Jim Sides draws upon a lifetime of experiences to dovetail stories taking placeon opposite sides of the world. Through tragedy misfortune and internationalintri... » 

Jim Sides draws upon a lifetime of experiences to dovetail stories taking placeon opposite sides of the world. Through tragedy misfortune and internationalintrigue the participants discover the difference between head knowledge andheart knowledge. That difference is the great divide illustrated mostcritically in the matter of a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.The story opens with the hijacking of a Japanese airliner carrying a doubleagent to North Korea in 1969. Events in both Koreas become interspersed withthe story of a spiritual transformation in the United States where the derelictEdwin Scruggs and the outwardly successful Reverend Reagan Ainsworth discoverwhat it means to live true Christianity. The death of Scruggs brings into focusthe priorities of Ainsworth Daniels the mission worker Betty Hodges and thepompously religious Paul Johnson. Even after his death Edwin Scruggs serves asa guide to the way home. Tension between right and wrong in the arenas ofleadership sovereignty of nations personal morality and the need forworldwide understanding and brotherhood is evident the importance ofrelationships is woven into the narrative from beginning to end. Nearly all ofthe events are based on fact although they have been fictionalized for thetelling. Jim Sides received the Bachelor of Music Education degree in 1965 fromMars Hill College Mars Hill NC and holds the Master of Church Music 1967and Doctor of Musical Arts 1982 from Southwestern Seminary Fort Worth TX.From 19671971 he served on active duty as an Air Force Administrative Officerwith assignments in Florida South Korea and Illinois. He has served churchesin the southeastern United States for thirty years and was on college musicfaculties for seven years. «