"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Mat. 28:20, NIV)
By Prison Fellowship
April 3, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender | loneliness
In Paul's letter to the Hebrews, he tells them to "See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many" (12:15).
By Prison Fellowship
March 27, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I Surrender
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, the Apostle Paul writes, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
By Prison Fellowship
March 23, 2017
Chuck Colson | Devotional | Easter | Easter 2017 | I SurrenderOver 3,000 prisoners at the Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California, joined with Prison Fellowship staff and volunteers in celebrating Jesus’ victory over death on Easter weekend. Musicians, a comedian, and other performers entertained those assembled in the prison yard, while Pastor Tim Rolen shared the Good News of forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
By Steve Rempe
March 30, 2016
California | Chowchilla | Easter | Valley State PrisonPrison Fellowship Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche (back row, third from left) and other religious leaders at the 2015 White House Prayer Breakfast.
On March 30, Prison Fellowship Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche offered the closing prayer as part of the annual White House Easter celebration.
By Steve Rempe
March 30, 2016
Craig DeRoche | Easter | Obama Administration | Prayer | White HouseIn celebration of Prison Fellowship’s 40 years of ministering to prisoners and their families, we will taking a look back at the early days of the ministry and remembering the people and the stories that have helped to make Prison Fellowship the nation’s largest prison outreach.
By Chuck Colson
March 21, 2016
Chuck Colson | Delaware | Easter | Sam CasalveraArcheologists working in Jerusalem think they might have excavated the site of Jesus’ trial (Mark 15). Fifteen years ago, a team began digging through the layers of an abandoned building near the Tower of David. They believe they have uncovered the foundations of Herod’s Palace, a probable site for Jesus’ famous audience with Pontius Pilate.
By Jim Liske
April 6, 2015
Easter | forgiveness | From the CEO | Good Friday | Jerusalem | Redemption | TrialOn April 19, 2014, Prison Fellowship sponsored an Easter evangelistic event on the yard of Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California.
By Prison Fellowship
April 2, 2015
California | Chowchilla | Easter | George Carter | Guitar | He's Alive | Singing | Valley State Prison"I have changed those letters to mean something else. I will love, worship, obey and praise God. Every Christian should serve a sentence of L.W.O.P."
By Rebekah L. Stratton
March 31, 2015
Easter | graduate | indiana state prison | l.w.o.p. | life without parole | lwop | Prison | Prison Fellowship | seminaryIn the Gospels, we get a sense of the profound, loving relationship between God the Father and His Son, Jesus.
Only once do we see the Father and Son separated. As Jesus hangs on the cross between two thieves, with the weight of the world’s sin on His shoulders, He feels the agony of parental absence.
By Jim Liske
March 30, 2015
Easter | Empathy | Redemption | Texas