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On the other side of oddville

With a compelling mixture of humor and insight, Moody offers his reflection on religion and American life. Standing at the intersection of the public and the private, and speaking with authentic faith unfettered by fear, Moody offers words of clarity and compassion about some of the more troublesome issues of our time
Print Book, English, ©2006
1st ed
Mercer University Press, Macon, Ga., ©2006
Church history
xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780865549913, 0865549915
64510376
Preface by Robert Mong
Life
With both hands he carried a cardboard box
The return of the ring
Cheers for the blue-collar crowd
Signs of the spirit along the way
There is no place like chautauqua
Good reason to go to town
Howard finster, man of visions
Science, art, and matters of the soul
A bible, a guitar, and a two-pound coffee can
Days of hope, nights of despair
Sights and sounds of a Sabbath day
A world full of saints
Church
On the other side of Oddville
Gospel roundup at the Cowboy Church
Forbidden words
Sitting down to eat with Jesus
The fastest-growing church in America
The church alumni association
The public confessions of a converted preacher
There is nothing like a choir
The power of Resurrection Sunday
Thousand miles from home
End time tabernacle
We need a new set of questions
What I pass on the way to church
Jesus, Jeb, and Schwarzenegger
Culture
The flag, the pledge, and God
Creation and evolution in Kansas
Where to post the Ten commandments
Too much religion in our politics
Nation with two stories
What would Jesus do in Alabama?
Keeping true to your mission
Questions about our unborn children
Our cultural addiction to tobacco
Resisting the growing gun culture
Now a word about abortion
Where is Amos when we need him?
Famous first lines
Religion
Jesus know about Jabez?
Finding God at the movie house
The moment of silence is here to stay
Are we really as secular as they say?
Man of the millennium
Religion and the twentieth century
Quakers celebrate a birthday
Is freedom so dangerous to religion?
John Paul and his words of hope
A Baptist looks at the pope
Meaning and martyrdom in the passion of the Christ
Conversion is a fundamental human freedom
Islam
Is there a prayer you can offer for me?
Sad story of love
Who wants to ban the Koran?
Islam has a problem
Hoping for the transformation of Islam
The coming revival of Islam
Prison bars and powerful words
The far side of the world
Evangelism and the Middle East war
Christians and Muslims in Palestine
The ebb and flow of freedom