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
life-is midst theology
Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.
christian children people
Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity.
moving differences stories
The dynamism and freedom that characterizes the West is the product of Christianity's reforming itself and moving forward culturally. The ascendancy of the West is the story of the difference that Christianity makes, and it's a story we can't let our culture forget.
bible christian doe
Who speaks for God? He does quite nicely for Himself. Through His holy and infallible Word - and the quiet obedience of His servants.
christian religious media
Some labeled Jerry Falwell an American version of the Ayatollah Khomeni. People for the American Way, a group organized to counter the Moral Majority, launched a slick media campaign attaching the Nazi slur to the religious right.
feel-good feels therapeutic
God is truth and is to be worshiped, not because it's convenient, makes us feel good, or is therapeutic.
jobs church world
The church's job is to equip the saints for works of service in the world.
people roles use
God uses prisons to train people for future roles of leadership or martyrdom.
country heart law
Where is the hope? I meet millions who tell me that they feel demoralized by the decay around us. Where is the hope? The hope that each of us have is not in who governs us, or what laws are passed, or what great things that we do as a nation. Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people, and that’s where our hope is in this country; that’s where our hope is in life.