An anonymous man has received nine seals from The Prophet, with each seal containing mysterious sayings and prophecies from the Book of Isaiah about America's recent past and possible future destruction.

For Johnson, the New Testament books Luke and Acts provide that much-needed jolt to conventional wisdom.

This volume concludes with a rich discussion of practical matters, including the relationship between Christian discipleship and prophetic interpretation and the role of biblical prophecy in interfaith contexts.

The centrepiece of the work is a study of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, by far the largest and most successful of teh radical sectarian groups active during the period of the English civil war and the inter-regnum."--Jacket.