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A Christian chaplain shares his years of frank discussions with thousands of prison inmates. 52 chapters, each animated by God's great compassion, wisdom, and challenges to us, range over life's landscape of beauty and pain. We're all felons before God. We all wear orange. Time on earth is a life sentence. No one gets out alive. Only Jesus Christ grants forgiveness, meaning, and life after this. Regardless of our past, our life has value. How will we respond to Jesus? You also wear orange. Join us and experience pardon in prison. Author's Preface Talking about oneself is way overrated, but a little might help. After a year of college, I became an atheist. But I found that atheism is an intellectual and psychological prison. Awakened to its many flaws, I wanted out. To my great surprise, the door of my cell was unlocked, and I happily left. Since then, after completing a BA, MA, and PhD, the historical Jesus remains the best and most profound instructor I've ever had. Life and work in six often politically unstable countries enriched and tempered my outlook. Though I've never been imprisoned, bands of armed men twice took me captive. A third time, the leader tried to shoot me. Amazingly, in all three instances I was set free and unharmed. Disease and other dangers have also come and gone. Experience alone doesn't deserve a podium, but it can inform our perspective. Later, I volunteered as a chaplain in a county jail. I also served in two high-security state prisons. After almo