Editing Tim LaHaye

{{Short description|Evangelical Christian minister and author from the United States}}
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'''Timothy Francis LaHaye''' (April 27, 1926 – July 25, 2016) was an American [[Baptist]] [[evangelical Christian]] [[Minister of religion|minister]] who wrote more than 85 books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the ''[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]'' series of [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] fiction, which he co-authored with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |author=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=July 25, 2016 |title=Tim LaHaye Dies at 90; Fundamentalist Leader's Grisly Novels Sold Millions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/books/tim-lahaye-a-christian-fundamentalist-leader-dies-at-90.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209130420/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/books/tim-lahaye-a-christian-fundamentalist-leader-dies-at-90.html |archive-date=December 9, 2016 |access-date=February 23, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

He was a founder of the [[Council for National Policy]], a [[Christian right|conservative Christian]] advocacy group. LaHaye opposed homosexuality, believing it to be immoral and unbiblical. He was a [[Criticism of the Catholic Church|critic]] of [[Roman Catholicism]], and a believer in conspiracy theories regarding the [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)#Illuminati|Illuminati]].

LaHaye has been called "one of the most influential evangelicals of the late twentieth century" and, along with his wife [[Beverly LaHaye]], he helped shape the beliefs and organizations of the [[Christian right]].<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=Du Mez |first=Kristin Kobes |author-link=Kristin Kobes Du Mez |title=Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation |title-link=Jesus and John Wayne |publisher=Liveright Publishing Corporation |year=2020 |isbn=9781631499050 |pages= |oclc=1120090251}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=92–95}}

==Biography==

===Early life===
Timothy Francis LaHaye was born on April 27, 1926, in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], to Frank LaHaye, a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] auto worker who died in 1936 of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], and Margaret LaHaye (née Palmer). His father's death had a significant influence on LaHaye, who was only nine years old at the time. He had been inconsolable until the minister at the funeral said, "This is not the end of Frank LaHaye; because he accepted [[Jesus Christ]], the day will come when the Lord will shout from [[heaven]] and descend, and the dead in Christ will rise first and then we'll be caught up together to meet him in the air."<ref>Cited in {{Cite news |last=Lampman |first=Jane |date=February 18, 2004 |title=The end of the world |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0218/p11s01-lire.html |access-date=March 12, 2024 |work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |issn=0882-7729}}</ref><!-- Found reference from 2004, better to find original 2003 interview quoted -->

LaHaye later said that, upon hearing those remarks, "all of a sudden, there was hope in my heart I'd see my father again."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Lampman |first=Jane |date=February 18, 2004 |title=The end of the world |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0218/p11s01-lire.html |access-date=March 12, 2024 |work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |issn=0882-7729}}</ref>

LaHaye enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] in 1944, at the age of 18,<ref name=":0" /> after he finished high school. He served in the [[European Theater of Operations]] as a [[machine gun]]ner aboard a bomber.<ref name="dreyfuss"/> Then he studied at [[Bob Jones University]] in [[Greenville, South Carolina]], where he met his wife, Beverly, and obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1950. LaHaye held the [[Doctor of Ministry]] degree from [[Western Seminary]].<ref name="NYTMC"/>

===Ministry===
He served as a pastor in [[Pumpkintown, South Carolina]], and after that he pastored a congregation in [[Minneapolis]] until 1956.<ref name="NYTMC"/><ref name="HagertyWSJ"/> After that, the LaHaye family moved to [[San Diego, California]], where he served as pastor of the Scott Memorial [[Baptist Church]] (now called [[Shadow Mountain Community Church]])<ref> {{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Karla |date=July 26, 2016 |title=Author Tim LaHaye dies at age 90 |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sdut-tim-lahaye-obituary-2016jul25-story.html |access-date=March 12, 2024 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune}} </ref><ref name="WeberCT"/> for nearly 25 years.<ref name="NYTMC"/>

In 1971, he founded Christian Heritage College, now known as [[San Diego Christian College]].<ref name="NYTMC" /> In 1972, LaHaye helped establish the [[Institute for Creation Research]] in [[El Cajon, California]], along with [[Henry M. Morris]].<ref name="SDCC">{{cite web|url=http://sdcc.edu/about-sdcc/history-sdcc|title=History of SDCC|website=San Diego Christian College|access-date=January 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608074532/http://sdcc.edu/about-sdcc/history-sdcc|archive-date=June 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_religious_timeline_creationism|title=The 'Evolution' of Creationism: The Creationism 'Science' Period|access-date=November 26, 2007|website=People for the American Way|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919205331/http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_religious_timeline_creationism|archive-date=September 19, 2008}}</ref>

In 1976, the couple wrote ''[[The Act of Marriage]]'', a Christian self-help sex manual. The book sought to depict enjoyment of sex within marriage as positive rather than sinful. It frames marital sex as an important part of a [[Complementarianism|complementarian]], divinely designed relationship – with men as aggressive, sexually voracious leaders whose submissive wives provide them with sexual satisfaction to boost their egos and thereby make them more confident leaders, as part of God's design for [[Gender role|gender roles]].<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|page=91}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Jonathan |date=2016-07-29 |title=Tim LaHaye’s sex-ed legacy: Before he wrote novels about the apocalypse, he and his wife opened right-wing Christian married couples’ eyes |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/07/29/tim-lahayes-sex-ed-legacy-before-he-wrote-novels-about-the-apocalypse-he-and-his-wife-opened-right-wing-christian-married-couples-eyes/ |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref>

