Winterflight: A novel - Hardcover

Bayly, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849902975 ISBN 13: 9780849902970

Publisher: Word Books, 1981

Synopsis

Imagine an America not too many years distant.

An America that seems perfect on the surface,
but whose ethical underpinnings have totally collapsed.

An America where abortion is the rule for imperfect fetuses
and euthanasia is mandatory at age 75.

Jon and Grace Stanton's allegiance to God is about to be put to the ultimate test in this future society. As they struggle to protect two memers of their family from the laws of the land, they must rely on each other and their faith as they never have before.

This novel, first published in 1981, seems increasingly predictive in its description of a world where morality is dictated by technology rather than the Word of God.

About this title

About the Author:

In July 1986, Joseph Bayly joined three sons who have preceded him in death, leaving behind his wife of forty-three years, Mary Lou, and four children involved in Christian service. Joe will be remembered as a man of insight and wit, a man keenly sensitive both to the law of God and the weakness of man. Current Title: A Voice in the Wilderness

From Library Journal:

In a frightening vision of the immediate future (and an anti-abortion parable originally published in 1981), Bayly introduces Jonathan and Grace Stanton, whose six-year-old son has mild hemophilia, a treatable condition. But the advent of gene testing some 20 years earlier prevents genetic abnormalities through U.S. government-sanctioned abortions. Conditions that manifest themselves after the birth of a child are a virtual death sentence; the child is taken to a body bank to be kept alive, for years if needed, until all usable parts have been harvested for others. There are no happy endings here, and Christians are willing participants in this brave new world. Highly emotional and barbarously realistic, given the potential of current medical advances, Bayly's future forces Christians to make a choice to follow the latest medical intervention blindly or open their eyes and fight for the moral choice. Essential for all Christian fiction collections.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Word Books
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0849902975
• ISBN 13: 9780849902970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 174