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The Gospel Blimp and Other Modern Parables

Here is a collection of Joe Bayly's best-loved stories: The Gospel Blimp(which sold over 200,000 copies in its original edition); the famous Gooley stories; How Silently, How Silentlythe classic Christmas Parable; and others.

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"A long-overdue, embarrassingly accurate commentary on the feverish futility of too many sincere but pathetically misguided evangelical Christians. The power of this provocatively written, first-person narrative explodes unexpectedly as one breezes through the all-too-familiar situations." Eugena Price, Novelist

Audience
adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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