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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Evangelicals Defined by Discipleship

Though it seeks always to bring Christian truth to bear in all of society, including politics, evangelicalism stands astride the mainstream of the church and apart from and independent of any worldly structure.

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Soja John Thaikattil, Sydney, Australia:

Dear Mr Colson

The Catholic Church around the world celebrate today as the Feast of the Holy Trinity (a day to remember and reflect on John 14-17). So even if you are not Catholic, from a Christian, a Happy Holy Trinity day!

Soja John Thaikattil
Sydney, Australia

luv2b me:

Hi Chuck,

This statement "We are not, as one major newspaper culturally defined us, “poor, uneducated, and easily led” sounds like it was written by a journalist that is, "poor, uneducated, and easily led" by the opinions of non-believers and non-christians.

I think a great deal of education/awakening is in order for this "sect" of people such as the journalist/newspaper who defined us, believers, as ill-mannered as they did.

An apology would also be in order.

Christian truth?:

"...it seeks always to bring Christian truth". Ha. "Christian truth". That's absolutely hilarious.

tbd:

Defenders of Holy Cosmic Built Space-ship Earth via Mom/Pop NEBULAE,

How would you define "MODERN-Morality"? The way I see it, with out God you have no standard. So Modern Morality is the same trick Satan used on Eve to tempt her away from God and the well define lines of the one and only true moral standard. Hey Eve there is no right or wrong just what you want it to be it's up to you. What is right for you may be wrong for me this is what you and everyone else that believes in any man made moral system.

Slippery slope! It didn’t work 3 to 4 thousand years ago and it doesn’t work today.

a Disciple:

Evangelism defined by discipleship. --- I totally agree!

And thank you for prompting Razi Zacharias to write "Can Man Live Without God". It is a wonderful read.

Defenders of Holy Cosmic Built Space-ship Earth via Mom/Pop NEBULAE:

You have a Lot of Nerve trying to equate (a New word) Biblical Morality (Modern Evangelical movemens) with Modern-Morality!

You & your Pre-Apocalyptic thinking Army of so called "MODERN-E-viljealousicals" should go-underground a put ye Satans Tails between ye legs, so to spaketh! And

Contrary to any "Man-Made" NEW-TESTAMENT (Which should be out-Lawed in America & elswhere on Space-Ship Earth) That

@ LUKE:14:26 (please see any bible) reads, according to Modern-Evilgelicals like MANiFEST Signer & Endorsers Sir Chuck Colson, Armageddon Lover's John Gagee & Mike Huckabee , Archibishpo Williams, pope Bennedict et al,

To be a "DiCiPLE" then Must "HATE, HATE HATE... Ye Mother, Father, Ye Kids, Self all..." And

Mr. Rabbi Jezeus said, "Suppose "i" (never "I") come to give EARTH peace??! NO NO NO, but rather "i" want & will bring DiViSiON.."

Please see any Bible@LUKE:12:51 et seq!


Wherefore "MODERN-Morality", never 'Modern-Evilgelicals, is superior to any BIBLiCAL-Morality (modern Evailgelicals)!

Wow! also,

Please see any Bible @REV:17:1, and 1-CORINTH:11:14-15 that mentions The Angelic

diciples of the "Arch-Satans" of , aka "Drunkin-Saints" (Ministers-Of-Everything aka Word-Merchants in Religio(n), Rabbi's, Priests, Immam's, Guru's, Swami's etc..) etc..

And in America, not long ago, these same so called "modern Evilgeliucals" have tried to SNEEKaro their "JESUS" the Scientist & creator in our Public school under the title "Intelligent designers"!???????? (Remember, they tried fooliung a genuine 'Secular' Federal Court under a Federl Judge(s)!!!


So this Manifest is another crock of S........t or 'Conspiracy, Attempt to take-us off-guard! They give us, via Newsweek/WAPO this so called (Unanymous) MANIFESTO to make Us "ECLAT{-i-}{ON's}' think that they criticised themselves for trying to CHRiSTiNize the American U.S.-Constitution via Political involvments! So

Armageddon Lover & EVilgelical wannbe Prez Mike Huckabee Lost! And Now They are conspiring, to destract Us with this recent Pre-Apocalyptic invention (their Evil Manifesto, like intell Design invention) untill 2012 Election year!!!


Note: Today "i" read something that the (Vatican) POPE sais , "It's O.K. to believe in Terrestrial Beings..." Wow!

Now the Church is Going outerSpace Evilgelicaning or Ghostpelling theie Jesus the Alien who visited Earth!???????? Shaaammme on the Vatican Catholics! Shameeee!

Your Pre-Apocalyptic Man Made Religion(s) are Dieing so now (They think We Forgott how they, the CHURCH/Catholics tried to Stop Human Progress from even thinking Space not long ago & murdered People who thought outside that (un) holy Box, so to spaketh! It's all Business & their Industry (Based on Catering Fear) is Matasticised! So they are Dieing!!!!!

Wow Satans! Wow!!

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