Another Jesus a Different Spirit a Different Gospel

<p>It's the Christmas season-the most wonderful time of the year for most people in River City California. But for Jehovah's Witnesses Lawrence and Brad it's a time for them to try to explain the truth about this holiday season to the people of the community. Their earnest efforts may earn them ridicule disagreement or a door slammed rudely in their faces but they persist-and are sometimes able to find a mind and heart receptive to their urgent message about Jehovah's coming Kingdom.</p><p>Whereas for Elders Skousen and Marshall-two Latter-day Saint (Mormon) missionaries-the season is another opportunity to share their Church's distinctive interpretation of the Christian gospel; but their efforts are often rebuffed as well.</p><p>In the course of their work these two pairs of men engage in dialogue with traditional Christians as well as members of the Church of Christ; the Community of Christ (RLDS); Seventh-day Adventists; and Oneness Pentecostals-not to mention skeptics atheists and the increasing numbers of people who lack any particular religious beliefs.</p><p>But when a local church brings in a researcher to give a series of lectures on Cults-and specifically targeting the Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons-a confrontation is ensured where theological and biblical concepts collide in a public forum.</p><p>Who if anyone really has the Truth? Can one still discover the true meaning of Christmas in the midst of passionate disagreements over the validity of the holiday season? Are objections raised about the secularization and rampant commercialism of the modern celebration valid? </p><p>Spend a holiday season (or any other season) with some interesting and intellectually-stimulating characters as they explore these and other challenging questions.</p><p>(Readers of the author's earlier novel <i>A Multicultural Christmas</i> will be pleased to see a brief reappearance of two characters from that book.)</p>