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The Silence of Heaven
The Silence of Heaven
The Silence of Heaven
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Three families caught up in a wave of Christian persecution in a post-Christian United States try to hold on to their faith in Christ in spite of physical and mental abuse, the loss of all worldly possessions, and incarceration in a concentration camp. They fight against their adversaries with the only weapons they have: their wits and their extraordinary faith. While holding out hope for the second coming of Christ to deliver them from their spiritual enemies both worldly and satanic, they must hold on to their faith in spite of what seems like silence of Heaven.
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PublisherWestBow Press
Release dateDec 19, 2016
ISBN9781512755060
The Silence of Heaven
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Harold Bowlby

Harold L. Bowlby has been an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene for forty years. He is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and has pastored in Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana. He has written several articles and short stories for religious publications. This is his first novel. He is now retired. He and his wife, Billie Sue, live in Richmond, Indiana.

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