Rayford Steele

Here's an article I wrote about Rayford for a different site.

Rayford Steele airline pilot is married to Irene Steele, whom he met in college while they were both doing ROTC. They married when he was a senior and she was a sophomore. They soon had their first child, Chloe, and eight years later, they had Rayford Jr. or Raymie. Irene had first started to go to church after a death in the family, but switched to New Hope Village Church, and soon got saved, along with Raymie. Rayford and Chloe resisted, and made fun of them. Rayford hated this so much that he often thought of having an affair with his flight attendant, the beautiful Hattie Durham. One night, he decided it would be his night, the night he finally made a move towards a relationship. That was the night everything changed..... Many of the passengers and even some staff disappeared. He turned that plane around, and headed back home, only to find his wife and son gone, although he did get news that Chloe was still alive.

Bruce Barnes

Hey guys. Here is a previous article I wrote for another site about Bruce.


Bruce Barnes, assistant pastor at New Hope Village Church, in Mount Prospect, looked at it all as a story. It was more like head-knowledge to him. He never acted on the truth he told others. His wife, and three children, ages of 5, 3, and 1, didn`t know the wiser. One night he was up to late reading, his wife asking him to turn off the light, when everything and everyone he knew disappeared.... all of his family and most of the church was gone. He immediately repented, and became a real Christian.


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The kids series

Jerry Jenkins and Tim Lahaye, the well known authors for the Left Behind series have also written an end times fiction for teens. Left Behind the Kids revolves around a new group of believers, The Young Tribulation Force. At the core of this group are its four original members: Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan. The adults make occasional appearances in riveting series, containing forty books.

When asked about the kids series, Jenkins once said, "The idea for a kids' seriesseries based on Left Behind really came from the publisher, and at first blush it seemed to make sense. I'd written a lot of kids' fiction in the past. The idea was to not just dumb down the product so it would be easier to read,  but to actually start with new main characters and have them be in the age group of the readers.  So we start with 4 kids from 12 to 16. And over the period of 7 years of the Tribulation, they age by that much, of course, so it's an interesting dynamic to watch these kids grow up. They become believers early in the story, and then they have their own adventures and exciting times fighting the Antichrist while trying to keep from being exposed as believers."

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Fun facts

Jerry Jenkins  said that if he was not a writer, he would have been involved with the sports world.

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Ashley Tisdale

Hey guys. I know that a lot of people are not super happy that Ashley Tisdale was cast for the part of Chloe Steele.  Here are some ways she is and isn't like Chloe.

• One of the biggest reasons people are upset is because they say that Chloe is a brunettes and since Ashley is a blonde, it was not going to work. But in the books, Chloe is indeed a blonde. In the first set of movies, Chloe, played by Janaya Stephens, was a brunette. 
• One very small difference that really won't matter, but I thought you might like to know is that they have different eye colors. Ashley has Brown eyes, while Chloe had green. Also, in the books Chloe is 5'7", and Tisdale is reported to be only 5'3" ( said in 2006)

So, what do you guys think of Ashley Tisdale playing Chloe? Personally, I think it will be interesting to see what she has to bring to the table. She is most widely known for her part in High School Musical , as Sharpay  Evens.  She is a talented and well known actress, and might just add something interesting to the movie. What do you think?

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Jerry Jenkins Fact

Jerry Jenkins said in the Left Behind Handbook that his favorite verses are Matthew 5:16 and Psalms 91:1-2.


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New Movie Remake

It has been announced that Ashley Tisdale will be playing Chloe Steele.