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(car whirring)
- Get in here captain coke dealer,
you're gonna give us both up.
- Sorry, man.
Just wanted to make sure
you weren't some kind of cop or something.
- Do I look like a cop?
- It's all good, what you need man?
- I need the hardest stuff you got.
- You do, huh?
Let me see some money.
- I just saw you sling a whole bag to that crackhead.
Now show me what you got.
- How much you want?
- All of it.
- That's all I got man,
better have the money.
- So concerned with the money, I got your money.
So here's the deal.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way,
you can either go down for possession and intent,
or you could write down the name
of your supplier right here
and I'm gonna go after the bigger fish, your choice.
You got three seconds, three, two.
Have a nice jog loser.
(car whirring)
I'm gonna ask you one more time.
What did you do with it Shannon?
- Didn't do nothing.
- You're lying to me, you are lying to me.
I had four bags of that stuff.
What did the drug fairy fly in here and take off with it.
- You probably used it all yourself.
- Your pupils are as big as quarters.
How much did you use?
How much, I was gonna sell that to pay bills Shannon.
You have no idea what I had to go through
to get that, I could have been shot.
You want me dead Shannon?
You want me dead, you want me dead?
You call the cops, I'm gonna kill you.
- Don't you take my car.
(birds chirping)
(car whirring)
(banging)
- What happened to your neck, bro?
- What do you think happened to my neck?
Shannon stole my stuff again.
- What?
- Yeah.
- That's just wrong.
- Yep.
- Did you call the cops?
- No.
- And so what's the description
of that stolen vehicle again?
- I think she did though.
Yep.
(sirens whirring)
Hold on.
(banging)
(car whirring)
- They bow him out with two.
- [Speaker] Clear.
(footsteps running)
- Come on, man, get up.
- On your knees now.
Now, get down.
Get down onto your knees, hands on your head.
- Sorry man.
- Hey, hey, hey.
(water falling)
- Excuse me, ma'am,
do you mind if I use your phone just for a minute?
Oh no, it's okay.
I just wreck my car, I just.
- I don't think so.
(sirens whirring)
- Dude, I need you to come pick me up
at your grandma's house right now.
- [Speaker 2] What, what are you doing
at my grandma's house?
Is she home?
- No, she's not home.
Look, I had a ditch Shannon's car, Harley got arrested.
The cops are everywhere.
I need you to come pick me up right now.
(insects chirping)
Thanks for getting me, man.
- Yeah, man, no worries.
Are you you sure it's safe to come back here so soon?
- Oh yeah, the lights are out.
So she's either in bed or she's split.
Actually, I hope she's gone.
She uses too much of my stash anyway.
- Yeah, you don't want that.
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- All right man.
- Later, stay safe.
- Yep.
(door banging)
(gentle music)
- Morning sunshine.
- You see what you get for hitting me.
You see what you get.
You stole my car and got it impounded, big man now, huh?
- Get him in the car.
- He's got weed in the house too.
(beeping)
(footsteps banging)
- Mr. Highberger, you're back again.
- He's racking up the frequent flyer miles.
- Put him in D2.
(gentle music)
- You do know the rules, right?
You resist to hand you a whooping.
- I know my rule, never go without a fight.
I gave as good as I got.
- Yeah, maybe,
but I don't see them sitting on this bench
with a fancy bracelet on,
but I will give you credit though.
It took about four of them to drag you up in here.
- It's not even my best number, man, six.
- Six, impressive.
- I was younger.
- Yeah, weren't we all the first time in.
- I was 16 I think.
(footsteps banging)
- That looks like our boy.
- Battery to a police officer,
resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, minor in possession.
Possession of a controlled substance.
Possession of drug paraphernalia.
- Oh, why can't kids go to the bowling alley
to actually bowl?
- It looks like the owner was cited
for serving alcohol to a minor.
- Good, any other churches for our esteemed client?
- That's not enough for you counselor.
I've got his entire criminal history right here
if you have a few hours, first brush with the law was at 12,
stole his mom's car and burnt up the engine and a pursuit.
- Be a public defender they said, it'll be fun they said.
- That's the same thing they said to social workers.
So his risk assessment is way above 12.
So he'll be staying in the padded cell until his hearing.
They say he is an irrefutable danger
to himself and to others.
- Don't suppose it will do any good
to request the judge remand him to mom
and dad in the interim?
- Don't want him, mom and stepdad say
he's too much to handle.
And he says he doesn't wanna be bothered with them either.
So that's why I'm here.
- What about bio dad.
- Florida, not much contact.
- Okay, let's have them bring him in.
- I ain't got nothing to say.
- Relax kid, we're on your side.
- You my lawyer?
- Kyle Devidy, court appointed counsel,
looks like you've had a busy night,
drinking, drugging, fighting.
You're off to a flying start kid.
- We're here to help you Scott.
- Nobody can help me.
- Well, we can try if you let us.
- I think the judge will reduce the felony
to a misdemeanor if we.
- Just plead guilty and send me to jail.
- You want to go to jail?
- Beats going home.
From that day on,
I never backed down from a fight
and I never pled not guilty.
I was always like to the police
and the courts and just whoever, bring it.
You're not gonna break me.
- Winning, right?
- I guess so.
- And like I said before, yet you are the one
sitting on this bench with a fancy bracelet.
And those guys you just showed
are heading home to a good meal
and night sleep in their own bed.
Well, I'm just making a pit stop on my way to the pen
and by the looks of things, you're not too far behind,
I'll save you a bunk kid.
- You want to plead guilty Scott?
- Might as well, if I get out,
they're just gonna find another reason
to stick me back in here.
- Pleading guilty can have very serious ramifications,
with your criminal history, the judge will.
