Going to prison makes you a theologian

In an earlier post I mentioned Piper going to Angola Prison in Louisiana and how his account of it was helpful. I listened to the message he passionately preached there, as well as the Q&A with inmates after the message. These guys know their bibles--and probably BECAUSE they are in prison. And as always, Piper is seemingly at his best when he is preaching in a specific milieu. He also shares with the men about some of the struggles he personally has as a pastor dealing with suffering of people he knows--like the funeral of a suicide for someone who did not know Jesus.