About the book

News anchor John Barrett struggles to balance professional objectivity with a sudden influx of supernatural perceptions following his father’s mysterious death. His father, a fringe street preacher, claimed to hear the voice of God, a trait John initially dismissed as mental instability. As John investigates a local political campaign and a controversial medical facility, he begins to hear a recurring, authoritative voice that reveals hidden moral corruption and media manipulation. The plot centers on the tension between objective journalism and absolute spiritual truth, culminating in a public confrontation regarding the ethics of abortion and the deliberate suppression of facts by those in power.

This story serves readers interested in the intersection of Christian theology and sociopolitical commentary. It attracts those who want to examine how personal morality shapes public discourse and the consequences of compromising integrity for the sake of a career. Readers finish the book with a framework for identifying worldview biases within news media and an understanding of the biblical role of a prophet as a whistleblower against institutionalized sin. It provides a narrative argument for the existence of objective reality in a pluralistic society.

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Published
1992
Language
EN

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