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Author of left behind series6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() LaHaye extended his influence by founding Christian high schools, San Diego Christian College and a church in the Atlanta area, along with helping establish the Institute for Creation Research, which rejects evolution and contends God created the Earth recently in six literal days. Jenkins called LaHaye a “spiritual giant.” Still, his books strongly shaped evangelical views of Jesus’ Second Coming and popularized the ideas to the broader public. ![]() Some fellow conservative Christians pushed back against LaHaye’s end-times views, known as premillennial dispensationalism, emphasizing that the books were fictional and should not be read as an exact theological interpretation of the Bible. After 1981, he devoted himself to writing, promoting his view of Bible prophecy, family life seminars and political activism. After leading churches in South Carolina and Minnesota, he moved to Southern California and for a quarter-century led a thriving congregation that eventually became Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon. ![]()
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