223 - A Thief In The Night II: The Me2al Age: 2 A 2 Distant 2 Thunder
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THIS IS A PREVIEW. FOR THE FULL EPISODE, GO TO Patreon.com/worstofall The lads return to the New Year just in time for the end of the world as they kick off their annual Rapture Ranuary with a follow up to one of the most influential Christian films of all time: A Thief in the Night: A Distant Thunder. Topics include the origins of premillennial dispensationalism, the trustworthiness of mustaches, and what it means to be shaped by a world view where you live in constant fear of the U.N. beheading you with a guillotine. Media Referenced in this Episode:
A Distant Thunder. Dir. Donald W. Thompson. 1978. Evangelical Millenialism in the trans-Atlantic world 1500-2000 by Crawford Gribben Judgement Day by Joshua Hill Foster Mine Eyes have Seen the Glory by Randall Ballmer Raptured by Ernest Angley That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsay Titan, Son of Saturn: The Coming World Emperor: A Story of the Other Christ by Joseph Birkbeck Burroughs Writing the Rapture by Crawford Gribben ReligionfForBreakfast: the origins of the rapture ReligionForBreakfast: Who are the 144,000 in the book of Revelation The Bart Ehrman Blog: The Community Behind the Gospel of John
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com Interstitial: “Slasher Jesus” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “Announcer/Jesus/Big Al”, David Armstrong as “Flurk/Mayor”, and Eleanor Philips as “Timmy/Reporter” // Music: “Something’s Not Right” by Lucas Quinn Creations
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