===Political activism===
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LaHaye started numerous groups to promote his views, having become involved in politics at the [[Christian Voice (USA)|Christian Voice]] during the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|pages=93–94}} In 1979, he founded Californians for Biblical Morality, which has been described as "in many ways...the genesis of the Christian right."<ref name="dreyfuss" /> The same year, LaHaye encouraged [[Jerry Falwell]] to found the [[Moral Majority]] and was among its three directors.<ref name="dreyfuss">{{cite magazine |author=Dreyfuss |first=Robert |date=January 28, 2004 |title=Reverend Doomsday: According to Tim LaHaye, the Apocalypse is now |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/5939999/reverend_doomsday/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806102443/http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/5939999/reverend_doomsday/ |archive-date=August 6, 2007 |access-date=September 16, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref name="goldberg">{{cite news |author=Goldberg |first=Michelle |date=July 29, 2002 |title=Fundamentally Unsound |url=http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2002/07/29/left_behind/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214062956/http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2002/07/29/left_behind/index.html |archive-date=December 14, 2007 |work=Salon}}</ref>

LaHaye was a member of and speaker for the [[John Birch Society]] (JBS), a conservative, [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] group; scholar Celestini Carmen argues that LaHaye used the JBS's [[culture war]] methods and rhetoric of "fear, apocalyptic thought and conspiracy" to forge the Moral Majority, with "fear, anger, and disgust as essential ingredients." His book ''Rapture Under Attack'' describes his time in the JBS and relationship to its leader, [[Robert W. Welch Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Celestini |first=Carmen |title=God, Country, and Christian Conservatives: The National Association of Manufacturers, the John Birch Society, and the Rise of the Christian Right |date=2018 |access-date=September 20, 2024 |publisher=[[University of Waterloo]] |url=https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/13361/Celestini_Carmen.pdf |pages=37, 283, 300}}</ref><ref name="dreyfuss" />

Also in 1979, LaHaye's wife, [[Beverly LaHaye|Beverly]], founded [[Concerned Women for America]], a conservative [[Christianity|Christian]] women's activist group.<ref name="Christian Examiner">{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Lori |date=December 20, 2009 |title=Beverly LaHaye marks three decades of promoting traditional values through CWA |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Dec09/Art_Dec09_06.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919182256/http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Dec09/Art_Dec09_06.html |archive-date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=September 14, 2013 |work=Christian Examiner}}</ref>

Then in 1981, he left the pulpit to concentrate his time on politics and writing.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Unger |first=Craig |date=December 2005 |title=American Rapture |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/12/rapture200512 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref> That year, he helped found the [[Council for National Policy]] (CNP), a policy making [[think tank]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Williams |first=Daniel K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lqf3KBaqgI8C&q=God's%20Own%20Party&pg=PA194 |title=God's Own Party: The Making of the Christian Right |date=July 12, 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press USA |isbn=9780199929061 |page=194 |access-date=July 29, 2016 |via=Google Books}}</ref> in which membership is only available through invitation. ABC News called it "the most powerful [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] organization in America you've never heard of".<ref>{{cite web |last=Ambinder |first=Marc J. |date=May 2, 2002 |title=ABCNEWS.com: Inside the Council for National Policy |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/council_020501.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021202132338/http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/council_020501.html |archive-date=December 2, 2002 |access-date=July 29, 2016 |website=ABC News}}</ref>

In the 1980s he was criticized by the evangelical community for accepting money from [[Bo Hi Pak]], a longtime [[Sun Myung Moon]] operative.<ref name="Paul R 2004, page 272">{{Cite book |last1=Forrest |first1=Barbara |author-link1=Barbara Forrest |title=[[Creationism's Trojan Horse|Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design]] |last2=Gross |first2=Paul R. |author-link2=Paul R. Gross |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |isbn=9780195157420 |pages=272}}</ref> He was additionally criticized for joining Moon's Council for Religious Freedom, which was founded to protest Moon's 1984 imprisonment.<ref name="Paul R 2004, page 272"/> In 1996, LaHaye's wife spoke at an event sponsored by Moon.<ref name="Paul R 2004, page 272"/>

In the 1980s, LaHaye founded the [[American Coalition for Traditional Values]] and the [[Coalition for Religious Freedom]]. He founded the Pre-Trib Research Center along with [[Thomas Ice]] in 1993.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Boyer |first=Paul |date=Spring 2005 |title=Give Me that End-Time Religion: The Politicization of Prophetic Belief in Contemporary America |url=https://reflections.yale.edu/article/end-times-and-end-gamesis-scripture-being-left-behind/give-me-end-time-religion |journal=Reflections |publisher=Yale}}</ref> The center is dedicated to producing material that supports a [[Dispensationalism|dispensationalist]], [[Rapture|pre-tribulation]] interpretation of the Bible.<ref name="dreyfuss" />

LaHaye also took more direct roles in presidential politics. He supported [[Ronald Reagan]]'s elections as [[President of the United States|United States president]].<ref name="HagertyWSJ"/> He was a co-chairman of [[Jack Kemp]]'s 1988 presidential bid but was removed from the campaign after four days when his [[anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic]] views became known.<ref name="dreyfuss"/><ref name="NYTMC"/> LaHaye played a significant role in getting the [[Christian right|Religious Right]] to support [[George W. Bush]] for the presidency in [[2000 U.S. presidential election|2000]].<ref name="dreyfuss"/><ref name="goldberg"/> In 2007, he endorsed [[Mike Huckabee]] during the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008|primaries]]<ref name="chafets">{{cite news |author=Chafets |first=Zev |date=December 12, 2007 |title=The Huckabee Factor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/magazine/16huckabee.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208113642/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/magazine/16huckabee.html |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=February 23, 2017 |work=The New York Times Magazine}}</ref> and served as his spiritual advisor.<ref name="BanksDispatch"/>

