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Jerry Bruce Jenkins is an American novelist and biographer. He is best known as the writer of the Left Behind series of books for Tim LaHaye and The Chosen novels to accompany his son Dallas's TV series. Jenkins has written more than 200 books, including mysteries, historical fiction, biblical fiction, cop thrillers, international spy thrillers, and children's adventures, as well as nonfiction. His works usually feature Christians as protagonists. In 2005, Jenkins and LaHaye ranked 9th in Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary list of Hall of Fame authors based on books sold at Amazon.com during its first 10 years. Jenkins now teaches writers to become authors here at his website. He and his wife Dianna have three sons and eight grandchildren. ...more

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	Soon: The Beginning of the End (Underground Zealot, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 5,767 ratings — published 2003 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vanishings: Four Kids Face Earth's Last Days Together (Left Behind: The Kids, #1) by Jerry B. Jenkins (Goodreads Author), Tim LaHaye really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,064 ratings — published 1998 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riven 4.18 avg rating — 3,559 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowed: The Final Judgment (Underground Zealot, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 2,663 ratings — published 2004 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Left Behind Series Gift Set (Left Behind, #1-6) by Jerry B. Jenkins (Goodreads Author), Tim LaHaye 4.41 avg rating — 2,388 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silenced: The Wrath of God Descends (Underground Zealot, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 2,315 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Second Chance: The Search for Truth (Left Behind: The Kids #2) by Jerry B. Jenkins (Goodreads Author), Tim LaHaye 4.01 avg rating — 2,329 ratings — published 1998 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Flames: The Kids Risk Their Lives (Left Behind: The Kids, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 1,985 ratings — published 1998 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Saul by Jerry B. Jenkins (Goodreads Author), James S. MacDonald 4.17 avg rating — 1,826 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name (The Chosen, #1) 4.66 avg rating — 1,598 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.”
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“Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth with a capital T is worthwhile.”
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Rayford Steele

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