Charles Colson
Charles Colson
Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colsonwas an Evangelical Christian leader who founded Prison Fellowship and BreakPoint. Prior to his conversion to Christianity, he served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 October 1931
CountryUnited States of America
faces band oppression
Wilberforce and the band of abolitionists knew that a private faith that did not act in the face of oppression was no faith at all.
people church doe
The church does not draw people in; it sends them out.
order people changed
Some say society must change in order to change people. No, people must be changed in order to change society.
understanding culture dominion
I was deepening my understanding of what we call the cultural commission, the command to take dominion and bring righteousness to our culture.
culture
Culture is religion incarnate.
facts word-of-god infallible
The Bible's power rests upon the fact that it is the reliable, errorless, and infallible Word of God.
christian culture individual
Christians are called to redeem entire cultures, not just individuals.
jesus news redemption
The gospel of Jesus Christ must be the bad news of the conviction of sin before it can be the Good News of redemption. The truth is revealed in God's Holy Word; life can be lived only in absolute and disciplined submission to its authority.
safe foundation problem
The problem is that relativism provides no sure foundation for a safe and orderly society.
stories next firsts
The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.
baby home america
Let's acknowledge that America's increasing decadence is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. When we tolerate trash on television, permit pornography to invade our homes via the Internet, and allow babies to be killed at the point of birth, we are inflaming radical Islam.
knowing tolerance judgment
True tolerance is not a total lack of judgment. It's knowing what should be tolerated, and refusing to tolerate that which shouldn't.
christian religious neutrality
Removing religious symbols from public places is not neutrality. On the contrary, it sends a highly negative message - that religion is something shameful, embarrassing, or at best strictly private.
book beloved burned
The Bible-banned, burned, beloved-is more widely read and more frequently attacked than any other book in history.