FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

tim-43-137565 Both my Grandfather and Great-Grandfather were circuit-riding preachers in Pioneer Florida and Georgia. This film was produced at Bob Jones University just before I became a student there. Many of the people in the film were students and faculty members, and several are my friends. What an encouraging and inspiring story of prayer and ministry. Watching it again with my youngest son. Great memories! :)

JDouglasJ_1 I came across this video again the other day and watched it with great enjoyment. Having watched it in 1977 when it was first released on the big screen, I was again delighted with the quality of cinematography that is common with a productions by Bob Jones University. The story takes us back to a simple time in America when most of the Appalachian Mountains area needed gospel preachers. The story opens with a confessional confrontation between a guilty ridden young man and the preacher Robert Sheffey. We are taken into a flashback very soon of the life of Sheffey and how he eventually comes to Jesus. The acting is first class, the music fits and the editing is superb. You will enjoy the light hearted moments and might even get a lump in your throat during the compassion of the Evangelist. The underlying theme of this movie is evangelistic. For people satisfied with their lives of sin, this movie will make a plea for you to get your life right with God. For people satisfied in their lives of religion, it will make a plea for you to get closer to God. This movie breaks the boundaries that were established in the 1970's by many denomonations in that day. Watch for the symbolic meaning of the lady with the rose who comes to the revival meeting! I found this movie thrilling, uplifting, clean and honest with the human condition as it is today. Even though this movie was produced over 30 years ago, it still has great relevance today.

Amos_IMDB There are certain people that will not "get" this movie.People that do not understand that there are values that endure past generations.People that do not understand how precious it is when someone is able to look past the values of his generation and see the Eternal.People that are looking for Hollywood-type action and editing.Others will be able to rejoice in the truth, and enjoy the way God was able to do great things with a simple man that was just willing and obedient. May we have more Sheffeys in our world today! May be have the good sense to listen to the Sheffeys we have.

jkpush If you are an evangelical Christian, and you don't expect professional cinematography from a Christian movie, you may like this one.This film chronicles the life of circuit-rider Robert Sheffey, who travelled in West Virginia, Virginia, etc. preaching the gospel.It takes you back to the "good" old days, wishing that you were alive then, and thinking that Christianity has gone straight to hell now.It's neat to watch, and an interesting story. Evangelicals will like it; progressives will not.A few problems I do have with the movie: 1. Since he couldn't get licensed to preach the gospel due to lack of training, why didn't he go to school or study theology on his own? Isn't this just an example of "zeal without knowledge"?2. Is alcohol really sinful in and of itself? Does the Bible say so?3. Why does the fading away of the camp meeting necessarily a bad thing? Camp meetings were popular in the day when there were no radio/TV broadcasts of preachers, and many rural folks only heard a sermon once a month or so. As automobiles became affordable and radio took off, the _necessity_ of the camp meeting subsided. Just because less and less people come to it does not mean that the whole of Christendom is sliding into liberalism.4. Why did they not identify him as a Methodist? He was.Anyhow, there are some anacrhonisms and hokey things if you're a history buff, but overall a fun family film. Just don't walk away convinced that the Church is not still a bastian of truth.