===''Left Behind''===
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LaHaye is best known for the ''Left Behind'' series of [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] fiction that depicts the [[Earth]] after the [[dispensationalism|pretribulation]] [[rapture]] which premillennial dispensationalists believe the Bible states, multiple times, will occur. The books were LaHaye's idea, though [[Jerry B. Jenkins]], a former sportswriter with numerous other works of fiction to his name, wrote the books from LaHaye's notes.<ref name="mcalister">{{cite news |author=McAlister |first=Melani |date=September 4, 2003 |title=An Empire of Their Own |url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030922/mcalister |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227103517/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030922/mcalister |archive-date=December 27, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |work=[[The Nation]]}}</ref>

The series, which started in 1995 with the first novel, includes 12 titles in the adult series, as well as juvenile novels, audio books, devotionals, and graphic novels. The books have been very popular, with total sales surpassing 65 million copies as of July 2016.<ref name="NYTMC">{{cite news|last1=McFadden|first1=Robert|title=Tim LaHaye Dies at 90: Fundamentalist Leader's Grisly Novels Sold Millions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/books/tim-lahaye-a-christian-fundamentalist-leader-dies-at-90.html?_r=0|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 27, 2016|date=July 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729205015/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/books/tim-lahaye-a-christian-fundamentalist-leader-dies-at-90.html?_r=0|archive-date=July 29, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Seven titles in the adult series have reached No. 1 on the bestseller lists for ''[[The New York Times]], [[USA Today]]'', and ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jenkins |first=Jerry B. |last2=LaHaye |first2=Tim |title=Left Behind |url=http://www.leftbehind.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830114316/http://www.leftbehind.com/ |archive-date=August 30, 2009 |access-date=July 29, 2016 |website=Left Behind}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=May 2025}} [[Jerry Falwell]] said about the first book in the series: "In terms of its impact on Christianity, it's probably greater than that of any other book in modern times, outside the Bible."<ref name="alleman">{{cite news |author=Alleman |first=Thomas Michael |date=February 7, 2005 |title=The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America: Tim and Beverly LeHaye |url=http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050207/photoessay/15.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050203012258/http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050207/photoessay/15.html |archive-date=February 3, 2005 |access-date=September 8, 2007 |work=[[Time magazine|TIME]]}}</ref> The best-selling series has been compared to the equally popular works of [[Tom Clancy]] and [[Stephen King]]: "the plotting is brisk and the characterizations [[Manichaeism|Manichean]]. People disappear and things blow up."<ref name="goldberg"/>

LaHaye indicates that the idea for the series came to him one day circa 1994, while he was sitting on an airplane and observed a married pilot flirting with a flight attendant. He wondered what would befall the pilot if the Rapture happened at that moment.<ref name="dreyfuss"/> The first book in the series opens with a similar scene. He sold the movie rights for the ''Left Behind'' series and later stated he regretted that decision, because the films turned out to be "church-basement videos", rather than "a big-budget blockbuster" that he had hoped for.<ref name="HagertyWSJ"/>

===Later activities===
In 2001, LaHaye co-hosted with [[Dave Breese]] the prophecy television program ''The King Is Coming''. In 2001, LaHaye gave $4.5 million to [[Liberty University]] to build a new student center,<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2001 |title=Liberty University Receives $4.5 Million Gift |url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/liberty-university-receives-4.5-million-gift |access-date=March 12, 2024 |website=Philanthropy News Digest |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> which opened in January 2002 and was named after LaHaye. He, alongside his wife, served as a member of Liberty's board of trustees.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2024 |title=In Memoriam |url=https://issuu.com/libertyuniversity/docs/lj_summer24_digital?fr=xKAE9_____w |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723112045/https://issuu.com/libertyuniversity/docs/lj_summer24_digital?fr=xKAE9_____w |archive-date=July 23, 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Liberty Journal |page=43 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He provided funds for the [[LaHaye Ice Center]] on the campus of Liberty University, which opened in January 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pounds |first=Jessie |date=July 25, 2016 |title='Left Behind' co-author Tim LaHaye dies |url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/starexponent/news/left-behind-co-author-tim-lahaye-dies/article_c07ea048-52c5-11e6-b0d0-1b74f2c643c1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322081805/http://www.dailyprogress.com/starexponent/news/left-behind-co-author-tim-lahaye-dies/article_c07ea048-52c5-11e6-b0d0-1b74f2c643c1.html |archive-date=March 22, 2017 |access-date=July 27, 2016 |website=Daily Progress }}</ref>

LaHaye's book ''The Rapture'' was released on June 6, 2006, in order to capitalize on a [[Number of the beast|6-6-6]] connection.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vasquez |first=Emily |date=June 6, 2006 |title=On 6/6/6, the Possibilities Are Endless |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/nyregion/06number.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172436/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/nyregion/06number.html |archive-date=March 4, 2018 |access-date=July 27, 2016 |work=The New York Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Piet |date=May 25, 2006 |title=Numerous marketers making a special date with 6/6/06 |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20060525/news_1c25six.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817103544/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20060525/news_1c25six.html |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |access-date=July 27, 2016 |newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] }}</ref>

===Personal life and death===
Tim LaHaye married activist and fellow author [[Beverly LaHaye|Beverly Ratcliffe]] in 1947<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leftbehind.com/03_authors_testimonials|title=Dr. Tim LaHaye biodata|website=LeftBehind.com|publisher=Tyndale House Publishers|at=Author's photo|access-date=September 5, 2013|date=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914183551/http://leftbehind.com/03_authors_testimonials/|archive-date=September 14, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=LaHaye|first1=Tim|last2=Jenkins|first2=Jerry B.|author-link2=Jerry B. Jenkins|title=Left Behind|edition=Paperback|series=[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]|orig-year=Hardback 1995|date=February 1999|publisher=Tyndale House|isbn=0-8423-2912-9|at=Photo of authors on rear cover|url=https://archive.org/details/leftbehindnovelo00lah_cju|url-access=registration}}</ref> while attending [[Bob Jones University]].<ref name="NYTMC"/>

