J. R. Woodgates
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J. R. Woodgates talks with Jeremy Miller about:
- Christian convicts ministering to unbelieving fellow inmates
- How a prison ministry can go from superficial to supernatural
- Why America’s jails and prisons are so ready for Christian revival
LISTEN NOW TO THE PODCAST (scroll down to Episode 011)
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.
This is the kind of transition I’d like to see take place in the lives of men who read – and apply – Daily Light on the Prisoner’s Path! Whether or not they are actually guilty of having committed a crime should not matter.
Our lazy American culture of single parenting, sloppy schooling, and a preoccupation with non-stop entertainment, sports, video games and self-gratification has produced an unprecedented number of young men unfit for work, marriage, the military or much else. Fattening frogs for snakes.