J. R. Woodgates
Sentenced at 17 to 11 years in prison for killing another boy, Erik met a prison minister behind bars who led him to Jesus…and the Father’s love.
After 30 years in and out of prison, Abner Falero received a life-changing gift through the food port of his solitary confinement cell door.
One of my Recommended Readings in Daily Light on the Prisoner’s Path is Do What Jesus Did. It tells how ordinary Chicagoland Christians, led by the Holy Spirit, bring to unbelievers undeserved blessings that make them more willing to hear the Gospel.
Ordinary Christian prisoners can bless unbelieving inmates in the same ways and so expand the Kingdom of God.
This video shows a murderous Latin Kings leader in Aurora, Illinois unexpectedly experiencing God’s love (and mercy) and becoming a Christian – with noticeable results for himself and the welfare of his city.
It’s introduced by the book’s author, Robby Dawkins.
Many prisoners bear (and believe in) ugly identity labels that others have put on them, often beginning in childhood.
Jesus came to “bear our sins in his own body” (see 1 Peter 2:24).
This clever video shows how Jesus can not only erase but replace our labels once we’ve been transformed by him.
One of my Recommended Readings in Daily Light on the Prisoner’s Path is Redeemed Unredeemable, which tells how seven of America’s most notorious murderers, including serial killers, came to Christ in prison.
Really?
How could certified psychopaths like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer or thoroughly brainwashed members of the Manson Family ever sincerely express the true repentance necessary to receive a divine pardon?
The book’s co-author addresses that question on SkyWatch TV.
John Turnipseed’s extended family included generations of violent criminals, including killers. Today more than 90% of them are living free – because John learned how to break the bloodline curses that had driven them – and him – into serious crime and prison time.