From the Plow to the Pulpit: Reviews
Books>Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives
This book is absolutely wonderful. I read it with gusto. What an impact.
–Harry Mathews, Author of The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium and other novels
What a man! The book has such flavor. It combines several elements including a kind of folklore quality. I will be sharing it with all the folks around me.
–William Stafford, Winner National Book Award for Poetry
Even a heathen ought to read this! It is head and shoulders above the memoirs and diaries I receive here at Southern Illinois. And it is so professionally done. All the work is already done for a new publisher.
–Kinny Withers, Director Southern Illinois University Press
The story unfolds in a powerful, straightforward—even simple, from its economy of words—manner. It is a chronicle related powerfully without self-indulgence….The power of the words, as hard as the soil itself during a hot July, provide the vividness.
–Thomas Gay, Director of Acquisitions, Worth Publishing
This is a beautiful, beautiful book. It has emotional integrity. It has intellectual integrity. It will appeal to a very broad market….
–Robert Baensch, Vice President of Marketing, Macmillan Publishing
Tommie F. Harper belongs to that special breed of minister and pioneer that has advanced the cause of Christ in the face of difficulty. FROM THE PLOW TO THE PULPIT is his story, the story of how Christ touched one man’s life and made it good. It is a human story, but also a dvine story, for it shows what Christ can do with a life that is yielded to Him. It is a simple story that gives direction, inspiration, and hope to a later, more complex, generation. It will amuse and bless its readers. I commend it heartily.
-Dr. Charles W. Conn, Former General Overseer, The Church of God
In reading the life story of Tommie Harper, one sees what God can do with a man who is wholly dedicated to Him. While the book is about an individual, it honors God and shows forth the depth of the riches of divine grace. It is written in a very excellent style and holds the reader spell-bound. I commend it as a worthy book which will be profitable for laymen and preachers alike.
Dr.Ray Hughes, President, The Church of God School of Theology