Turfmen and the Prodigal: A Story of Old MobileBy John Malcolm Cunningham Jr.Description:
Bitter, backslidden Christian Gideon Deshler spirals toward destruction, his demise hastened by evil Elvira Sturgis with whom he falls in love. She and her father, president of Alabama’s Spring Hill Jockey Club, brutalize their slaves. Two of Sturgis’s slaves, the jockey Ned and his girlfriend Becky, must escape to Canada so they can fulfill their dreams. But how? Alabama is far away from Canada, and it also doesn’t have an Underground Railroad. Book Takeaway:God's grace is always available to those who repent and turn back to Him. Why the author wrote this book:I wanted to show how Satan deceives backsliders and also show backsliders that if they repent from wandering far from God, His grace will bring them home to Him. |