For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. - 2 Corinthians 7:10 When we as chaplains find copies of Katie Souza's The Key to Your Expected End floating around the jail, we kindly try to replace them with something better. Anything. And then we file them in our special file. Not an actual copy of Key, but a good idea. Why? Perhaps the most damning aspect of this book is that, while it is aimed at inmates, it encourages a false, Word-Faith approach to their cases. In short, Souza tells detainees to ignore legal counsel and simply believe God for victory. That's more than a minor issue, and it's more than a minor point in the book. For instance, chapter eight is called, "Just Say You're Sorry." That's not a bad start, and Souza talks about the need to quit fooling around, admit one's crimes, and repent. The problem starts to enter when she says that, when ...
