When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotional, I would tell them a rapture story. Jerry B. Jenkins bedtimecampcamper Change image and share on social
The Christian market has less competition and lower standards. Jerry B. Jenkins christiancompetitionlow Change image and share on social
Tim sends me a fairly ambitious workup in notebook form noting the passages we're going to cover and the chronology of the biblical events, and his commentaries on those things he's read and written. Jerry B. Jenkins ambitiousbiblicalchronology Change image and share on social
I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got invited to assist Billy Graham in his memoirs, and had we known what we were putting off for a year, we might not have put it off. Jerry B. Jenkins assistbillybook Change image and share on social
It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive to the people around me. Knowing Jesus will return soon makes me want all the more to tell people about him and all that he offers. Jerry B. Jenkins expectantimminentjesus share on social
I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal. Jerry B. Jenkins goalobediencesuccess Change image and share on social
SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of discovery. Like working without a net. Jerry B. Jenkins characterdiscoveryidea Change image and share on social
I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point. Jerry B. Jenkins christiangodmake Change image and share on social
Writers write. Dreamers talk about it. Jerry B. Jenkins dreamertalkwrite Change image and share on social
I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it. Jerry B. Jenkins aaronbillybook Change image and share on social
