The hardest soul to save was his own.
Eulis ‘Sonny’ Dewey is a preacher from Texas living a happy life with his beautiful wife Jessie. But Sonny’s stable world starts to crumbles when he discovers his wife is having an affair with a young minister, Horace, and Sonny gets enraged and hits Horace with a softball bat, putting him into a coma. After that he leaves town, takes a new name, ‘Apostle E.F.’ and goes to Louisiana. There he starts to preach everywhere: on the radio, on the streets, and with his new friend, Reverend Blackwell, he starts a campaign to renovate an old church.
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and a related scene of violence.
Principal Cast: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett and Billy Bob Thornton
Director: Robert Duvall
At the scene of devastating car crash, Sonny asks one of the victims to accept the Lord.
Themes: Evangelism, Prayer, Ministry, Death, Accepting Christ, Heaven, Hell, Afterlife, Eternity
3:31
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After finding out his wife was cheating on him, Sonny cries out to the Lord in anger and frustration.
Themes: Sign, Prayer, Peace, Plea, Anger, God's Nature, Faith, Seeking God, Communication
2:05
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Sonny visits retired preacher, Charles Blackwell, and asks him to help start a new local church.
Themes: Fellowship, Mission, Revelation, Holy Spirit, Trust, Devil/Demons, God's Will, Spiritual Warfare, Accountability
3:20
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Sonny preaches with great fervor on the radio.
Themes: Faith, Passion, Holy Spirit, Commandments, Evangelism, Preaching, Praise, Extreme, Proclamation
1:13
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On the way to their first church service, Sonny and his bus pick up and transport the congregation.
Themes: Evangelism, Preaching, Community, Praise, Church, Religion, Fellowship, Purpose, Body of Christ
3:31
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Sonny preaches on all the ways to praise the Lord.
Themes: Praise, Worship, Preaching, Tithing, Church, Music, Body of Christ, Passion, Joy
2:16
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As a bulldozers comes to tear down his church, Sonny places a bible underneath the tracks and warns the driver not to proceed.
Themes: Bible, Faith, Judgment, Witnessing, Enemy, Spiritual Warfare, Belief, Disbelief, Power
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