The countdown has begun.
Apocalyptic predictions abound.
Such an apocalyptic scenario finds a ready audience both in the broader culture and among Christians. During the past century, many evangelicals have embraced dispensationalism, with all of its pessimistic end-times expectations. Predictions of gloom and doom fit right in with the dispensational worldview. But a number of Christians in the Reformed tradition have also sounded the alarm, claiming that the Y2K problem poses a serious threat to our modern civilization, and may even bring about its collapse. So as we approach the new year, Christians from various traditions, as well as many non-Christians, warn of impending disaster.