Apocalyptic millennialism is one of the most powerful strands in evangelical Christianity. It is not a single belief, but across many powerful evangelical groups there is general adhesion to faith in the physical return of Jesus in the Second Coming, the affirmation of a Rapture heavenward of "saved" believers, a millennium of peace under the rule of Jesus and his saints and, eventually, a final judgement and entry into deep eternity. In Discovering the End of Time (2016) Donald Harman Akenson traced the emergence of the primary packaging of modern apocalyptic millennialism back to southern Ireland in the 1820s and '30s. In Exporting the Rapture, he documents for the first time how the complex theological construction that has come to dominate modern evangelical thought was enhulled in an organizational system that made it exportable from the British Isles to North America-- and subsequently around the world. A key figure in this process was John Nelson Darby who was at first a formative influence on evangelical apocalypticism in Ireland; then the volatile central figure in Brethren apocalypticism throughout the British Isles; and also a crusty but ultimately very successful missionary to the United States and Canada. Akenson emphasizes that, as strong a personality as John Nelson Darby was, the real story is that he became a vector for the transmission of a terrifically complex and highly seductive ideological system from the old world to the new. So beguiling, adaptable, and compelling was the new Dispensational system that Darby injected into North-American evangelicalism that it continued to spread logarithmically after his death. By the 1920s, the system had become the doctrinal template of the fundamentalist branch of North-American evangelicalism and the distinguishing characteristic of the bestselling Scofield Bible.

It's been over thirty years since Max Weremchuk released his definitive biography on one of the most influential figures to shape the Evangelical church. Since then, newer works have come out in an attempt to shed light on this complex and contested figure, but none have captured the heart and painted so vivid a portrait of the man, John Nelson Darby ( I 800- I882), as W eremchuk's classical work .With newly expanded material, this updated biography offers a refreshing look at the life and ministry of one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures in modern church history . Drawing extensively from unpublished materials, familial testimonies, and the wealth of printed documentation that is spread across several different languages (French, German, and English ), Weremchuk's skillfully woven tapestry of John Nelson Darby remains unrivaled.

John Nelson Darby comments on every single chapter of The Gospel Of Luke. The author was not only an evangelist, but also one of the pioneers of the Dispensionalists movement. The Man Of Sorrows offers plenty of room for meditations, but also valuable and suggestive thoughts by this able minister of the Word of God.

By locating Christian Zionism firmly within the Evangelical tradition, Paul Wilkinson takes issue with those who have portrayed it as a "totally unbiblical menace" and as the "roadmap to Armageddon." Charting in detail its origins and historical development, he argues that Christian Zionism lays the biblical foundation for Israel's restoration and the return of Christ. No one has contributed more to this cause than its leading architect and patron, John Nelson Darby, an "uncompromising champion for Christ's glory and God's truth." This groundbreaking book challenges decades of misrepresentation and scholarship, exploding the myth that Darby stole the doctrine of the pre-tribulation Rapture from his contemporaries. By revealing the man and his message, Paul Wilkinson vindicates Darby and spotlights the imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ as the centerpiece of his theology.

Response to Francis William Newman's Phases of faith: London: J. Chapman, 1853.

Modern language version of the classic J. N. Darby translation of 1890, faithful to the exact wording of the original. This translation is one of the only modern versions that can be quoted, copied, and reproduced without copyright infringement or special permission, up to nearly the entire Old or New Testaments.