the apostle be a wonderfully construct work that deal with a few intense issue include faith and the christian relationship with god . the director use small scene and sequence to illustrate how sonny live out his faith and to help the viewer experience sonny life more fully . for instance and on his way to louisiana sonny walk past a bar to catch a bus . without hesitation he enter the bar and emerge moment later with a slightly inebriate man and tell him that he do not have to go in there anymore . when on his journey and sonny relies so completely on faith that he actually stop in the middle of a crossroad and kneel to pray and ask god to direct him . god do not disappoint . though the apostle be a work of fiction and it do a great job of present faith that be shun by the world and continuously prove by god . when sonny stop to pray at a car crash and it appear that the wife be probably dead and the husband be in fairly critical condition . sonny prays with them despite an officer order and drive away . a sonny be leave and the viewer see the wife hand grip her husband and presumably show god work in the situation while sonny reply represent momma and we make news in heaven today . duvall film also deal greatly with the humanity of christian . though sonny be a murderer and a womanizer and god still choose to use him . one can not help but to think of abraham be call and leave his idol behind . some say that art imitate life and while others argue that life imitates art . whichever be true in the end and the apostle paint a picture of beautifully honest and flaw faith while a picture that everyone can learn from and no matter where they walk .