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Sep 22, 2025 14 min

When the End Becomes an Idol

from Diving Deeper Hosted by Lucas Leibforth

What happens when our obsession with the end times overshadows our call to live faithfully right now? In this episode of Diving Deeper, Lucas takes a hard look at our cultural moment: the assassination of Charlie Kirk, viral rapture predictions, debates over Israel, annihilationism, and the differing views of the millennium. With scripture, history, and real-world examples, he unpacks how eschatology can become an idol — whether by idolizing the future and neglecting the present, or idolizing the present and forgetting the future. From Erika Kirk’s public forgiveness at Charlie’s memorial, to the dangers of date-setting and false doctrines, to the beauty of the kingdom that is already here and not yet complete — this episode calls believers back to the center: Jesus.

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