- Just plead guilty and let me worry about the rest.
It's my life, okay.
Nobody runs it but me.
- All right, I'll enter a guilty plea.
I hope you know what you're in for.
- I've known my whole life what I'm in for.
(footsteps walking)
(people chattering)
- We had a special request for you.
- Will be at eight yourselves.
- [Announcer] D block visitation will be between one.
- You also brought me out of a horrible ditch,
out of the clay
and set my feet upon a rock and establish my steps.
Psalm 40, verse two.
- Amen.
- What's that supposed to mean?
- Where you get stuck in some quick sand,
guy's gonna pull you out?
- That's exactly what it means to my brother.
See, every one of us are behind these bars
because we fell into some kind of quick sand.
- Yeah.
- Maybe not the real kind, but the spiritual kind.
And the really sad thing is, most of the time,
this quick sand we made ourselves,
you like using your fist to lie.
- Why, you wanna go?
- I used to be a fighter too, just mad at the world,
blaming it for all my problems.
It turned out the person I was really fighting was myself.
Took me a long time to go from this, to this.
- But once I did, it made all the difference.
Why don't you come with us tonight?
I mean, what have you got to lose?
I should asked what have you got left to lose?
(gentle music)
- Glad to see everybody here tonight.
Jones, good to see you, glad that everybody's here.
Steve, I'm glad you're able to make it out.
And it's great to see everybody here tonight.
Looking forward to a great time, Bible study.
It's always a blessing to see everybody.
And I hope that you've got your Bibles with you.
Take just a moment.
- Hello Scott.
- Oh, hey warden.
- Glad to see you finally here, have a seat.
Yeah, come on.
- Something a little differently.
Does everybody know what this is?
Yeah, sure, we all do.
It's a yo-yo, its sole purpose is to go up
and down and back and forth.
Unfortunately it's like many of us,
we've been in and out of jail, back and forth
so many times that just makes you sick.
Just get so tired of it.
But yet we find ourselves doing the same thing
over and over, my friends, it doesn't have to be that way.
We don't have to stay in this orange jumpsuit.
God has given us his grace, he's given us his love.
He's given us his son and through his son,
we can transcend these bars, we can overcome the chains.
We can be free through Jesus Christ.
The Bible says he that hath the son hath life
and he that hath not the son, hath not life.
The Bible says that the thief cometh,
but for to still and to kill and to destroy.
But Jesus said, I am come that you might have life
and have it more abundantly.
Romans 8:2 says that for the law of the spirit of life
is found in Jesus Christ.
And it overcomes the law of sin.
My brothers with Jesus, you can break these bars.
You can transcend these chains.
Are you sick and tired of being like a yo-yo,
being pulled back and forth?
You can overcome, you can cut this string.
If you want freedom,
true freedom that these bars cannot contain,
then I invite you tonight to come to know the one
who can set you free.
Jesus said that I am the way, the truth in the life.
And no man comes to the father but through me,
every one of us is guilty of sin and we deserve to pay
the price for sin.
But Jesus has paid the price.
All you have to do is believe.
All you have to do is accept it, stop fighting,
stop resisting in just surrender.
- And the Lord is my light and my salvation,
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life,
of whom shall I be afraid?
When evil do me, uttering slanders against me.
My adversaries and, they shall stumble and fall.
- Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be down on earth as is in heaven.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses.
We figured those trespass against us,
lead us is not in a temptation but deliver us from for thy.
(people chattering)
- What, you got a problem, what?
- Grace and power, give you all the pain,
all the fear, all the anxiety paralyzing me,
please free my mind and my body.
I'm gonna be what I was meant to be.
Amen.
- Well done.
(door knocking)
- Hello Scott, how you doing?
- Doing good, Mr. Pazera
- Have a seat please.
Well, your street clothes still fit.
- Little snug, but anything's better
than prison orange, sir.
- Yeah, I bet.
So you ready for the real world?
- Ready as I'll ever be, I guess.
- You know, we want you to understand
that we consider you one of our success stories.
I mean you've cleaned up real well.
Even earned your associate's degree.
- Yes sir, business.
I'm gonna go to college and get my bachelor's
and maybe run my own company one day, who knows?
- No reason in the world why you can't, really proud of you.
You understand that don't you?
- Thank you, Mr Pazera, that really means a lot.
- Well, I would say don't be as stranger, but.
- I hope I never see you again, sir.
And I mean that in a good way.
- Yeah.
Look, you take care,
but don't forget, in all your ways acknowledge him
and he'll make your path straight.
Proverbs.
- Three, six, yes sir.
- Thank you for everything, sir.
- You're welcome.
Now get outta here.
- Yes, sir.
(gentle music)
♪ Every page before was a man defeated ♪
♪ Every page before was a life off the tracks ♪
♪ Every page before was a record of failure ♪
♪ I was on my knees and you heard my plea ♪
(bell dinging)
- Scott, this is looking pretty good, man.
Welcome aboard.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Thank you very much.
- Happy to have you here.
(phone ringing)
- I'm gonna go get this out.
(people typing)
(upbeat music)
(people chattering)
- Look, look, I know the numbers are a little down.
They're gonna come back up, there's no reason to panic.
No, no you don't tell me to listen, I tell you to listen.
Everything is fine, just stop worrying Dwight.
- I am worrying Scott, you're late every day.
Your numbers are down.
You look horrible.
I mean, dare I ask you to take a drug test?
- Me?
Why don't you ask everybody down on the third floor, Dwight.
There's more snowfall around down there than in Colorado.
- Look, Scott.
- Don't look me Dwight.
I have made you a ton of money and all I ask
is that you just back off.
- Not everything's about money.
It's about professionalism.
