Charles "Chuck" Missler is an author, evangelical Christian, Bible

Bible

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 teacher, former businessman and US Navy officer. He is the founder of the Koinonia House ministry based in Coeur d'Alene

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

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, Idaho

Idaho

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Biography

He was for several years the chairman, the chief executive, and the largest shareholder of Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital Corporation is one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers in the world. It has a long history in the electronics industry as an integrated circuit maker and a storage products company. Western Digital was founded on April 23, 1970 by Alvin B...

. In 1983 he became the chairman and chief executive of Helionetics Inc., another technology company. After teaching for many years at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa

Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa

Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa is a Christian church located near the boundary between the cities of Costa Mesa and Santa Ana in Orange County. It is the original Calvary Chapel, having grown since 1965 from a handful of people led by Chuck Smith to become the "mother church" of over one thousand...

, Missler moved to Coeur d'Alene in 1992 and founded Koinonia House. Through this organization, Missler distributes a monthly newsletter, Bible study

Bible study (Christian)

In Christianity, Bible study is the study of the Bible by ordinary people as a personal religious or spiritual practice. Some denominations may call this devotion or devotional acts; however in other denominations devotion has other meanings...

 tapes, and a radio show, and speaks at conferences.

Missler is a prominent Christian Zionist with ties to the Patriot movement

Patriot movement

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. Chuck has had numerous programs aired on the Christian television station GOD TV

GOD TV

GOD TV is an international Christian television broadcaster that transmits the GOD Channel from Jerusalem.The network’s Free-to-air signal is carried via multiple satellites 24-hours-a-day providing programming at no charge to viewers. This ranges from Bible teaching to motivational seminars,...

, namely the DVD versions of his biblical studies "Learn the Bible in 24 Hours", "The Book of Revelation", "The Book of Genesis", and "The Book of Daniel". A Los Angeles Times article reported that Missler and co-author Hal Lindsey

Hal Lindsey

Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey is an American evangelist and Christian writer. He is a Christian Zionist and dispensationalist author. He currently resides in Texas.-Biography:...

 had plagiarized a portion of Miami University

Miami University

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 Professor Edwin Yamauchi's 1982 book Foes From the Northern Frontier in their own 1992 book The Magog Factor. A YouTube

YouTube

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 video in which Chuck attempts to disprove evolution

Evolution

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 with a jar of peanut butter

Peanut butter

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 as being inconsistent with the first law of thermodynamics

First law of thermodynamics

The first law of thermodynamics is an expression of the principle of conservation of work.The law states that energy can be transformed, i.e. changed from one form to another, but cannot be created nor destroyed...

attracted media attention in 2007-2008.

Books

• 2002 Learn the Bible in 24 Hours Pub: Nelson Books ISBN 0-7852-6429-9
• 2006 Prophecy 20/20: Profiling the Future Through the Lens of Scripture Pub: Thomas Nelson ISBN 0785218890

External links

• Koinonia House – Official website