40X Felon
About this episode
Corey Gordon shares his harrowing journey from a life of crime and addiction to finding faith and redemption in prison.
*40X Felon* is not a redemption story you *expect*—it’s one you *survive*. From K2-soaked prison cells and knife-filled yards to trafficking drugs inside institutions and stacking felonies faster than most people stack regrets, Corey Gordon’s life reads like a warning label. Seventeen adult felonies by 17. Flooding prisons with narcotics. First-degree escape charges. Prosecutors pushing for 30 years. A mind addicted, a body deteriorating, and a soul running hard from God. But then—alone in solitary confinement, shaking, desperate, and out of distractions—everything changed. In a cell where death had already whispered his name, Corey encountered a living God who asked a single question that shattered his resistance: “How long will you run from Me?” What followed wasn’t jailhouse religion—it was total surrender. Chains broke. Addiction lost its grip. And a man the system had written off began to be rebuilt from the inside out. *40X Felon* is raw, unsettling, and brutally honest—but it doesn’t end in darkness. It ends with hope forged in fire: a transformed heart, a restored family, a pastor called out of prison, and proof that no sentence is stronger than grace. If you think you’ve…
People in this episode
Host: Worthy People
Guest: Corey Gordon
Topics covered
- redemption
- addiction
- faith
- transformation
- prison
- grace
Keywords
- felon
- solitary confinement
- drug trafficking
- Christianity
- hope
- transformation
- grace
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Organizations: Worthy People
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