Episode 167 – The Vanishings (Left Behind Kids #1)
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Remember the Left Behind series? Did you know it also had a middle grade spinoff series about what would happen to the ungodly children who were left behind when their parents were Raptured? Well: it did, and we read book #1, The Vanishings by Jerry B. Jenkins & Tim LaHaye, along with our sisters in our cult club, Ashley and Grace. Listen now if you want to be saved!
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“Let’s Punk the Rapture” by Mat Honan
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to worst bestsellers, where we read about the literal end time so you don't have to. |
| 0:17.7 | I'm Renata. |
| 0:18.9 | And I'm Kate. |
| 0:19.8 | And for this episode, we read The Vanishings by Jerry B. Jenkins |
| 0:24.4 | and Tim Le Hay. Joining us to discuss the first book in the Left Behind, colon, the kids series are |
| 0:32.5 | Grace, a captain enthusiast who doesn't want to be saved if it means she can't drink champagne. |
| 0:38.9 | Hi, Grace. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello. |
| 0:41.5 | And Ashley, an apostate, enjoying all the cool sins. |
| 0:46.1 | Hi, Ashley. |
| 0:47.5 | Tell us about the cool sins. What are the top five coolest sins? |
| 0:51.3 | Top five coolest sins, definitely getting your ears pierced, which technically you could do even if you're |
| 0:57.0 | not an apostate, but Leviticus says you can't. |
| 0:59.5 | Being cool with like people who like aren't Christian. |
| 1:05.5 | Oh. |
| 1:06.5 | You know. |
| 1:07.5 | I don't know about that one. |
| 1:09.5 | I, you know about that one. |
| 1:17.1 | You know, there's some others, but, you know, I didn't mean to put you on the spot. |
| 1:19.4 | I just got it was curious. |
| 1:20.6 | Those are the top two coolest sense. |
| 1:22.8 | Yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure. |
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