Book Review- Solid Tsarfati/Stagner Collaboration

I just finished “Bible Prophecy: The Essentials (Answers to Your Most Common Questions),” and gave it a five star review. First, because it’s a good book on the subject. And second, because the teaching provided is consistent with what I’ve learned (and written) on the subject, so I don’t need to reconsider anything that I’ve published.

The recently-published book is a collection of answers from Amir Tsarfati and Pastor Barry Stagner to questions about the Bible’s end times prophecies. The authors are frequent speakers on the subject and have multiple books to their credit. The answers are solid and the book is well-organized so that it’s not a random assortment of Q&A’s. The topics are in a logical order, with introductory remarks for each chapter and the questions were carefully chosen.

A few questions may seem obscure, but if you read the answers, you’ll quickly figure out what is being asked. The answers are Biblically sound. I like it when authors says things like “The Bible is silent on that specific, so we can’t give a definitive answer on that. But I think/suppose/hope that…..” And I like it when authors say “The Bible is clear that….” (and then provide the Bible verses to back up what they write).

Sometimes, the answers are to address misunderstandings regarding Bible prophecy and to negate false teaching on some subjects. (EG, the teaching that the church has replaced the nation of Israel and that end times verses about Israel are really about the church).

The authors bring to mind the fictional duo of Levi Katz and Beau Reilly from my “Tribulation Pilgrims’ Progress” novels. The Katz-Reilly duo was writing a (pre-rapture) book to help people who would be left behnd in the tribulation period (as well as pre-rapture folks).

My most recent book “Lifeline, A Guide to Surviving the End Times” is a relatively brief and Biblically-sound nonfiction book with that same objective. It includes a recommended reading list in the “Additional Resources” chapter. I will add this book by Tsarfati and Stagner to the reading list in future “Lifeline” editions. The Tsarfati-Stagner book goes deeper into the topics covered by “Lifeline” and is good reading for Christians who want to know more about Bible prophecy and for non-Christian readers who see the disturbing events and trends of our era and want to know more about what the future holds.