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Sports Spectrum Podcast

Ronald Olivier on his 27 summers in prison and his journey to freedom, forgiveness and redemption

Sports Spectrum Podcast

Sports Spectrum

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5661 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Ronald Olivier spent 27 summers in the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary. In 2018, God transformed Ronald's life and he was miraculously released from jail. Since then, he has been a chaplain, pastor and now author.

His new book "27 SUMMERS" is released in November 2023.

Today on the podcast, Ronald shares how Christ grabbed a hold of his life in prison, sharing the Gospel with everyone he meets, his relationship with the NFL's Tony Dungy and Sam Acho and the importance of forgiveness.


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0:00.0

Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, a powerful conversation on freedom, forgiveness,

0:06.8

and redemption with Ronald Olivier, who was in prison, Angola Prison, for 27 summers,

0:14.9

the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola.

0:20.2

He was released in 2018 and became a client of the Louisiana Parole

0:26.0

Project. He's got a book out. It's called 27 Summers, and it talks about his journey of

0:32.3

freedom, forgiveness, and redemption. He shares his powerful story here on the show today on Sports Spectrum.

0:39.0

Endorsements for his new book have come from Tony Dungey, from Sam Acho, the longtime NFL

0:45.2

linebacker who's been on this show many times, and Lem Vanne Boss, who is the chaplain with the

0:49.8

Buffalo Bills. So we talked to Ronald about his connection with these three sports connected men,

0:57.4

big time names, Samacho, Tony Dungey, Landinboss. And then he kind of shares his story of

1:03.3

coming to Christ. And one of the great lines throughout his book is, don't tell me what God

1:10.7

can't do. And now Ronald Delivier is free.

1:15.0

He's helping people. He's walking with Jesus. And he's joining us here today on Sports

1:19.8

Spectrum to share his powerful story. It's coming up in just a moment. First, I want to remind you

1:24.7

about our Sports Spectrum magazine. You can find it over at

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Sportspectrum.com. It's got great content, great articles and devotionals, just awesome stories

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