In July 2016, the LaHayes celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary.<ref name="WeberCT"/><ref name="HagertyWSJ"/> They had four children and nine grandchildren, and lived in the Los Angeles area.<ref name="NYTMC"/> The LaHayes owned a condo in [[Rancho Mirage, California]].<ref>{{cite magazine<!-- Citation bot bypass--> |author1=Cloud |first=John |author2=Sachs |first2=Andrea |date=July 1, 2002 |title=Meet The Prophet: How an evangelist and conservative activist turned prophecy into a fiction juggernaut |url=https://time.com/vault/issue/2002-07-01/page/52/ |access-date=May 25, 2025 |magazine=Time Magazine |page=50 |volume=160 |issue=1 |quote=Their condo in Rancho Mirage, Calif., is at one of the less impressive country clubs, and LaHaye recently gave a seminar in Wichita, Kans., in a sports-coat/paisley-tie/blue-leather-loafer combo that looked as if it could not have been purchased after 1985.}}</ref>

LaHaye died on July 25, 2016, in a hospital in [[San Diego, California]], after suffering from a stroke, aged 90.<ref name="NYTMC"/><ref name="BanksDispatch">{{cite web|last1=Banks|first1=Adelle|title=Tim LaHaye, Evangelical Leader and 'Left Behind' Co-Author, Dead at 90|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/28/tim-lahaye-evangelical-leader-and-left-behind-co-author-dead-at-90.html|date=July 28, 2016|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|access-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801035542/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/28/tim-lahaye-evangelical-leader-and-left-behind-co-author-dead-at-90.html|archive-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to his wife, Beverly, he was survived by four children, nine grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, a brother (Richard LaHaye), and a sister.<ref name="WeberCT">{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Jeremy|title=Died: Tim LaHaye, Author Who 'Left Behind' a Long Legacy |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/july/tim-lahaye-dies-left-behind-coauthor-stroke.html |date=July 25, 2016|work=[[Christianity Today]] |access-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802223154/http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/july/tim-lahaye-dies-left-behind-coauthor-stroke.html|archive-date=August 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="HagertyWSJ">{{cite news|last1=Hagerty|first1=James|title=Evangelist Tim LaHaye Penned Best-Selling Apocalyptic Book Series|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelist-tim-lahaye-penned-best-selling-apocalyptic-book-series-1469806933|date=July 29, 2016|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801093316/http://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelist-tim-lahaye-penned-best-selling-apocalyptic-book-series-1469806933|archive-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> His funeral service took place at [[Shadow Mountain Community Church]] on August 12, 2016, with [[David Jeremiah]], who succeeded LaHaye as pastor at what was then Scott Memorial Baptist Church, led the service.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 28, 2016 |title=NRB Members Remember Dr. Tim LaHaye |url=http://nrb.org/news-room/articles/nrbt/nrb-members-remember-dr-tim-lahaye |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831172504/http://nrb.org/news-room/articles/nrbt/nrb-members-remember-dr-tim-lahaye/ |archive-date=August 31, 2016 |access-date=September 3, 2016 |website=NRB News }}</ref> LaHaye is interred at [[Miramar National Cemetery]] in San Diego, California.

==Views==
===Homosexuality===
{{See also|Homosexuality and Christianity|The Bible and homosexuality}}
In 1978 LaHaye published ''The Unhappy Gays'', which was later retitled ''What Everyone Should Know About Homosexuality''. The book called homosexuals "militant, organized" and "vile."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Thirty Years' War: A timeline of the anti-gay movement |url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=523 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011053622/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=523 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |website=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]}}</ref> ''The Unhappy Gays'' also argues that homosexuals share 16 pernicious traits, including "incredible promiscuity", "deceit", "selfishness", "vulnerability to [[Sadomasochism|sadism-masochism]]", and "poor health and an early death."<ref name="cloud">{{cite magazine |author=Cloud |first=John |date=June 23, 2002 |title=Meet the Prophet |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,265422,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202151833/http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020701/books.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |magazine=TIME }}</ref> He believed that [[Conversion therapy|homosexuality can be cured]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=October 2002 |title=The Unhappy Gays: What Everyone Should Know About |url=http://www.bookslut.com/propaganda/2002_10_000326.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101151033/http://www.bookslut.com/propaganda/2002_10_000326.php |archive-date=January 1, 2008 |website=[[Bookslut]]}}</ref><ref name="moser">{{Cite web |last=Moser |first=Bob |date=Spring 2005 |title=Holy War |url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=862 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714185603/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=862 |archive-date=July 14, 2007 |access-date=December 20, 2007 |website=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]}}</ref> However, he said that such conversions are rare.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Caramagno |first=Thomas C. |title=Irreconcilable Differences? Intellectual Stalemate in the Gay Rights Debate |date=2002 |publisher=Praeger/Greenwood |isbn=9780275977115 |location=Westport |pages=159}}</ref>

===Global conspiracies===
LaHaye believed that the [[Illuminati]] is secretly engineering world affairs.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=McGuire |first1=Paul |url=https://archive.org/details/babyloncodesolvi0000mcgu/ |title=The Babylon Code: Solving the Bible's Greatest End-Times Mystery |last2=Anderson |first2=Troy |date=2016 |publisher=Faith Words |isbn=9781455589432 |location=Nashville |pages=22–23 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> In ''Rapture Under Attack'' he wrote:<blockquote>I myself have been a forty-five year student of the [[satan]]ically-inspired, centuries-old [[Cabal|conspiracy]] to use government, education, and media to destroy every vestige of Christianity within our society and establish a [[New World Order conspiracy theory|new world order]]. Having read at least fifty books on the Illuminati, I am convinced that it exists and can be blamed for many of man's inhumane actions against his fellow man during the past two hundred years.<ref>Quoted in {{Cite book |last=Versluis |first=Arthur |title=The New Inquisitions: Heretic Hunting and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Totalitarianism |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195306378 |location=New York |pages=121}}</ref></blockquote>

