Category: Book Reviews

On August 21, 1992, Randy and Vicki Weaver, and their armed-to-the-teeth children faced off in a gunfight with even more armed-to-the-teeth federal agents at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. How the Weavers came to believe that the Bible foretold the standoff underpins the masterfully written book. Moreover, at the time, 15% of Americans believed that the Apocalypse as written in Revelations was not just literal, but imminent. The number is probably higher now, and among evangelical Christians, the number of believers in the literal word of Revelations is well over half. This book does its best to explain the degree of faith...