The 2011 Baseball Season at San Quentin Prison By Kent Philpott Introduction Baseball at the prison began under Chaplain Earl Smith in 1995. At that point I was doing cell-to-cell ministry out of the Protestant Chapel, and this for 13.5 …
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Thirteen
on Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:11
What Can the Unconverted Do? After twenty-nine years of ministry with an Arminian viewpoint, I underwent a theological transformation. Much of the change was the result of studying the first and second Great Awakenings in America. I am now “reforming,” …
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Last Chapter Given all the barriers and obstacles that stood in my way, I am surprised I became a Christian at all. Immediately prior to my conversion, I was in jeopardy of walking away without Christ forever. After fifty years …
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I did not want to answer this question. No good would come of it anyway. The question, an accusation really, had been slung at me like a stone intended to wound, and it came from a person who would not …
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One
on Fri, 27 Dec 2024 18:29
Early troubles A memo announcing Tryouts for the baseball teams was posted well in advance of Saturday February 26. Fifty plus convicts came to tryout and the coaches were all present armed with clip boards and pens. After warm-ups, throwing, …
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The March 16, 1999 television chat show, Larry King Live, featured five panelists: Robert Thurman, professor of Buddhism studies at Columbia University; Marianne Williamson, New Age author and spokesperson for the spiritist-channeled Course in Miracles; Rabbi David Aaron, expert on …
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Ball Four, Take Your Base! The 2011 Baseball Season at San Quentin Prison By Kent Philpott Introduction Baseball at the prison began under Chaplain Earl Smith in 1995. At that point I was doing cell-to-cell ministry out of the Protestant …
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Why non-Christians often do not like Christians This was certainly the case with me. When I was 15 years old my dad became a Christian, at a Billy Graham crusade in Los Angeles. And it was then that I hung …
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For nearly thirty years I assumed a person could decide to become a Christian. However, it became clear that salva- tion was on the basis of grace through faith – gifts of God. This is evident from many passages of …
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In this month’s edition (March 2022) of The Atlantic is an article by Arthur C. Brooks entitled, “The Satisfaction Trap.” (He identifies with both Buddhism and Roman Catholicism.) His focus is on the fact that we are very often disappointed …
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