The Illuminati is just one of many groups that he believed are working to "turn America into an amoral, [[Humanism|humanist]] country, ripe for merger into a [[World government|one-world]] socialist state."  Other [[Secret society|secret societies]] and [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] groups working to destroy "every vestige of Christianity", according to LaHaye, include: the [[Trilateral Commission]], the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]], the [[National Organization for Women]], [[Planned Parenthood]], "the major TV networks, high-profile newspapers and newsmagazines," the [[United States Department of State|State Department]], major foundations ([[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]], [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie]], [[Ford Foundation|Ford]]), the United Nations, "the left wing of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]", [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Yale]] "and 2,000 other colleges and universities."<ref name="dreyfuss"/>

LaHaye believed that [[political mobilization]] of the [[Christian right]] in voting for Ronald Reagan thwarted the Illuminati, who had been attempting to create a New World Order.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Samuel |date=2020-10-12 |title=Evangelical leaders like Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell Sr. have long talked of conspiracies against God’s chosen – those ideas are finding resonance today |url=https://theconversation.com/evangelical-leaders-like-billy-graham-and-jerry-falwell-sr-have-long-talked-of-conspiracies-against-gods-chosen-those-ideas-are-finding-resonance-today-132241 |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]}}</ref>

===Eschatology===
While himself a premillennialist who asserted the end times were near and that the nation will be judged, LaHaye also adopted aspects of [[R. J. Rushdoony]]'s [[Postmillennialism|postmillennialist]] movement, [[Christian reconstructionism]]. Despite varying beliefs on how the end times will occur, both groups share a "desire to reclaim the culture for Christ by reasserting [[patriarchal authority]] and waging battle against encroaching [[secular humanism]], in all its guises."<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|page=94}}

The [[Christian eschatology|eschatological]] views of LaHaye have been described as "view[ing] the U.N. and Islam as literally satanic; oppos[ing] any compromise in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]; and foresee[ing] an imminent eschatological crisis in which millions of human beings will perish in agony".<ref name=":3" />

Other believers in [[Dispensationalism|dispensational]] [[premillennialism]], who believe that the [[Second Coming|return of Jesus]] is imminent, criticize various aspects of his theology.{{Cn|date=May 2025}}

Many mainstream Christians and certain other evangelicals had broader disagreements with the ''Left Behind'' series as a whole, pointing out that "most biblical scholars largely reject the eschatological assumptions of this kind of pop end-times literature."<ref name="sine" /> In ''The Rapture Exposed'' by Barbara Rossing, a number of criticisms are raised regarding the series, particularly its focus on violence.<ref name="sine">{{Cite web |last=Sine |first=Tom |date=September–October 2001 |title=Who is Tim LaHaye? |url=https://sojo.net/magazine/september-october-2001/who-tim-lahaye |access-date=March 12, 2024 |website=Sojourners |language=EN}}</ref><ref name="Rossing2007">{{cite book|author=Barbara R. Rossing|title=The Rapture Exposed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mK2fcw-GkMIC|date=March 1, 2007|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=978-0-465-00496-6}}</ref>

===Anti-Catholic sentiments===
LaHaye was a harsh critic of [[Roman Catholicism]], which he called "a false religion".<ref name="NYTMC"/> In his 1973 book ''Revelation Illustrated and Made Plain'', he stated that the Catholic Church "is more dangerous than no religion because she substitutes religion for truth" and "is also dangerous because some of her doctrines are pseudo-Christian."  Elsewhere the same book compared Catholic ceremonies to [[Paganism|pagan]] rituals.<ref name="NYTMC"/> It was these statements that were largely responsible for LaHaye's dismissal from [[Jack Kemp#Presidential bid (1988)|Jack Kemp's 1988 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 8, 1987 |title=Evangelical Leader Quits Kemp Campaign |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-08-mn-27432-story.html |access-date=March 12, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It was later revealed that [[Scott Memorial Baptist Church]], the San Diego church that LaHaye had pastored throughout the 1970s, had sponsored an anti-Catholic group called [[Mission to Catholics]]; one of their pamphlets asserted that [[Pope Paul VI]] was the "archpriest of Satan, a deceiver, and an [[antichrist]], who has, like [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]], gone to his own place."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Boston |first=Rob |date=February 2002 |title=If Best-Selling End-Times Author Tim LaHaye Has His Way, Church-State Separation Will Be...Left Behind |url=http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5601&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=cs_ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201130835/http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5601&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=cs_ |archive-date=December 1, 2008 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |magazine=Church & State}}</ref><!-- This is a quote from Bob Jones Jr. – was it published in Mission to Catholics' pamphlets? -->

The issue of anti-Catholicism also comes up in regard to the ''Left Behind'' series. While the fictional Pope John XXIV was raptured, he is described as having "stirred up controversy in the church with a new doctrine that seemed to coincide more with the 'heresy' of [[Martin Luther]] than with the historic orthodoxy they were used to," and this is implied as the reason he was raptured. His successor, Pope [[Peter Mathews (Left Behind)|Peter II]], becomes [[Pontifex Maximus]] of [[Enigma Babylon One World Faith]], an amalgamation of all remaining world faiths and religions.<ref name="akin">{{cite web |last=Akin |first=Jimmy |title=Catholic Answers Special Report: False Profit |url=http://www.catholic.com/library/false_profit.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080711172106/http://www.catholic.com/library/false_profit.asp |archive-date=July 11, 2008 |access-date=May 20, 2007 |website=Catholic Answers }}</ref>