So far, I haven't seen any.
(banging)
- How's that for professionalism, Dwight.
- Hey man, I got a surprise for you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah man.
- Check the glove box.
- You got something for me?
- Yeah, got a little something, something.
- Nice, thanks man.
- Of course, man.
So what happened to the BMW?
- Company car.
- Oh, is it getting fixed?
- Not exactly.
You can't drive a company car
if you no longer work for the company.
- What, you quit?
- Terminated.
- Dude, what happened?
- Poor work habits, poor attitude Scott.
Plus I didn't fill up the lemonade cup.
- Lemonade?
Oh, well yeah, gotcha.
- You got a dollar bill?
- Dude, it is a sad day my friend,
when I have more money than you.
- Tell me about it.
- So does Tracy know you got canned?
- No, not yet.
She's not gonna be too happy about it either.
Man, let's just go get wasted.
I wanna forget about all this stuff right now.
- Yeah, dude, dude, done, say no more.
If a party is what you need, then a party you shall receive.
(upbeat music)
- Yo man.
We are all out of booze, are you sober enough to make a run?
- I don't know, where's Sam?
- Passed out in the bathtub.
You buy, I'll fly.
- Should do it.
Thanks.
- 307 Dispatch.
I've got Scott Highberger passed out at Larry's Liquors.
Let me a few more units please.
- [Speaker 3] 104307, do they need to bump it up?
- He's passed out right now,
but if I know Highberger, it'll end up in a fight.
(sirens whirring)
Scott, Highberger again, let's go fellas.
Rise and shine sleeping beauty.
Come on Scott, let█s go.
- I'm good.
Listen to me, you guys, listen to me.
You guys do do me every single time.
You ain't got nothing on me, man.
You ain't got nothing on me, all right?
You ain't got nothing on me man.
You ain't get nothing.
Ain't get nothing on me.
Leave me alone, man, come on man.
- Get him in the car.
(upbeat music)
- What's up punk?
- Excuse me, fellas.
- Highberger, visitor.
- Hey mom.
- Hey honey.
You've cleaned up, gained a few pounds.
- Three square meals a day
and all the time in the world exercise.
- Well you look good.
- Thanks.
- Come on mom, spill it.
- Spill what?
- You came here alone, what's going on?
- There's no easy way to say this,
I went to the doctor last week.
They ran some tests.
One came back positive, I have cancer.
- Cancer?
- The doctors believe they can treat it.
So I don't want you to worry about it.
I just came here in person to tell you myself
so you wouldn't have to hear it from anybody else.
- You're gonna be okay though, right?
- I don't want you to have to worry about this.
The important thing is you.
I want you to get clean, I want you to be somebody.
- I will mom.
- Promise me, Scott, promise me you're gonna stay clean.
- I promise.
- I love you.
- I love you mom.
♪ For another chance
♪ Just one more chance
♪ Don't give up on me
♪ I promise I'll try
♪ Don't give up on me
Accept any judgment, limitations deposed by me
or anyone else, I no longer alow myself.
Give the strength to love myself.
♪ Don't give up on me
- Scott, come on in, take a seat.
So I got a new one for you.
16 year old kid looks at his dad says, dad,
can I borrow the car?
Dad looks at his son, says, no son,
not until you cut your hair.
Son looks at his dad says, dad,
you realize that Jesus had long hair.
The dad looks at his son and says, you're right son.
And he also walked everywhere he went.
(laughing)
- That's a good one, sir.
- Yeah right.
You know, you're the only one that laughs at my jokes.
But thank you.
- What's this?
- Open it up.
- What happened to that kid Scott?
He was doing so well.
- I don't know, I guess he just lost his mind.
- When he had to go back to prison to find it again, really?
You get outta here real soon.
What's gonna change after you leave these bars behind you?
You just gonna throw away
everything you've accomplished here,
just leave it at the front gate.
- No sir.
I'm gonna do better.
- Yeah, that's what you said last time.
- But I mean it this time, I mean it this time.
- Yeah, well I hope that's true.
I really do, speaking as your warden,
I really hope you stick to the straight and narrow.
Is it okay if I talk to you as a brother in Christ?
- Of course.
- You know when you left here,
you turned your back on the only one
who would never turn his back on you,
created this void in your life.
Tried to fill it with drugs, alcohol, Lord knows what else,
I've seen you working out around the gym, right?
And what happens when you exercise a muscle?
- Get stronger.
- Exactly, don't you ever forget that?
So you exercise your faith, guess what?
It gets stronger, but say you choose to exercise sin,
it gets bigger and bigger until it consumes you.
- A man cannot serve two masters
for you either love one and hate the other.
- Yeah, Matthew 6:24.
Yeah, you can say that all you want up here,
but you gotta get it here son.
Can I pray with you?
Heavenly father, I pray over this man.
Your son, your servant, Scott Highberger.
(car whirring)
- Hello, Hello, dude,
you're supposed to pick him up, did you forget?
I'm gonna be late for work.
- Hi buddy.
- I'm working really late tonight.
I'll be back very early tomorrow morning.
All of his stuff is in here, okay?
- Okay.
- Can you clean up around here?
It's disgusting.
- We're just gonna be chilling, it's fine.
- I love you baby, okay.
Be good for your daddy.
Come on man, like, bye.
(door banging)
- No man, he's still not back yet.
I don't know.
He was supposed to just go pick up a little something,
should have been back like two hours ago.
Yeah, I don't know.
I mean, yeah, I can do that.
All right.
All right, I'll be right there.
Right, bye.
I forgot about you little man.
Yeah.
Hey, hey man, come here buddy.
Wanna go get a little food or something.
Gonna go for a little ride.
(gentle music)
(kid crying)
Oh buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy.
