The Deacon of Dobbinsville
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Among the Ozark Hills, Mount Olivet church holds a commanding place in community life, while its narrator questions the faith behind its reputation. Deacon Gramps, a wealthy farmer and influential church officer, can shape a sermon with a twitch of his ear. John Arch Morrison builds this Christian novel around the gap between public religious standing and the inward change its characters profess to seek.
That conflict comes into view at an evangelistic meeting. An elderly man describes a renewed faith, a child speaks of following her grandmother's example, and Preacher Bonds interrupts with an angry attack on holiness teaching. These scenes give the story its combination of rural observation, pointed humor and direct religious argument.
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Book facts
- Author
- John Arch Morrison
- Reading time
- About 100 minutes
- Pages
- 43
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Christian
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