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Todd Hampson: Imminency, Inerrancy, & The Rapture Controversy

February 23, 2026·28 min·2 clips

Todd Hampson's new book tackles why the rapture, once a core Christian teaching, has become a controversial topic today.

A new book starts the conversation. David Fiorazzo opens Worldview Matters with his usual call to discern current events and defend biblical Christianity, then brings in Todd Hampson for a subject he knows will stir people up. Fiorazzo calls it the R word and points to The Nonprofit's Guide to the Rapture as hot off the presses. Todd comes in relaxed. He says the talk feels like sitting with an old friend over topics they both care about. The book gives Fiorazzo plenty to grab onto, and he uses it to move between doctrine and everyday application. Soon the wedding picture does the heavy lifting. Todd walks through a binding agreement, a groom going back to the father's house, and a place prepared for the bride. The father controls the timing. At an unknown moment, he sends the groom to get the bride, with announcement, trumpet imagery, and a public arrival. Todd says that pattern is deliberate. He ties it to words about the Father's house and says the disciples would have caught the meaning. Fiorazzo keeps reacting with real surprise, then turns toward Israel, the Mount of Olives, and Zechariah's picture of Jesus standing there. That is where the main split lands. Fiorazzo asks Todd to separate the rapture, the catching up of believers, from Jesus' return. Todd says they are different events. In his view, confusion starts when believers or theological systems collapse them into one thing. The close is pastoral and practical. Fiorazzo thanks Todd for serving the body of Christ, points listeners to ToddHampson.com and Amazon, and sends them out to keep speaking truth about things that matter.

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A brisk defense of the rapture, with biblical framing and a clear line between catching up and return.

Worldview Matters frames a new rapture book as a straightforward, pastor-led argument for why the subject still stirs debate. David Fiorazo keeps the pace moving, while Todd Hampson draws a clean line between the catching up of believers and Christ's return in judgment.

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You want a Scripture-anchored take on the rapture debate from a brand-new book conversation.

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