- Where have you been?
What are you talking about?
He needed.
- I don't wanna here it, okay.
- He needed food, you know I needed food.
- Oh my God.
You two are the most worthless men I have ever met.
- Come on, would you do this
if you had your own kids, seriously?
- I don't have kids.
- [Mom] Hello.
- Scott, what's the matter?
- I'm a terrible person, mom.
- No, you're not, what's wrong honey?
- I took a little kid on a drug run with me.
- A kid, what kid, what are you talking about?
- I'm gonna make the world a better place Mom.
It's gonna be better without me and it mom.
- Scott.
- Just wanna apologize.
All the stuff I've done to you, love you, man.
- Scott, where are you?
Talk to me.
(door banging)
- Open the door Scott, your mother called every hotel.
We know you're in there, open up.
Oh man, step back.
Dispatch, give me a squad at this location.
Scott.
He's still alive.
Have that squad step it up.
(man gasping)
Relax, relax, I'm here to help you.
(gentle music)
- Please help me God, I can't do this alone.
(door banging)
- Hieberger, let's go.
- Which cell block are we going
- Nope, you're outta here.
(car whirring)
- What, they cut you loose, just like that?
- Yeah, just like that.
No criminal charges, even paid for my stitches.
(person laughing)
- Got love the criminal justice system, man.
They give you three hots
in a cot, free education and free healthcare.
So you break the law and reap the rewards.
- Yeah, I gotta try to stay free and clear
this time though, man,
I really dodged the bullet with this one.
- I don't know, sounds like it's a reason to celebrate.
Let's go party.
- No, I just wanna get home.
- Dude, you ain't got no home.
- I guess we're going to Harley's.
- Let's go to Harley's.
(upbeat music)
- Look who we got here, my man.
- Glad to see you're doing okay man.
- What's up man?
- Yeah, I'm doing okay, man.
Had some tough times, things are turning around.
- Well I'm sure we got something here to lift your spirits.
- I'm sure you do man.
- It seems like you're pretty taken care of.
I think I'm gonna get myself
a little something, something too, yeah.
- Okay, see you a few.
I'll catch you.
- Yeah, all right.
How's Sam been doing?
- He's been doing right I guess, just hitting it hard.
(people chattering)
- Hello Scott, long time no see.
- How you doing Layla?
- Lonely.
- Okay.
- Take it easy girl, my man just got outta prison.
Give us a few minutes, yeah.
- I'll catch you later.
- Sure you will Layla.
- Anyways, I wanna pick that business degree brain of yours.
- All right, what you got in mind?
(people cheering)
- Wait seriously, you could do that?
- Absolutely man.
All we gotta do is sit you with an LLC, right?
It'll look like a totally legitimate company.
And then you could funnel whatever money through it
that you want to.
- Alright then, sounds perfect, let's do it.
- All right, done.
Look at Jr, over there,
he bit it hard, hasn't he?
Hey Sam, you doing all right?
Sam, Sam, Sam.
(whirring)
(beeping)
- Hello.
- Dad?
- [Dad] How are you son?
- Not good.
- [Dad] No?
- No, I was wondering,
I think I could come down and see you dad?
- [Dad] Are you clean?
- Just gotta get outta here for a while Dad.
This place is killing me.
I didn't have anyone else to call.
- Okay, come down.
But no drinking and no drugs Scott.
(gentle music)
Breakfast is ready.
You okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
Just my stomach's bothering me a little bit.
- You'll be better after you get a little food in you,
you wanna butter some bread?
- Sure.
- [Dad] Three eggs, right?
- Yeah.
- Used to drive your mother crazy
you and I wanting an odd number of eggs every morning.
Orange juice?
- No thanks Dad.
- Come on, it's Florida, you gotta have some OJ.
(liquid pouring)
You sure you're okay?
- Yeah.
I think it's the time change.
- Nice try, Indiana
and this part of Florida's on the same time zone.
- Oh, I just need to catch up on my sleep then.
- You've been sleeping for two days kid.
Anyway, I got some errands to run today.
I'll pick up a newspaper and tomorrow
you start looking for a job.
You can stay here until you get enough money
for an apartment, is that fair?
- Yes.
- [Dad] Okay.
- Thanks dad.
(upbeat music)
- [TV Speaker] Yes, what is it?
(people laughing)
(cupboards banging)
- I need to cash that check please.
- Sure, may I see your ID please?
Indiana?
- Yeah, I'm visiting my dad.
That's his check, he banks here.
You can see we have the same last name though.
(person typing)
Hey pop.
Get your errands done already.
- You stole from me.
- What, what are you talking about?
I would never do that.
- You stole from me.
I opened my home to you and you stole from me.
- Dad, what are you talking about?
I would never steal from you.
- The bank called,
the manager was suspicious about a check they cashed.
- I just needed a loan, I thought you'd be okay with it.
- There's puke all over the bathroom.
You've been drinking my mouthwash.
- No, I was just freshening up.
- Just get out.
You haven't changed one bit.
- But dad.
- No buts, just go.
Or I call the cops and you go to jail for forgery.
(door creaking)
(gentle music)
(ice whirring)
(banging)
(people chattering)
- Check this guy out.
- How you doing over here, you okay?
- Yeah, I'm good, thanks.
- Yo, who are you?
No one.
- Why are you tossing pennies?
- They don't make anything smaller.
- Are you crazy or something?
- Bullseye.
- Looks like we gotta teach him a little lesson in respect.
- Wanna teach me about respect?
All right, how about you and me?
One on one.
- You got it.
(banging)
(footsteps running)
- Hey man, that's my car.
(birds chirping)
- What is this?
Ah, you gotta be kidding me.
