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What If Jesus Had Not Come Until Today?Who Would Follow Him?Who Would Kill Him?A fiery car crash hurls TV journalist Conrad Davis into another world exactly like ours except for one detail-Jesus Christ did not come 2,000 years ago, but today.Starting with angels heralding a birth in the back of…

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1 author picked Eli as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

What if Jesus hadn’t come until the modern age? As a teenager, this book hooked my rebellious mind with the almost heretical concept of alternate reality sci-fi concerning Jesus. Instead, I found a fun and engaging sci-fi novel that focused and reignited my faith in a time when it was waning.

Twenty years later, I still love this book and am inspired by the way it pushes boundaries to convey the truth of God’s love and the message of the gospel.

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Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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