Charles A Bennett

The Last Christmas Charles A Bennett

Gut writing and 50 years of Bible study has produced this year's best gift for non-believers.? Why did a G-Rated God make this X-Rated world?? Are Christians the only ones going to Heaven?? If God already knew who was going to Heaven, why didn't he do Heaven first and bypass all this pain and suffering?Charles A. Bennett's novella The Last Christmas answers all three. The story is about two typical American families, one just beginning and the other just launched into the afterlife. The Last Christmas is about what that family found. That's why it's this year's best gift for non-believers. The theology that reveals the afterlife is the product of some 50 years of biblical studies. Bennett's "gift of skepticism" has led him to some fascinating conclusions about how God is working this world and our lives in it: God gave us the biblical message. Mankind gave us Christianity. The two are not the same. He summarizes the message in his previous book The Wonderful You. (Available from Amazon Books) The story side of The Last Christmas came from what Bennett calls "gut writing." The story is clearly fiction, but it has emerged largely out of the characters who themselves came to the story as needed, bringing with them their names and backstories. For years now many writers report having created characters who rebel from the original plot plan and want to do their own thing. Generally, when the writer follows their lead, it ends up a more satisfying story. The Last Christmas began with a line that came out of nowhere. The line was, "But I don't want a cat!" Nine weeks later it had led Bennett to this novella. He still debates how much was him and how much were his characters, but whatever he concludes, a major part of the story came from somewhere other than him. You can get both books by searching Amazon Books for the author's name plus the title. Otherwise the title alone brings up at least 20 to 30 choices.