(sirens whirring)
- Good afternoon, sir.
The reason I stopped you
is you were going 57 and a 30 back there.
Can I see your license please?
- Yeah.
- [Speaker 4] Does somebody break and start.
- [Officer] Indiana, this your car?
- No, a buddy loaned it to me.
- [Officer] Okay, you been drinking?
- I had a beer earlier.
- [Officer] Alright, sit tight.
- [Speaker 4] Thank you.
Do a report and the disturbances.
- Sir, I need you to step outta the car.
- What for?
- Sir, just step outta the car.
Step around the front please.
- What for?
- You got a suspended license.
- Oh, can you just write me a ticket or something?
- What happened at that bar back there?
- Oh, that was just a misunderstanding.
(banging)
- County county, do you wanna be in a foot pursuit?
(upbeat music)
I'd like to make a collect call please, Indiana.
- [Speaker 5] Scotty, is that you?
- Yeah man, it's me.
- How you doing?
- Thanks for picking me up, man.
- No problem.
- Hey man, me casa, su casa.
- Thanks bro.
- You need a cold one?
Look like you could really use it.
- No, I'm okay, thanks.
- Oh, I got it, I got what you need in the back.
(muffled speaking)
You want some of that, or?
Scott, Scott,
dude, where are you going?
Scotty, where are you going?
Call me when you get picked back up again.
Dude finally lost his mind.
(gentle music)
♪ Every page before was a man defeated ♪
♪ Every page before was a life off the tracks ♪
♪ Every page before was a record of failure ♪
- Beautiful morning, ain't it?
- It's cold.
- Ah, it might be cold on the outside, but the word of God
keep us warm on the inside, you know what I'm saying?
- Sure.
Could still use a coat though.
- I got something that'll warm me up like a warm blanket.
- Nah, I'm good man, thanks.
- Come on man, you won't regret it.
- I don't really wanna listen to any music right now.
- Ah, man, this ain't music.
This is the word.
This is the bread of life that feel you up.
Check this cat out, his preaching is something else.
Sermon's about Joseph.
You know about Joseph, right?
- Yeah, he had a coat.
- [Narrator] But the Lord was with Joseph
and showed him mercy and gave him favor
in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Remember, God loves you and God forgives you.
♪ Every page before was a man defeated ♪
♪ Every page before was a life off the tracks ♪
♪ Every page before was a record of failure ♪
♪ I was on my knees and you heard my plea ♪
♪ And now I'm pardoned
♪ My slate is wiped clean
♪ Pardoned, the old me is history ♪
♪ I'm pardoned
♪ Pardoned by grace
(birds chirping)
- Morning, welcome home.
- Hey man, welcome to over life.
I'm CJ.
- I'm Scott.
Nice to meet you Scott.
Right through the door, sir.
- Thank very much.
- Proverbs 10:5 says, he who gathers during summer
and takes advantage of his opportunities
is a son who acts wisely,
but he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment
of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully.
Jesus is communicating to his disciples,
the harvest, it's too big for any of us.
And we need to pray for God
to send more workers into the field.
The word worker here in the Greek is,
and it's used 15 times in the New Testament.
It elevates action over business.
A worker is a disciple
who is actively involved in the process
of evangelizing the lost or establishing the saved.
Let me clarify that a worker is not someone
on full-time staff at a church.
Once you become a Christ follower,
you become a co-labor with Christ.
If a paycheck is what motivates you to minister to people,
you're doing it for the wrong reason.
Look at Paul in Acts 28 versus 30 and 31.
It says Paul lived there for two full years
at his own expense, in his own rented lodging
and welcomed all who came to him,
preaching and proclaiming the kingdom of God
and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ
with all openness and boldness,
unhindered and unrestrained.
(audience clapping)
Amen.
- We work on the ones
that you have to have committed to your memory,
that's how works.
Anyway, okay.
Hey, very nice to meet you.
Thank you, thank you so much.
Thank you.
Hey, what's up?
I'm Dave.
- Oh, hey, I saw you preaching up there.
My name is Scott.
- Hi Scott, nice to meet you, first time here?
- First time, yeah.
Hope it didn't put you to sleep.
Sermon a little long, but.
- No, no it was great.
- Good.
- Great, yeah, well thank you.
All right I'm gonna get going.
- Come back anytime.
- Okay.
- All right.
Hey Scott, crazy question.
Are you looking for work?
- What are you thinking?
- Well we're kind of in desperate need around here.
Just for clean up, stacking chairs,
actually mopping floors believe it or not.
- You know, I actually have a lo of experience mopping.
- No way, Seriously
- I do.
- um...
Sure, I'll take it, you have time, can I show you around?
You have time?
Can I show you around?
Yeah, now?
- Yeah, like five, 10 minutes
just to show you around the place.
- All right, okay.
(hoover whirring)
(water dripping)
- Scott, you already stacking chairs?
- Of course pastor.
- Church's only been over 20 minutes.
You are a godsend, do you know that?
Did I say something wrong?
- I just been needing to talk to you about something.
- Sounds serious, what's up?
Step into my office.
So what you got?
- Well, haven't always been, I used to be.
- A troublemaker, addict, alcoholic, felon.
I know, so what?
- You're not worried?
- About, what?
That you're gonna drink
all the communion wine here at the church.
We use great juice Scott, let me ask a question.
An important one.
Do you believe Christ died on the cross for your sins?
- Of course.
- And do you believe the blood of Christ
is sufficient to wash your sins away?
- I'm just worried about what other people think.
- It doesn't matter what other people think,
what matters is what God thinks.
He says you're redeemed, you're redeemed.
- But I've done so much.
- It doesn't matter, period.
