I'll admit this column is like “inside baseball” for Christians, but as Christian nationalism becomes more prominent, even in North Dakota, I address it.

Our son Brian called just to talk, but brought up “Rapture TikTok,” the viral rumor that the rapture is (was) coming this week. The Rapture is the controversial doctrine of Jesus returning to elevate Christians into Heaven, before a time of suffering for the poor schmucks “left behind.”

Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian church, we sometimes heard teachings on the End Times. Included in these musings was when it might happen, along with a game of “Pin the Tail on the Antichrist.” The King of Spain? Gorbachev? More recently, President Obama?

To argue about the day was absurd. In the Book of Matthew, Jesus says, ”But of that day an

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