By Ben McEachenTuesday 17 Sep 2024Hope MorningsFaithReading Time: 2 minutes
Gerald Ross does not hide from the truth.
Key points
- The Inside Out Prison Chaplaincy service, provided by Carinity, brings the freedom and change of the good news of Jesus to correctional centres.
- The enduring difference made by grace fuels Gerald to spread the gospel with those connected with crime, prisons and rehabilitation.
- Hear the full conversation in the listener above.
“I lived a pretty rough lifestyle. I was involved in crime for a long time; drug trafficking and things like that,” Gerald told Hope Mornings.
Gerald offers no excuses nor attempts to hide from what he did.
Instead, the pastor serving Restore ministry at Beenleigh Baptist in Queensland gives credit for what radically transformed his life behind bars.
“I met a prison chaplain… and [he] started to talk with me about the gospel, forgiveness, grace and God’s love,” Gerald said.
The Inside Out Prison Chaplaincy service brings the freedom and change of the good news of Jesus to correctional centres.
The Inside Out Prison Chaplaincy service, provided by Carinity, brings the freedom and change of the good news of Jesus to correctional centres.
“Every week on a Thursday, he would come in and I spent a lot of time asking questions about all this,” Gerald said.
“Grace was the thing I could not understand.
“He started explaining about God’s grace and how I could be forgiven for all the things I had done.
“That was the big start for me.
The enduring difference made by grace fuels Gerald to spread the gospel with those connected with crime, prisons and rehabilitation.
“I wanted to turn my life around and Jesus was the only answer.
“Jesus brought hope.”
Gerald immediately felt a positive change from his previous desires and wants when he accepted God’s grace in Jesus.
The enduring difference made by grace fuels Gerald to spread the gospel with those connected with crime, prisons and rehabilitation.
Listen to the full interview with Gerald Ross in the player above.
Article supplied with thanks to Ben McEachen. Ben is Hope 103.2’s Mornings host. Ben was a full-time movie reviewer for more than a decade, including for Open House, The Big Picture, The Advertiser and Empire. Before Hope, he was deputy editor of Eternity News.
Feature image: Photo supplied and used with permission. Prison bars photo by CanvaPro