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
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 integrity giving
We must be the same person in private and in public. Only the Christian worldview gives us the basis for this kind of integrity.
church culture missions
Redeeming culture is the never ending mission of the church.
drink
Power is like saltwater; the more you drink, the thirstier you get.
bible heaven historical
The Bible's historical accuracy is a reminder that while "the heavens declare the glory of God," there's also plenty of evidence among the rubble and ruins.
writing imagination fiction
Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination.
tragedy quests life-is
To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living.
achievement demand want
God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience.
christian morning kingdoms
One of the most wonderful things about being a Christian is that I don't ever get up in the morning and wonder if what I do matters. I live every day to the fullest because I can live it through Christ and I know no matter what I do today, I'm going to do something to advance the Kingdom of God.
christian evil tolerance
Tolerance once meant that we could use our reason to discern good and evil in open debate. Today tolerance has been used to call good evil and evil good.
powerful believe book
The BIBLE - banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have attempted to discredit it, dictators of every age have outlawed it and executed those who read it. Yet soldiers carry it into battle believing it more powerful than their weapons. Fragments of it smuggled into solitary prison cells have transformed ruthless killers into gentle saints
christian religion church
The church has been brought into the same value system as the world: fame, success, materialism and celebrity. We watch the leading churches and the leading Christians for our cues. We want to emulate the best known preachers with the biggest sanctuaries and the grandest edifices. Preoccupation with these values has perverted the church's message.
christian mistake party
Christians should never have a political party. It is a huge mistake to become married to an ideology, because the greatest enemy of the gospel is ideology. Ideology is a man-made format of how the world ought to work, and Christians instead believed in the revealing truth Scripture.
giving understanding moral
Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems.