, Muriel Casals i Couturier, François Dupeyron, Florence Henderson, Gardnar Mulloy, and Axel Schandorff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim LaHaye ranks 9,473 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Ford (1924), Wanda Hendrix (1928), Jan Peerce (1904), Alex Morgan (1989), Alma Richards (1890), and Aisha Tyler (1970). After him are Bob Knight (1940), James Meredith (1933), Abigail Johnson (1961), William H. McRaven (1955), Ann Sothern (1909), and Hanya Yanagihara (1974).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tim LaHaye ranks 716. Before him are Thomas Berger (1924), Gay Talese (1932), Michael Swanwick (1950), John Green (1977), John Berryman (1914), and Naomi Novik (1973). After him are Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Meg Cabot (1967), Alvah Bessie (1904), William Inge (1913), Wilma Mankiller (1945), and J. Michael Straczynski (1954).

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