{"id":18055,"date":"2026-03-11T05:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/a-death-row-chaplain-speaks-on-grace-and-mercy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:04:57","slug":"a-death-row-chaplain-speaks-on-grace-and-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/books\/a-death-row-chaplain-speaks-on-grace-and-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Death Row Chaplain Speaks on Grace and Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">Some people end up in places that most of us don\u2019t ever want to find ourselves. Take Earl Smith\u2013he spent 27 years at San Quentin Prison, a maximum-security facility. He was not there for a crime but because he adhered to the call of God to be a prison chaplain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">He spread seeds of love and hope, and the light of God into the broken hearts of men, who were once young innocent boys, but along life\u2019s journey took the wrong path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/death-row-chaplain?utm_source=GPORG&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=deathrowchaplin&amp;utm_content=article_forgiven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"473\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-43161\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/deathrowchaplain.jpg\" style=\"width: 329px; height: 473px; float: right; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;\" \/><\/a>As a young man, Chaplain Smith, was lost in gangs, drugs and crime until he chose God.<\/p>\n<p>In his new book, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/death-row-chaplain?utm_source=GPORG&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=deathrowchaplin&amp;utm_content=article_forgiven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Death Row Chaplain: Unbelievable True Stories from America\u2019s Most Notorious Prison<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, he writes, \u201cThe men of San Quentin and many others struggling with their place in the world face the same dilemma that I did: the choice between the difficult but righteous path and the old, destructive path. Which path we choose when confronted with these moments of decision making will determine the course of our lives-and the two paths are adjacent and unmarked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/positive-living\/forgiven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>READ MORE: EARL SMITH ON BEING FORGIVEN<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In working with inmates, one of the key questions Chaplain Smith asked them to ask themselves was, \u201cAm I my crime?\u201d In other words, did their crime define them, or are they something more and better?<\/p>\n<p>Chaplain Smith reminds us, \u201cEven if you think someone is his crime, God does not. He knows better. God doesn\u2019t have checklist for forgiving us for our errors. He cares about one thing; that we ask Him sincerely for forgiveness through a relationship with Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/slideshow\/faith-and-football-with-earl-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>READ MORE: EARL SMITH, FAITH AND FOOTBALL<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">Chaplain Smith is the first one to say that God\u2019s forgiveness doesn\u2019t mean the men don\u2019t pay for their crime. However, it is the start of getting them on the right path. <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.428571429;\">Chaplain Smith reminds us that God\u2019s grace is available to men in prison as much as it is for each of us living on the outside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>God can raise us higher than our actions through His love and grace. How has God\u2019s grace lifted you? Please share with us.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lord, thank you for Your mercy and love that is available to us all. We are better people because of your grace, for each of us falls short of your righteousness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/death-row-chaplain?utm_source=GPORG&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=deathrowchaplin&amp;utm_content=article_forgiven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Buy Earl Smith\u2019s book:  <\/strong><\/em><strong>Death Row Chaplain: Unbelievable True Stories from America&#8217;s Most Notorious Prison<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people end up in places that most of us don\u2019t ever want to find ourselves. Take Earl Smith\u2013he spent 27 years at San Quentin Prison, a maximum-security facility. He was not there for a crime but because he adhered to the call of God to be a prison chaplain. 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