Other Catholic writers have said that while the books aren't "anti-Catholic per se", they reflect LaHaye's other writings on the subject.<ref name="olson">{{Cite web |last=Olson |first=Carl E. |title=No Rapture for Rome: The Anti-Catholics behind the Best-selling Left Behind Books |url=http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2000/0011fea2.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706152802/http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2000/0011fea2.asp |archive-date=July 6, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2007 |website=Catholic Answers}}</ref>

Despite his anti-Catholic views, he praised [[traditionalist Catholic]] director [[Mel Gibson]]'s 2004 film ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', saying that "Everyone should see this movie. It could be Hollywood's finest achievement to date."<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=B. A. |date=March 13, 2005 |title=Reviews of "The Passion of the Christ" by conservative Christians |url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/chrgibson3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622021900/http://www.religioustolerance.org/chrgibson3.htm |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2013 |website=Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance }}</ref> He also endorsed Catholic convert [[Newt Gingrich]] for president in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Jon |date=January 13, 2012 |title='Left Behind' Author Endorses Gingrich, Says Jerry Falwell Backs Newt From Grave |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-lahaye-newt-gingrich-endorsement_n_1204466 |access-date=October 29, 2019 |website=HuffPost}}</ref>

==Tributes==
''[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]'' named LaHaye one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in America, and in the summer of 2001, the ''Evangelical Studies Bulletin'' named him the most influential Christian leader of the preceding quarter century.<ref name="alleman"/><ref name="sine"/>

==Awards==
He received an [[Honorary Doctorate]] in Literature from [[Liberty University]].<ref> {{Cite book |last1=Stephens |first1=Randall J. |title=The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age |last2=Giberson |first2=Karl |date=2011 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674062672 |location=Cambridge, Mass. |pages=166}}</ref><ref> {{Cite encyclopedia |year=2013 |title=LaHaye, Tim (1926– ) |encyclopedia=The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History |publisher=Harvest House Publishers |location=Eugene, Ore. |url=https://archive.org/details/popularencyclope0000unse_t0j6 |last1=Hindson |first1=Ed |page=211 |last2=Mitchell |first2=Dan}}</ref>

== Works ==
{{more citations needed|section|date = January 2021}}
LaHaye authored over 85 books in his lifetime.<ref name="HagertyWSJ"/>

=== Novels ===

;''Left Behind'' series (with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]):

[[Left Behind (series)|''Left Behind'' series]]:
# Oct. 1995, ''[[Left Behind]]: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-2912-9}})
# Oct. 1996, ''[[Tribulation Force]]: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-2921-8}})
# Oct. 1997, ''[[Nicolae (novel)|Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist]]'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-2924-2}})
# Aug. 1998, ''[[Soul Harvest]]: The World Takes Sides'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-2925-0}})
# Feb. 1999, ''[[Apollyon (novel)|Apollyon]]: The Destroyer Is Unleashed'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-2926-9}})
# Aug. 1999, ''[[Assassins (LaHaye novel)|Assassins]]: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-2927-7}})
# May. 2000, ''[[The Indwelling]]: The Beast Takes Possession'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-2929-3}})
# Nov. 2000, ''[[The Mark (novel)|The Mark]]: The Beast Rules the World'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-3228-6}})
# Oct. 2001, ''[[Desecration (novel)|Desecration]]: Antichrist Takes the Throne'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-3229-4}})
# Jul. 2002, ''[[The Remnant (novel)|The Remnant]]: On the Brink of Armageddon'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-3230-8}})
# Apr. 2003, ''[[Armageddon (novel)|Armageddon]]: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-3236-7}})
# Mar. 2004, ''[[Glorious Appearing]]: The End of Days'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-3237-5}})
# Apr. 2007, ''[[Kingdom Come (LaHaye novel)|Kingdom Come]]:  The Final Victory'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-6061-1}})

''Before They Were Left Behind'' series (prequel):
# March 2005, ''[[The Rising (Left Behind)|The Rising]]: Before They Were Left Behind'' ({{ISBN|0-8423-6056-5}})
# November 2005, ''[[The Regime (Left Behind)|The Regime]]: Before They Were Left Behind'' ({{ISBN|1-4143-0576-1}})
# June 6, 2006, ''[[The Rapture (Left Behind)|The Rapture]]'' ({{ISBN|1-4143-0580-X}})

