I can’t give many details, but there was a recent particularly intense situation inside the jail with a suicidal inmate. (Fortunately, the situation abated quickly with no harm or injury.) I had been wanting to see the specific inmate involved, but it had been difficult get in front of him Read more…
Last week, I was talking to a seasoned, hard, angry, loud, violent life-long gangster and criminal, who has till very recently, not received Jesus. But over the past few weeks, he has started to love Jesus. And this formerly ravening wolf, has become soft, loving, obsessed with serving others, with Read more…
We’ve seen a lot of answered prayer inside the jail lately. Often the answered prayers are bold prayers, or prayers for the impossible. To witness this happening pulls one closer to Christ. Let me give you another example of this from the jail. Last week Monday I was on the Read more…
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. Psalm 34:5 As I have been writing about, the inmates and I, in the jail, have been really focusing on the verses in Scripture about prayer and answered prayer. I gave a list in a recent email Read more…
There is an inmate who is very young that arrived at the jail about a month ago. He’s in the place in the jail where men have the most serious situations. When I first saw this inmate, he was very cold, staring at me in a sort of unfriendly stare-down Read more…
In Scripture, there are accounts of people appearing drunk (see Acts 2:14-15), because they were just healed by GOD, because of their closeness to GOD, or because of direct revelation of GOD (such as with the Pentecost prayer). There are other examples, too. This sort of overtakenness, of sheer out-of-control Read more…
As I type this, millions are outside preparing to watch the solar eclipse. The jail inmates and myself have been talking today about how the eclipse actually proves that GOD exists. It is pretty simple but robust empirical proof; here it goes… The sun is, we are told, 400 times Read more…
There have been some amazing events in the jail ministry this past week. These events involve donations from one of the KJM mission workers, who has been donating socks, reading glasses, board games, underwear, and books. Let me tell you about one such event, a sign from the LORD (see Read more…
Two weeks ago I talked to a man who was in the padded medical room receiving medical care from the jail nurses. He was wearing a protective gown (also informally referred to by the inmates as a suicide gown). This week I saw this inmate again, but now he has Read more…
Last Friday afternoon, my wife (Lead Chaplain Amy Grupp) and I went to the medical wing in the jail, often the most intense place inside the jail (especially intense spiritually). I talked to a young fellow right when I walked in. He was just standing near the glass door, looking Read more…