Let me ask you something, when you were in lockup,
did you meet other prisoners who had come to know Christ?
- Yeah.
We called them the crucifix crew.
- And I guessing there were a bunch of choir boys
who were only in there for a few parking tickets, right?
- When you're inside,
you don't really talk about what you're locked up for.
But judging by their sentences,
they did some pretty bad things.
A few of them were lifers.
- Yeah.
- Worse the crime, harder the punishment, right?
- Something like that.
- So can you imagine any harder punishment
than being nailed to a cross until you die?
- No.
- Exactly, what sin could not be covered by that?
Clean up.
- I'll tell you, I sure wish some more guys in the joint
could understand what Jesus did
so that they too could be saved.
- Wait a minute, like a prison ministry?
- Yeah.
- Hey pastor Vanessa.
- Hey you, what brings you in here?
- Pastor Dave says he needed my help down here
at the church thrift store today.
- He did did he?
- Yeah.
- Well, what I actually asked was for him to come help me,
but that's okay.
It looks like my husband did the old switcheroo,
Danielle and I could use some help.
And it's good to see you just the same.
- Danielle.
- Yeah, the one you've been too afraid to talk
to the past couple of months.
- I haven't been afraid, I just didn't have anything to say.
- Well, that's good because these somehow
got in the wrong section
and you can bring them to her for revamping.
- Want me to bring them?
- I do.
- Okay.
- Right over there.
- She's over there?
- All right.
- You can do it.
- Hey, pastor Vanessa wanted me to hand these to you.
- Okay, did you say what to do with them?
- Just label them or unlabel them or something.
- Okay, you can put them right there.
- Put them over here.
Yeah, okay.
I cannot believe I just did that.
I'm so sorry.
- It's okay.
- Hold on a minute.
- I got it, I got it, don't, it's fine.
- You sure?
I'm such an idiot, I'm sorry.
- You're fine.
- Oh man, I'm sorry.
- Yeah, it's fine.
- Okay, all right, okay.
- I'm Scott, by the way.
- I know.
- That's awesome.
Pastor Dave, which light did you say needed?
- Yes, sir, come here.
Yes, sir.
Yeah, that's great.
All right.
All right, thank you so much.
All right, we'll see you then.
That was the prison Scott.
No, nothing bad.
They approved our request.
- What request?
- I kind of made a request for you and I
to go minister to the inmates.
- We minister to the prisoners?
- I sure hope so.
- What about me?
I mean, are they gonna let a convicted felon in there?
I asked them about that
and they just want you to fill out an application.
God's got a plan Scott,
no rule of man can deny that purpose.
He's still calls the shots.
Remember, I'm optimistic enough for both of us.
They're gonna email us the applications.
- That's great.
- [Pastor] Yeah.
- [Danielle] Had a great time today.
It was fun hanging with you and thanks for the help.
Sweet dreams, Danielle.
- [Scott] I had a really good time with you to.
If you ever need someone to fold your clothes,
I am your man.
(person laughing)
There's something you probably need to know about me.
(dinging)
- Surprise.
- What are we doing here?
- Well, the good news is,
they've approved the first part of your application process.
Today, they just wanna talk, it's okay, we're early.
Just take a deep breath, it's all good.
Hey, by the way, how'd the date go?
- What date?
- What date he says, come on.
- You know about the date?
- You know, the best way to spread gossip in a church.
Telephone telegram, tele deacon, the small church, Scott.
Everybody knows.
- She's amazing isn't she?
She's amazing.
- I know, she's funny, smart, pretty, godly.
I'm gonna marry her.
- Should I be worried Scott?
- No, God told me to do it.
- Not hearing voices are you?
- No, no, actually, before Bible study last night
I asked God, I said, please just give me a sign
that she's the woman for me.
Let her show up with a red bow in her hair or something.
- That's pretty specific.
- It is, but you wanna know something?
- What?
- She showed up last night with a red bow in her hair?
- No way.
- Yes she did.
- You gotta be kidding.
- Yeah, I told you.
- That's amazing.
- I'm gonna marry her.
- That's awesome.
Hey question.
Does she know about?
- Yeah, I told her everything.
- And?
- She said, if God says you're clean, you're clean.
That's good enough for me.
- Now that's the response of a godly woman.
- Proverbs 31, good woman is worth more than rubies.
- Amen to that.
- it's time.
No handcuffs today my brother,
they just wanna interview you.
Okay.
They just wanna talk, ready?
(car beeping)
Morning, everyone.
- [Audience] Morning.
- How's everybody doing?
- [Audience] Good.
- Thank you all for being here this morning.
I brought my lovely wife, pastor Vanessa up here with me
because we have a special announcement today.
Matthew 19:26 tells us that with God,
all things are possible.
Things like turning our lives completely around,
going from hopelessness to giving hope to others
who are in the exact spot we once were.
- We serve almighty God, don't we?
- [Audience] Yes.
- We do.
Well yesterday I received a certified letter
from the correctional facility.
Danielle, would you do the honors?
- Dear pastor Gargano,
we are pleased to inform you that your congregant,
Scott Hieberger has been approved
for the prison ministry program with Road to Life Church.
We look forward to receiving him into our facility.
(audience cheering)
- Thank you, are you kidding me, what?
Thank you so much, this is such an honor.
This is literally the greatest day of my whole life.
Amen, right?
Amen, wow.
(audience cheering)
Hey morning.
- Get your turn around.
- Thank you.
- And he said it to Moses,
I, my father-in-law, am come unto thee,
And my wife and her two sons, thy kingdom come,
thy will be done will be done on earth.
- [Audience] On earth as it is in heaven.
- Give us each day our daily bread.
Wanna walk with him, okay?
You wanna walk with him?
