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Author: Steven R. Cook Publisher: Steven R. Cook ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 155
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Prison society is no better or worse than those inmates who make up its population. As goes the attitudes and actions of inmates, so goes much of the prison culture. The Christian in prison does not have to conform to the evil that often confronts him, but can choose to be a light in a dark place by living for Christ. This requires the discipline necessary to learn God’s Word and the courage to live His will. Where the light of Christ shines, there the soul is free to live and love, even in the midst of spiritual darkness where evil rages against God’s truth. Overcoming Evil in Prison addresses some of the basic issues related to helping the Christian advance to spiritual maturity and to be a light for Christ in a dark place.
Author: Steven R. Cook Publisher: Steven R. Cook ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 155
Book Description
Prison society is no better or worse than those inmates who make up its population. As goes the attitudes and actions of inmates, so goes much of the prison culture. The Christian in prison does not have to conform to the evil that often confronts him, but can choose to be a light in a dark place by living for Christ. This requires the discipline necessary to learn God’s Word and the courage to live His will. Where the light of Christ shines, there the soul is free to live and love, even in the midst of spiritual darkness where evil rages against God’s truth. Overcoming Evil in Prison addresses some of the basic issues related to helping the Christian advance to spiritual maturity and to be a light for Christ in a dark place.
Author: Steven R. Cook Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781470141509 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 138
Book Description
Prison society is no better or worse than those inmates who make up its population. As goes the attitudes and actions of inmates, so goes much of the prison culture. The Christian in prison does not have to conform to the evil that often confronts him, but can choose to be a light in a dark place by living for Christ. This requires the discipline necessary to learn God's Word and the courage to live His will. Where the light of Christ shines, there the soul is free to live and love, even in the midst of spiritual darkness where evil rages against God's truth. Overcoming Evil in Prison addresses some of the basic issues related to helping the Christian advance to spiritual maturity and to be a light for Christ in a dark place.
Author: Ervin Staub Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199775249 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 598
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Overcoming Evil describes the origins of genocide, violent conflict and terrorism, principles and practices of prevention, and avenues to reconciliation. It considers societal conditions, culture and insitutions, and the psychology of individuals and groups.
Author: Joshua Dubler Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 146683711X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 401
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A bold and provocative interpretation of one of the most religiously vibrant places in America—a state penitentiary Baraka, Al, Teddy, and Sayyid—four black men from South Philadelphia, two Christian and two Muslim—are serving life sentences at Pennsylvania's maximum-security Graterford Prison. All of them work in Graterford's chapel, a place that is at once a sanctuary for religious contemplation and an arena for disputing the workings of God and man. Day in, day out, everything is, in its twisted way, rather ordinary. And then one of them disappears. Down in the Chapel tells the story of one week at Graterford Prison. We learn how the men at Graterford pass their time, care for themselves, and commune with their makers. We observe a variety of Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, and others, at prayer and in study and song. And we listen in as an interloping scholar of religion tries to make sense of it all. When prisoners turn to God, they are often scorned as con artists who fake their piety, or pitied as wretches who cling to faith because faith is all they have left. Joshua Dubler goes beyond these stereotypes to show the religious life of a prison in all its complexity. One part prison procedural, one part philosophical investigation, Down in the Chapel explores the many uses prisoners make of their religions and weighs the circumstances that make these uses possible. Gritty and visceral, meditative and searching, it is an essential study of American religion in the age of mass incarceration.
Author: Robert L. Segress Ph. D. Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 144976195X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 206
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Ten Years inside Shelton Prison is a moving picture that captures what happens inside a prison. Shocking evil and joyful healings live together side by side where the Gospel goes successfully. A guard being stabbed to death with a ballpoint pen during a chapel service stands next to tears of joy running down the face of a Russian mafia member when he was born again. Robert walked into Shelton prison for the first time. As he walked past fences that were covered with razor wire blindingly reflecting the harsh sun, he was afraid. Iron gates slammed behind him. Guards were unaware of his trembling hands. Men in orange suits began to watch him. There was no place to run. This was the beginning of ten years in Shelton prison, where the author served the Lord. There were great blessings: fearful faces accepted the Lord Jesus and became new creatures in Christ. There were dangerous moments: an inmate cut Robert, forcing him to go through AIDS testing. Yet he also had a prisoner's scarred head laid on his shoulder, who after accepting Jesus smiled at him and said, "I needed that." The controlling purpose of Ten Years is to present the four biblical steps to freedom from incarceration, whether inside a prison or addicted outside of a prison. The four parts of this graphic book are: imprisoned, instruction, health, and freedom. The book concludes with two appendices on important subjects: "Learning How to Resist the Devil" and a famous therapy for treating addictions, "Family of Origin Therapy." After the appendices, thirty-three itemized summaries or compendia are given with the reference pages included. Also, there are referenced sites for ten of Robert's poems that are included in this prison journey log.
Author: Cindy Shell Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 1616631120 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 132
Book Description
A 3:30 a.m. phone call is enough to make anyone's heart stop and blood run cold. However, Cindy Shell was not overly concerned when her father called in the middle of the night, asking her to check on her mother, who left him a garbled message an hour before and then didn't answer the phone. She knew there must be a rational explanation, so she unhurriedly drove the seven minutes to her parents' home to make sure everything was okay. But everything was not okay. Cindy's beloved mother, her best friend, Shirley Shell, was the victim of a burglary gone awry, and even worse, murder. One can never truly prepare for the aftermath of dealing with a tragedy such as this, one that can easily destroy faith and families. In Overcoming Evil, Cindy shares how belief in God's mercy and his presence in her life carried her through this difficult time and ultimately led her to forgive her mother's killer. Take this journey of faith with Cindy as she realizes that Overcoming Evil is made possible only through the grace of the Lord.
Author: Gregory Homer Jr Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN: 9781498449250 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 44
Book Description
Prison Walls Don't Sing is a brief, inspirational Christian non-fiction piece birthed from Gregory Homer's stint as a correctional officer. In his read, he speaks to those incarcerated, bringing Bible verses and words of wisdom to help them find peace, comfort and most of all, the scriptural tools for them to overcome emotional oppression. Homer speaks with care to the inmates and shares an enthusiastic passion for the Lord and His mercy.
Author: Steven R. Cook
Author: Steven R. Cook
Author: Steven R. Cook
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Author: Robert L. Segress Ph. D.
Author: Cindy Shell
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