If our culture is to be transformed, it will happen from the bottom up - from ordinary believers practicing apologetics over the backyard fence or around the barbecue grill. Charles Colson More Quotes by Charles Colson More Quotes From Charles Colson People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear, a truth that tyrants understand all too well Charles Colson tyrants government self Culture is religion incarnate. Charles Colson culture No, you can take it from an expert in cover-ups-I've lived through Watergate-that nothing less than a resurrected Christ could have caused those men to maintain to their dying whispers that Jesus is alive and is Lord. Two thousand years later, nothing less than the power of the risen Christ could inspire Christians around the world to remain faithful-despite prison, torture, and death. Charles Colson easter christian jesus Lenin, Stalin, and Rakosi recognized that a renewed and purified Christianity was the only force that could move the masses as powerfully as the Marxist ideal could. They attacked it as the enemy that it was and is. Charles Colson religious christian moving Genuine Christianity is more than a relationship with Jesus, as expressed in personal piety, church attendance, Bible Charles Colson believe reality jesus Redeeming culture is the never ending mission of the church. Charles Colson missions church culture We must be the same person in private and in public. Only the Christian worldview gives us the basis for this kind of integrity. Charles Colson christian integrity giving Frontline love. It is our one hope for breaking down barriers and for restoring the sense of community, of caring for one another, that our decadent, impersonalized culture has sucked out of us. Charles Colson community caring culture Some say society must change in order to change people. No, people must be changed in order to change society. Charles Colson changed order people Hostility to religion is having an effect. In 1963, the number of Americans who said that they believed the Bible is literally true was 65%. Today, the number has dropped to 32%. Charles Colson religious christian numbers Why, I wondered, is there such hostility to one faith in this Hindu culture that believes all roads lead to heaven? They should be the most tolerant of all. What is it about the Judeo-Christian message that makes it so offensive? Ironically, the Indians may understand the heart of the gospel - that Christ is King, with all that portends - better than many in the 'Christian' West. Charles Colson religious kings christian The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it - to care for others out of obedience to Christ, to heal those who hurt, to take away fear, to restore community, to belong to one another, to proclaim the Good News while living it out. The church is the invisible made visible. Charles Colson community church hurt 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. Charles Colson religious messages christian We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves. Charles Colson energy praying prayer Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion. Charles Colson misguided reincarnation compassion If the polls are right, our Judeo-Christian heritage is no longer the foundation of our values. We have become a post-Christian society. Charles Colson foundation religious christian God is truth and is to be worshiped, not because it's convenient, makes us feel good, or is therapeutic. Charles Colson convenient feel-good feels 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. Charles Colson quests tragedy life-is The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is more powerful than anything else we believe. By His resurrection Jesus proved He is who He says He is. Be confident in this truth. Stand on the Holy Word of God. Don't sell the world a false bill of goods. Preach the word. Defend the faith. Live the faith. Charles Colson powerful believe jesus The Bible has, amazingly- no doubt with supernatural grace-survived its critics. The harder tyrants try to eliminate it and skeptics dismiss it, the better read it becomes. Charles Colson tyrants grace doubt