''[[Left Behind: The Kids]]'' series (spin off):
# ''The Vanishings: Four Kids Face Earth's Last Days Together'' (1998)
# ''Second Chance: The Search For Truth'' (1998)
# ''Through the Flames: The Kids Risk Their Lives'' (1998)
# ''Facing the Future: Preparing for Battle'' (1998)
# ''Nicolae High: The Young Trib Force Goes Back to School'' (1999)
# ''The Underground: The Young Trib Force Fights Back'' (1999, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Busted!: The Young Trib Force Faces Pressure'' (2000, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Death Strike: The Young Trib Force Faces War'' (2000, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''The Search: The Struggle to Survive'' (2000, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''On the Run: The Young Trib Force Faces Danger'' (2000)
# ''Into the Storm: The Search for Secret Documents'' (2000, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Earthquake!: The Young Trib Force Faces Disaster'' (2000, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''The Showdown: Behind Enemy Lines'' (2001, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Judgment Day: Into Raging Waters'' (2001, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Battling the Commander: The Hidden Cave'' (2001, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Fire from Heaven'' (2001, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Terror in the Stadium: Witnesses Under Fire'' (2001, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Darkening Skies: Judgment of Ice'' (2001, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Attack of Apollyon: Revenge of the Locusts'' (2002)
# ''A Dangerous Plan: Race Against Time'' (2002, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Secrets of New Babylon: The Search for an Imposter'' (2002)
# ''Escape from New Babylon: Discovering New Believers'' (2002, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Horsemen of Terror: The Unseen Judgment'' (2002, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Uplink from the Underground: Showtime for Vicki'' (2002, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Death at the Gala: History in the Making'' (2003, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''The Beast Arises: Unveiling the Plan'' (2003, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Wildfire: Into the Great Tribulation'' (2003, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''The Mark of the Beast: Dilemma in New Bablyon'' (2003, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Breakout!: Believers in Danger'' (2003)
# ''Murder in the Holy Place: Carpathia's Deadly Deception'' (2003, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Escape to Masada: Joining Operation Eagle'' (2003, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''War of the Dragon: Miracles in the Air'' (2003, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Attack on Petra: Through the Inferno'' (2004, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Bounty Hunters: Believers in the Crosshairs'' (2004, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''The Rise of False Messiahs: Carpathia's Evil Tricks'' (2004)
# ''Ominous Choices: The Race for Life'' (2004, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Heat Wave: Surviving the Fourth Bowl Judgment'' (2004, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''The Perils of Love: Breaking Through the Darkness'' (2004, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''The Road to War: Facing the Guillotine'' (2004, with [[Chris Fabry]])
# ''Triumphant Return: The New Jerusalem'' (2004, with [[Chris Fabry]])

;''[[Babylon Rising]]'' series:
# October 2003, ''[[Babylon Rising]]'', with [[Greg Dinallo]] ({{ISBN|0-553-80322-0}})
# August 2004, ''The Secret on Ararat'', with [[Dr. Bob Phillips, Ph.D]] ({{ISBN|0-553-80323-9}})
# September 2005, ''The Europa Conspiracy'', with [[Dr. Bob Phillips, Ph.D]] ({{ISBN|0-553-80324-7}})
# August 29, 2006, ''The Edge of Darkness'', with [[Dr. Bob Phillips, Ph.D]] ({{ISBN|0-553-80325-5}})

;''The Jesus Chronicles'' series (with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]):
# ''John's Story: The Last Eyewitness'' (2006) ({{ISBN|0-399-15389-6}})
# ''Mark's Story: The Gospel According to Peter'' (2007)
# ''Luke's Story: By Faith Alone'' (2009)
# ''Matthew's Story: From Sinner To Saint'' (2010)

;''The End'' series (with Craig Parshall):
# ''Edge of Apocalypse'' (2010)
# ''Thunder of Heaven'' (2011)
# ''Brink of Chaos'' (2012)
# ''Mark of Evil'' (2014)

;Standalone novels:

* ''Come Spring'' (2005, with Gregory S. Dinallo)
* ''Always Grace'' (2008, with [[Greg Dinallo]], Gregory S. Dinallo)

=== Comics ===

;''Left Behind'' Graphic Novel series (with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]):
# ''Left Behind: A Graphic Novel of Earth's Last Days'' (2001, with [[Aaron Lopresti]], [[Jeffrey Moy]])
# ''Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind'' (2002, with [[Brian Augustyn]])

=== Poems ===
* ''Our Favorite Verse'' (1986, [[Beverly LaHaye]])

=== Nonfiction ===

;Self-help:

* ''Spirit-Controlled Temperament'' (1966)
* ''How to Be Happy Though Married'' (1968)
* ''Transforming Your Temperament'' (1971)
* ''The Beginning of the End'' (1972)
* ''How To Win Over Depression'' (1974)
* ''Ten Steps to Victory Over Depression'' (1974)
* ''[[The Act of Marriage|The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love]]'' (1976, with [[Beverly LaHaye]])
* ''Opposites Attract'' (1977)
* ''Understand Your Man: Secrets of the Male Temperament'' (1977)
* ''Understanding the Male Temperament'' (1977)
* ''Six Keys to a Happy Marriage'' (1978)
* ''Spirit-Controlled Family Living'' (1978)
* ''The Unhappy Gays: What Everyone Should Know About Homosexuality'' (1978)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/12/studies_in_crap_27.php|title= Studies in Crap: Left Behind visionary Tim LaHaye's "penetrating" look at The Unhappy Gays|author= Alan Scherstuhl|date= December 24, 2009|work= The Village Voice|access-date= December 26, 2009|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091226171806/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/12/studies_in_crap_27.php|archive-date= December 26, 2009|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
* ''Your Temperament Can Be Changed'' (1978)
* ''Anger Is a Choice'' (1982, with [[Dr. Bob Phillips, Ph.D]])
* ''How to Manage Pressure Before Pressure Manages You'' (1983)
* ''Increase Your Personality Power'' (1984)
* ''Practical Answers to Common Questions about Sex in Marriage'' (1984)
* ''The Coming Peace in the Middle East'' (1984)
* ''Your Temperament: Discover Its Potential'' (1984)
* What Lovemaking Means to a... series:
*# ''What Lovemaking Means to a Woman: Practical Advice to Married Women about Sex'' (1984)
*# ''What Lovemaking Means to a Man: Practical Advice to Married Men about Sex'' (1984)
* ''Sex Education is for the Family'' (1985)
* ''Why You Act the Way You Do'' (1987)
* ''Finding the Will of God in a Crazy, Mixed-Up World'' (1989)
* ''If Ministers Fall, Can They Be Restored?'' (1990)
* ''Our Life Together'' (1990, with Richard Exley)
* ''I Love You, But Why Are We So Different?: Making the Most of Personality Differences in Your Marriage'' (1991)
* ''Raising Sexually Pure Kids: How to Prepare Your Children for The Act of Marriage'' (1993)
* ''Smart Money'' (1994, with Jerry Tuma)
* ''The Spirit-Filled Family: Expanded for the Challenges of Today'' (1995, with [[Beverly LaHaye]])
* ''Gathering Lilies from Among the Thorns: Finding the Mate God Has for You'' (1998, with [[Beverly LaHaye]])
* ''The Power of the Cross'' (1998)
* ''The Act of Marriage After 40'' (2000, with [[Beverly LaHaye]], Mike Yorkey)
* Soul Survivor series:
*# ''[[Mind Siege: The Battle for Truth in the New Millennium|Mind Siege: The Battle for the Truth]]'' (2000, with [[David A. Noebel]])
*# ''All the Rave'' (2002, with Bob DeMoss)
*# ''The Last Dance'' (2002, with Bob DeMoss)
*# ''Black Friday'' (2003, with Bob DeMoss)
* ''Perhaps Today: Living Everyday in the Light of Christ's Return'' (2001, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]])
* ''The Transparent Leader: Spiritual Secrets of Nineteen Successful Men'' (2001, with Dwight L. Johnson, Dean Nelson)
* ''Heart Attacked: How to Keep and Guard Your Heart for God'' (2002, with [[Ed Hindson]])
* ''Seduction of the Heart'' (2002, with [[Ed Hindson]])
* ''Embracing Eternity: Living Each Day with a Heart Toward Heaven'' (2004, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]], Frank M. Martin)
* ''Jesus and the Hope of His Coming'' (2004, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]])
* ''Turn Your Life Around: Break Free from Your Past to a New and Better You'' (2006, with Tim Clinton)
* ''The Essential Guide to Bible Prophecy: 13 Keys to Understanding the End Times'' (2012, with [[Ed Hindson]])
* ''A Quick Look at the Rapture and the Second Coming'' (2013)

