Of all the places to wait for the apocalypse, one could do worse than the Texas Hill Country. In rustic Bandera, inside one of five ranch-style houses sprawled across acres of waving, golden grasses, Houston-born evangelical author Hal Lindsey seemed to have sequestered himself while doing just that. The self-appointed “father of modern-day Bible prophecy,” who died on November 25 at the age of 95, spent a half century accruing fame and fortune by predicting the end of the world. I made the trek to the Cowboy Capital of the World in March 2022 hoping to speak to the man. Because I could not get the operator who answered the phone for Hal Lindsey Ministries to help coordinate an interview (aptly, the number is 1-888-RAPTURE), I…
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