Charles "Chuck" Colson

Charles W. "Chuck" Colson

Founder, Prison Fellowship ministry

Charles W. "Chuck" Colson is founder of Prison Fellowship, a Christian outreach ministry to the prison population of this country, as well as to ex-prisoners and crime victims. The "On Faith" panelist's daily radio commentary, BreakPoint, is aired daily on over a 1,000 radio outlets nationwide. Colson also is a syndicated columnist, lawyer, and author of 25 books, most recently The Faith (2008). He served as special counsel to the late President Richard M. Nixon (1969-73). After pleading guilty to a Watergate-related charge of obstruction of justice in 1974, Colson served seven months of a one to three-year federal prison sentence. His 1973 Christian conversion was documented in the internationally best-selling book and film, Born Again. He founded Prison Fellowship in 1976. In 1993, Colson was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion and donated the $1 million prize to Prison Fellowship. In the last 28 years, Colson has visited more than 600 prisons in 40 countries and, with the help of nearly 50,000 volunteers, has built Prison Fellowship into the world's largest prison outreach, serving the spiritual and practical needs of prisoners in 93 countries including the U.S. Close.

Charles W. "Chuck" Colson

Founder, Prison Fellowship ministry

Charles W. "Chuck" Colson is founder of Prison Fellowship, a Christian outreach ministry to the prison population of this country, as well as to ex-prisoners and crime victims. The "On Faith" panelist's daily radio commentary, BreakPoint, is aired daily on over a 1,000 radio outlets nationwide. more »

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May 2, 2008 9:02 AM

Can Wright's Rants Lead to Real Discussion?

The Question: Jeremiah Wright's sermons continue to be an issue in the presidential campaign. Why? What do you think of his preaching style? What do you wish you understood better about it?

If there’s anything redeeming about the Jeremiah Wright controversy, it is that it may lead to a long-overdue national discussion of race and reconciliation.

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May 7, 2008 5:54 AM

Integrity Matters

The longer any campaign goes on—and nowadays they're almost perpetual—the more the charges and counter-charges build up. It's unavoidable in year-long campaigns that a lot of the negative stuff would stick. So the figures do not surprise me.

The more important question is, does integrity matter in a president? Having served one flawed president and known a number of others, I would, if I had to make a choice, far rather see character than competence. Integrity goes to the very heart of what a person is. His or her policies may be very attractive, but if he or she can't be trusted, the policies won't matter.

And a candidate's personal life, while privacy should be respected, is fair game because it informs us on matter of character and integrity.




May 14, 2008 3:42 AM

Evangelicals Defined by Discipleship

Today's evangelical movement has its roots in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The "Reformers" were those who called Christians back to biblical fidelity, to the original apostolic teaching, and sought reform of what was believed to be a cumbersome and in some ways corrupt church hierarchy.

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May 23, 2008 1:54 PM

The Preservation of Marriage and Society

As a Christian I believe the Bible, which is unambiguous that sex outside of marriage is a sin. There is no way that any Bible-believing Christian can accommodate shifting social values to compromise clear biblical teaching.

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