Maloney assumes that people want to know why he is not famous if all these miraculous stories, which you will hear later, are true. His response to them is that God simply has not allowed him to advertise, (p. 20) and has told him to stay hidden. (page 125) .

Only in the last few years (remember the copyright date is 2008) does God permit him to speak of his experiences at all.

So all these episodes have been covered up neatly all these years, by Mr. Maloney. But this begs the question, how were they covered up by the people who experienced them? He even says that he has seen thousands of miracles that no one knows about except the people and their families (p. 20). Really? They never told anyone else? People certainly have changed from the days of Jesus, when He had to strictly charge them not to tell what had happened. And they told anyway.

With several strokes of his computer keyboard he has placed himself in the ranks of the most prolific of miracle workers in all history, and there's no way we can deny it, because God would not let him talk about it until now. Strange, yes?

The miracles that Jesus worked were strong events also. Even the ones that we know of were enough to get Him crucified, they were so powerful. And they advertised themselves! There is no way to keep some things secret.

Maloney has rightly suspected that people like me will be very curious and want to investigate him. He even claims on this same page (20) that his book opens him up to scrutiny and criticism. Jesus, the miracle worker, did not have to be scrutinized to discover whether He was working miracles. That was never His problem. His miracles were so powerful and real and obvious that He shook the religious world. And so hard, that it came crashing down on Him. With Maloney we have to start with assuming something miraculous happened. That is never a good starting point.

He says he tried not to embellish, that he is trying to be honest. Trying? Is this so difficult?

He then tells us that many of the miracles have written documentation and multiple eyewitness testimonies (p. 21). But he provides none. The reason: He does not want to open these people up to scoffing and crowds of people bothering them. All of them, he says, wanted to be referenced anonymously.

Herein is a marvelous thing. I did not have an arm. Now I do. But I don't want to tell anyone about it, nor do I want them to know how it happened. Keep this a secret.

The people healed by Jesus feared no criticism or embarrassment. How can I be embarrassed if my eye can see now, and before it could not? No, pure joy! Let me tell you about it!

He lets us know on page 21 that he tries to be a person of integrity. Well, that's good to know.

BIO

His story, as well as I could glean it from his book, goes like this:

He was born in the mid-50's. Strangely, he won't give the exact date. He was raised in the slums of Kansas City, Missouri. His birth mother was a German immigrant. His birth father spent time incarcerated. Mother has an affair with a preacher. James is the illegitimate fruit of their relationship.

His father comes home from jail and finds him there. An unwanted child if ever there was one. He proceeds to smash his boots in young James' face, break his nose, disfigure him. He picks him up by the ankles and slams him into a wall. (pages 27 and following)

He was so abused at home that he didn't speak until he was four years old. (page 90) Mother tries to sell him.

Oddly, we are informed that he does not remember any of the beatings. All you have read above must have been related to him by someone later. He does seem to recall being locked in a closet for two days with only a bottle of water.

Eventually he is adopted by a caring family who knows of his situation. With them, he moves to southern California, (page 28) the town of Idyllwild. Idyllwild of the 60's was a stronghold for the metaphysical sciences, and the Hippies. Per James, one could see the white robed and the long -haired along with the Hell's Angel Bikers, New Agers, and more.

His new mom and dad were out a lot and needed help in raising James. He tells of an older gent named "Harry" (from page 67). Harry was a friend of Dad. James claims that Harry was "born in the late 1800's", and specifically notes that James was nine when Harry was seventy-nine.

It is hard to come by dates and places in this book, but here is one. And it creates a problem. Harry died in 1977, says Maloney, at the age of ninety-three. That would make Harry’s birth year to be 1864. If James is nine when Harry is seventy-nine, (which would have been 1943), then Maloney must have been born in 1934, not the mid-fifties.

There's a clear contradiction there. Not overly important, of course, but needing to be cleaned up a bit.

James Maloney became suicidal at fourteen. It all caught up with him. His parenting. His confusion. Rejection. In 1970, on New Year's Eve, he reportedly said to God, "God, if you are real, reveal Yourself to me (page29)." (In this passage we find him to be fourteen in 1971, so we're back to a birth time of 1956 or 57, the mid-fifties as claimed originally).

After that prayer, a light in his room awakens him. The light gets bigger and bigger. James begins to worship Whoever it is. In his words, "If it would have been Buddha," he would have worshiped him. Or anyone else. But he is sure it is Jesus.

A Voice says, "I have heard your cry for acceptance... I love you as you are" (page 30).

Soon he buys a Bible and is given a Kathryn Kuhlman book. He is given also the plan of salvation (page 30). A new life begins.