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VOICES | Issue: "Stealth care" September 16, 2006

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Help on the inside
August 12, 2006

The answer

Most professional staff in prisons balk at portraying Jesus as the answer to the destructive life patterns many inmates possess. However, it is also naïve to think that once an inmate accepts Christ the battle is over. Usually it has just begun. While therapy, education, and behavior modification have their place in rehabilitation, most inmates are unable to change until they deal with their spiritual bondage. I applaud IFI for tackling this problem from both sides ("Help on the inside," Aug. 12), and it appears their methods really work.
—Claudia L. Porpiglia; Apopka, Fla.

I was astounded that an "expert witness," even a liberal divinity school professor, would say Jesus' atoning death reflects a "legalistic" understanding that is "not shared by many Christians." However, such gibberish is present in some mainline denominations. In many churches, concern over the environment, honoring Charles Darwin's birthday, or governmental caring for the poor are far more important than Jesus' substitutionary death. What a sad state of affairs. I suppose Sullivan would have inmates sit in a circle, hold hands and sing, "Give Peace a Chance."
—Darrell Cartmill; Ironton, Ohio

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September 16, 2006, Vol. 21, No. 35

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