Step by step, walk with him.
Don't ever turn away, all things.
Okay, and when he's your physician, you go to him,
you have a problem, you go to him.
Some times are thinking, why?
Why, but that's not the question that we need to ask.
We need to actually say thank you, I understand.
I understand.
- Okay, got one for you.
Who was the greatest financier on the Bible?
- I have no idea.
- Noah, he was floating his stock
while everyone else was in liquidation.
- All, right, all right, now that is a good one.
- So that kind of reminds me of you though.
- Why is that?
- Well, Noah listened to God and fulfilled his purpose.
It's exactly what you've done Scott.
I'm really proud of you.
- It's not me, God's doing all the work here.
- Yeah, well what a work he's doing, man,
how many today?
- 438 in attendance, sir.
Three walked the aisle.
(person laughing)
- That is amazing.
Hey, keep going, keep up the good work.
- I plan on it, as a matter of fact, we're reaching out,
seeing if we can get into the juvenile detention center.
- Wow.
- Because maybe if we can get them young,
they won't never end up here.
- Look, if there's anything
that I can do for you, any way I can help,
you gotta let me know, okay.
- I already put in the application.
We're just waiting to hear back.
- Of course, great.
- All right, thank you.
- Hey.
I'm sorry, we have a problem.
- Everything okay?
- Your pass has been revoked.
- But you know me, I preach here every week.
- I'm sorry to inform you that it's been revoked
and you no longer have access to this facility.
- Why?
- You have a warrant for your arrest.
- It's outta Florida.
Some old trouble I had from years ago.
- And it just now popped up.
- Yes, when I applied for access at the juvenile detention.
- I don't understand if you had a warrant for your arrest,
then why didn't they arrest you?
- Florida won't extradite this far.
- Okay, so if they won't arrest you,
then why won't they let you back in the prison?
- As long as I have a felony warrant,
I'm disqualified for entering
any correctional facility in the state.
Isn't that ironic?
I spent my whole life fighting to stay outta prison
and now they won't let me back in.
- You go knock over a liquor store.
I'm kidding.
- This is serious.
If Scott isn't allowed back inside,
then everything he's worked for is gone.
- So what are our options?
- I can either quit the prison ministry altogether,
or I can go to Florida,
turn myself in and take care of the warrant.
- Turn yourself in, what happens then?
- It's up to the judge.
- Worst case scenario?
- With what I've done.
Looking at the possibility of 20 years.
- Okay.
It's a little overwhelming, but we can't forget
we serve a big God and we don't stop
at overwhelming, period.
So what we do, we pray.
Oh gracious heavenly Father.
We ask you father for your guidance in this dark hour.
- All right guys.
So Scott recorded a video message for us.
You guys ready to see it?
- [Audience] Yeah.
- Hey, what's up guys.
As you no doubt have already heard,
the reason why I'm not there in person
and I'm sending you this video
is because I'm on my way to prison.
Something foolish I did years ago
has finally caught up with me
and rather than run from it like I've done my whole life,
I've decided that this time, I wanna put it in God's hands.
I'll see you soon.
I might be spending the next 20 years behind the wire.
But if that's what God has in store for me,
I'm willing to accept it.
Don't be upset.
Hey, the apostle Paul did some amazing things
while he was incarcerated and we can too.
Okay, come on.
- We're gonna all be down for the trial.
And pastor Dave wanted me to tell you that the church
is gonna keep paying you all you're away.
So you don't have to worry about bills
piling up and all that.
I love you.
- I love you too.
- I don't know what's gonna happen.
All I know is God has a plan and it's perfect.
I spent too many years trying to do things my way.
Now it's time to do things his way.
You guys pray for me and I'll be praying for all of you.
God bless.
Thanks again for picking me up, dad.
- Ah, no worries.
Still can't believe that's all you brought.
- Where I'm going, I'm not gonna need much.
- I guess you got that right, are you a little hungry?
- Yeah.
- Well, let's go get something to eat.
- Okay.
- You know, I almost didn't answer the phone
when you called.
- I wouldn't have blamed you if you hadn't.
I did some terrible things to you and mom and everybody.
I'm sorry, dad.
- When you called and asked for a ride to prison,
I thought sure you were drunk again.
- I could see why.
- You sure you wanna do this, turn yourself in?
- I am.
I'm submitting myself to God's will now, not my own.
- Proud of you son.
- Thanks dad.
- Let me buy you a real meal.
- Sounds good.
- Fill that out and turn it back in.
Hi.
- I'm here to turn myself in for a warrant.
- Spelling on the last name.
- HIGHBERGER.
Highberger, Scott.
- Get some back up here to the front desk.
(door opening)
Sir, stay right there, don't move.
- Sir, turn around, hands behind your back.
- Mr. Highberger, I'm Levi Watts, your attorney.
- Pleasure.
- This is a first, I've never been hired by a church
on a criminal proceeding before.
- They're a great group of people.
- Okay, let's get to it.
I think our best defense is to plead not guilty.
Then ask for a reduced bond
until you're trial, while we're waiting I can.
- I'm gonna plead guilty.
- I'm sorry.
- I'm guilty.
I did all the things that they're accusing me of.
So I'm guilty.
- Scott, with your record, pleading guilty would ensure.
I know, I know,
I've done a lot of terrible things in my life
and now it's time to pay for it.
- Well, I don't think the church
is going to paying me just to help
put you back by it's bars.
It█s okay.
- We're gonna put it in God's hands now.
- Well, that's good because if you plead guilty,
it's certainly out of mine.
- I know.
- All right, we'll offer them a year and see if they bite,
but don't hold your breath.
- It's okay.
(door buzzing)
- [Officer 2] Highberger, you're up.