:History:

* ''Faith of Our Founding Fathers'' (1987)
* ''Hitler, God & the Bible'' (2012, with [[Ray Comfort]])

;Politics:

* ''The Hidden Censors'' (1984)

;Religion:

* ''Revelation Unveiled'' (1973)
* ''Revelation: Illustrated and Made Plain'' (1973)
* ''How to Study the Bible for Yourself'' (1976)
* ''The Ark on Ararat'' (1976, with [[John D. Morris]])
* ''Life in the Afterlife: What Really Happens After Death?'' (1980)
{{Anchor|The Battle for the Mind}}
{{Anchor|The Battle for the Family}}
* The Battle for the Mind/Family series:
*# ''The Battle for the Mind'' (1980)
*# ''The Battle for the Family'' (1981)
* ''The Battle for the Public Schools'' (1982)
* ''The Race for the 21st Century'' (1986)
* ''No Fear of the Storm: Why Christians Will Escape All the Tribulation'', AKA ''Rapture Under Attack: Will Christians Escape the Tribulation?'', AKA ''The Rapture: Who Will Face the Tribulation?'' (1992)
* ''Understanding Bible Prophecy for Yourself'' (1992)
* ''Jesus: Who Is He?'' (1996)
* ''Understanding the Last Days'' (1998)
* ''Bible Prophecy: What You Need to Know'' (1999)
* ''Are We Living in the End Times?'' (1999, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]])
* ''Tim LaHaye Prophecy Study Bible'' (2000)
* ''The Complete Bible Prophecy Chart'' (2001, with [[Thomas Ice]])
* ''The Merciful God of Prophecy: His Loving Plan for You in the End Times'' (2002)
* ''End Times Controversy: The Second Coming Under Attack'' (2003)
* ''God Always Keeps His Promises'' (2003, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]])
* ''The Promise of Heaven'' (2003, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]])
* ''These Will Not Be Left Behind: Incredible Stories of Lives Transformed After Reading the Left Behind Novels'' (2003, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]])
* ''A Kid's Guide to Understanding the End Times'' (2004, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]], [[Chris Fabry]])
* ''Jesus Is Coming Soon!: A Kid's Guide to Bible Prophecy and the End Times'' (2004, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]])
* ''Why Believe in Jesus?'' (2004)
* ''The Authorized Left Behind Handbook'' (2005, with [[Jerry B. Jenkins]], Sandi L. Swanson)
* ''The Best Christmas Gift'' (2005, with [[Greg Dinallo]], Gregory S. Dinallo)
* ''A Party of Two: The Dating, Marriage, and Family Guide'', AKA ''Party of Two: Lessons for Staying in Step in Dating, Marriage, and Family Life'' (2006, with [[Beverly LaHaye]])
* ''The Popular Bible Prophecy Workbook: An Interactive Guide to Understanding the End Times'' (2006, with [[Ed Hindson]])
* ''Global Warning: Are We on the Brink of World War III?'' (2007, with [[Ed Hindson]])
* ''The Popular Bible Prophecy Commentary: Understanding the Meaning of Every Prophetic Passage'' (2007, with [[Ed Hindson]])
* ''Jesus: Why the World Is Still Fascinated by Him'' (2009)
* ''The Book of Revelation Made Clear: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Understanding the Most Mysterious Book of the Bible'' (2014, with Timothy E. Parker)
* ''Target Israel: Caught in the Crosshairs of the End Times'' (2015, with [[Ed Hindson]])
* ''Bible Prophecy for Everyone: What You Need to Know About the End Times'' (2016)
* ''Who Will Face the Tribulation?: How to Prepare for the Rapture and Christ's Return'' (2016)

==See also==
* [[Christian eschatology]]

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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040629062458/http://www.timlahaye.com/ Archived version of official website]
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