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Many towns have their murderers, but are they also members of a church, a Boy Scout leader, or president of the congregation? Could they be trusted to bring a covered dish faithfully to church suppers? This novel takes the BTK murders in Wichita, Kansas, as inspiration to question issues of evil. How could a man commit murder and yet sit in church all those years until he was caught? What is a Christian? What is Christianity? Can a Christian murderer go to heaven? Mark Cabot and Ralph Gheary, minister and assistant minister of the church to which murderer Thomas Fout belonged, disagree as they face the shame, quandary, and confusion Fout leaves in his wake. How could they not have known? How can they face their congregation, the news reporters, fellow pastors, and the public? How long does it take to recover from the shock? Both men's wives, Grace Cabot and Zelda Gheary, are also left reeling in the upheaval. The questions remain: Can a man be good without God? Can a man be good with God?
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Mark Cabot: Senior Pastor, Christ Church
- Chapter 2: Ralph Gheary: Assistant Pastor
- Chapter 3: Zelda Gheary: The Interruption
- Chapter 4: Ralph Gheary: It Ran Together
- Chapter 5: Zelda Gheary: Alone
- Chapter 6: Mark Cabot: A Christian Manual of War
- Chapter 7: Zelda Gheary: Flannel Graph
- Chapter 8: Ralph Gheary: Unbelievable
- Chapter 9: Zelda Gheary: The Yellow Christ
- Chapter 10: Mark Cabot: A Call
- Chapter 11: Ralph Gheary: The Day We Sat Stunned
- Chapter 12: Mark Cabot: A Meeting with Thomas Fout
- Chapter 13: Zelda Gheary: Flannel Graph Again
- Chapter 14: Thomas Fout: Requiem
- Chapter 15: Zelda Gheary: The Hearing
- Chapter 16: Mark Cabot: The Saithsâ Cabin
- Chapter 17: Ralph Gheary: Confrontation
- Chapter 18: Mark Cabot: The Sermon
- Chapter 19: Zelda Gheary: The Drawing
- Chapter 20: Mark Cabot: In Those Desperate Days
- Chapter 21: Zelda Gheary: Subworld
- Chapter 22: Ralph Gheary: Holding Back the Flood
- Chapter 23: Zelda Gheary: I Had to Have Something to Do
- Chapter 24: The Demons: The Gloat
- Chapter 25: Zelda Gheary: Another Hearing
- Chapter 26: Ralph Gheary: The Tin Man
- Chapter 27: Zelda Gheary: History of Art
- Chapter 28: Ralph Gheary: So Much for the Poverty in the World
- Chapter 29: Zelda Gheary: The Stunned Christ
- Chapter 30: Mark Cabot: There Would Be No Escape
- Chapter 31: Zelda Gheary: Where Do You Go When the Vultures Fly?
- Chapter 32: Mark Cabot: Mephistopheles Himself
- Chapter 33: Zelda Gheary: A Prayer for Ruth Fout
- Chapter 34: Mark Cabot: Rhododendrons
- Chapter 35: Zelda Gheary: The Ceiling
- Chapter 36: Mark Cabot: The Ministry
- Chapter 37: Ralph Gheary: A Visit with Thomas Fout
- Chapter 38: Zelda Gheary: Upper Room
- Chapter 39: Grace Cabot: The Pastorâs Wife
- Chapter 40: Zelda Gheary: Zelda Leads Womenâs Prayer
- Chapter 41: Mark Cabot: A Snake at the Saithsâ Cabin
- Chapter 42: Ralph Gheary: Anger
- Chapter 43: Zelda Gheary: The E-mails
- Chapter 44: Ralph Gheary: Another Trip to Jail
- Chapter 45: Zelda Gheary: Forth Worth Museum
- Chapter 46: Grace Cabot: Church Supper
- Chapter 47: Mark Cabot: Concern
- Chapter 48: Ralph Gheary: Free Will
- Chapter 49: Mark Cabot: Several Visits
- Chapter 50: Ralph Gheary: The Sentencing
- Chapter 51: Mark Cabot: A Prayer to Wash the Church
- Chapter 52: Zelda Gheary: Swallow a Camel
- Chapter 53: Mark Cabot: District Meeting of Ministers
- Chapter 54: Zelda Gheary: A Recurring Dream
- Chapter 55: Grace Cabot: Daughters
- Chapter 56: Mark Cabot: The Saithsâ
- Chapter 57: Ralph Gheary: Get Him off My Mind
- Chapter 58: Mark Cabot: The Church Election
- Chapter 59: Grace Cabot: A Consideration
- Chapter 60: Mark Cabot: Grace Cabotâs Breakdown
- Chapter 61: Grace Cabot: McPherson
- Chapter 62: Mark Cabot: Separation
- Chapter 63: Zelda Gheary: Now the Drawings Have Voices
- Chapter 64: Zelda Gheary: Covered Dishes
- Chapter 65: Grace Cabot: Tessa
- Chapter 66: Mark Cabot: I Woke Trembling One Morning
- Chapter 67: Zelda Gheary: Soot
- Chapter 68: Mark Cabot: Mark Retrieves His Wife and Daughter
- Chapter 69: Ralph Gheary: His Sermon
- Chapter 70: Mark Cabot: Trouble Within
- Chapter 71: Ralph Gheary: A Call
- Chapter 72: Mark Cabot: Exorcism
- Chapter 73: Ralph Gheary: The Unpardonable Sin
- Chapter 74: Zelda Gheary: The Installation
- Chapter 75: Mark Cabot: There Were Other Murders in Kansas
- Chapter 76: Grace Cabot: A Visit with Ruth Fout
- Chapter 77: Mark Cabot: The Saithsâ Cabin by Themselves
- Chapter 78: Zelda Gheary: What a Little Box
- Chapter 79: Mark Cabot: Fout
- Chapter 80: Zelda Gheary: The Lock
- Chapter 81: Mark Cabot: The Bookshelf
- Chapter 82: Ralph Gheary: Bicycle
- Chapter 83: Mark Cabot: The Struggle with Sin
- Chapter 84: Grace Cabot: A Reminder
- Chapter 85: Mark Cabot: A Little Wind Blows in Kansas
- Chapter 86: Ralph Gheary: Whatâs in the Locked Room?
- Chapter 87: Zelda Gheary: Aftermath
- Chapter 88: Mark Cabot: The Core of Evil
- Chapter 89: Zelda Gheary: Places We Should Not Go
- Chapter 90: Ralph Gheary: Calculation
- Chapter 91: Mark Cabot: Reconciliation
- Chapter 92: Thomas Fout: Save Me, O God
- Chapter 93: Mark Cabot: Tessa Again
- Chapter 94: Zelda Gheary: City of Refuge
- Chapter 95: Mark Cabot: But for the Accident