- Good luck, preacher boy.
- All rise, court is now in session.
The honorable judge, William Palmer presiding.
- Please be seated
in the case of the state of Florida versus Scott Highberger,
counselor, am I to understand your client has made it known
he wishes to enter a plea of guilty?
- He does your honor.
- Is he aware of the ramifications venting such a plea?
- He is your honor.
- How refreshing, someone who's actually willing
to save the taxpayer's little time and money, very well.
What is the state's recommendation?
Your honor, considering the extensive criminal history
of the defendant,
which includes numerous and violent felonies,
the state recommends the maximum of 20 years on each count
to run consecutively.
- What does he mean by that, to run consecutively?
You means one after another.
- Your honor.
- He'll be in jail for the rest of his life.
Yes counsel.
- I know.
- Before judgment is entered,
the defense would request that his honor be made aware
of several letters and statements that have been made
on behalf of the accused.
They address the changed nature of my client, that we pray
the court would take into consideration.
- Very well.
As long as we don't turn this into an all day affair.
- Thank you, your honor.
- Anytime we were dispatched
to a call involving Scott Highberger,
we knew we were in for a fight,
but now I can honestly say he's a changed man.
Now we love seeing him walk into the Sheriff's department.
- Scott is one of the few Christians I identified
as being serious concerning his walk with God.
My interactions and communications with him
showed me his love of the Lord was real.
And I believe him, I believe him to be a changed man.
- Scott has become so instrumental to our church.
I don't know how we ever get along without him
or how we will get along without him.
- Scott is absolutely wonderful,
been a real role model for my children.
I don't know what we do without him.
- Judge, I gotta tell you that Scott growing up,
he wasn't a good kid and he got progressively worse
as the years went by,
caused me a lot of grief and a loss of sleep.
There was even a time, God forgive me,
but I prayed that the next cruiser to pull in the drive
was there to tell me, Scott's never coming home.
But now, now I'm proud to call him my son.
I love you, Scott.
- Scott has reached thousands of inmates
with his prison ministry, it's just simply astounding.
And your honor,
I have hundreds of letters here on Scott's behalf.
If it's okay, I would love to just read a few.
Thanks to Scott and the prison ministry,
I finally see the opportunity to forgive myself
and feel the light and love of Jesus Christ.
Scott has been a real inspiration to me.
I admire that he had the strength
to walk away from his old life.
He has the kindness to welcome his old friends
into his new life, but the courage to stay away from them
if they want to drag him down to his old place.
Here's another one, your honor.
I've been down 13 years when I was 11 years old,
I was in a graveyard and read these words
on a stone, where you are,
I once was, where I am, you'll soon be.
I've never forgotten those words.
I want what Scott has.
If it had not been for Scott,
I would still be on the streets, getting into trouble.
Scott showed me a brand new way to live life.
No more drugs, no more crime.
I'm alive today because of him.
I am what Scott was and he is what I want to be.
And that's just a few again,
from the hundreds of letters that we received,
nothing further, your honor.
- Would you please bring me
the defendant's criminal history?
- Thank you.
- Quite the checkered past.
I have one question for you son.
Since you've been spending all this time
preaching behind bars,
telling people to accept responsibility for their actions,
why have you not taken care of this warrant?
- Just be honest.
- I was scared your honor.
- I guess I was just hoping that it would go away
so that I wouldn't be held accountable.
- This court will take a short recess
while I weigh my decision on sentencing.
Mr Highberger, earlier I asked you
why you had not taken care
of this outstanding warrant here in the state of Florida.
Your answer plain and simple was that you were afraid.
You do realize that Jonah felt the same, yes?
He didn't want to go to Ninivah,
So God sent a giant whale
to swallow him up and drag him there.
I sir am your giant whale.
I hold in my hand a plea agreement you have signed,
offering to do 14 months in prison.
The state wants you to do considerably more.
I cannot in good conscience
accept your terms, Mr. Highberger.
This court has the authority to either accept
or reject any negotiated pleas.
And I have elected to not accept this one.
So if you mean to move forward with your plea,
I want you to know I am not going to have my hands tied.
Gonna ask you one more time.
Do you still wish to enter a guilty plea?
- Your honor, may I confer with my client?
- Of course.
- What's going on?
- He's rejected our plea agreement.
You need to know, know that if you plead guilty,
you're basically signing a blank check.
- Mr. Highberger.
♪ Every page before was a record was a failure ♪
♪ I was on my knee and you
- I am guilty, your honor.
♪ My plea
- Very well, the court accepts your plea of guilty.
Saul was a pretty dreadful human being
until he finally saw the light.
Then he did some mighty fine work while he was behind bars.
I think you have too, and can continue to do so.
I've been on the bench now for a number of years
and mostly it's business as usual.
Your case though is unique.
You have made some bad decisions in your life
which have led you here.
In your case however, I don't think incarceration
is the right answer.
If you're behind bars, you may reach a few people,
but not nearly as many as you would as a free man.
God has plans for you son.
So go make them happen, this case is dismissed.
(people cheering)
Would one of you come up and give this boy a hug?
♪ I'm pardoned, you have released me ♪
♪ I'm pardoned
♪ The old me is history
♪ I'm pardoned, pardoned by grace ♪
♪ For the rest of my days
♪ I sing a hallelujah
♪ 'Cause you left me out of this life that I knew before ♪
♪ Before
♪ Thank God I'm pardoned
♪ My slate is washed clean
♪ I'm pardoned the old me is history ♪
♪ I'm pardoned, pardoned by grace ♪
♪ I'm pardoned, you have released me ♪
♪ I'm pardoned, the old me is history ♪
♪ I'm pardoned, pardoned by grace ♪
(gentle music)