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The Invasion of God

The so-called Christmas wars are much larger than we imagine.

Charles Colson with Anne Morse | posted 12/06/2007 08:51AM

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As I like to tell prisoners, Jesus was "busted," betrayed by a "snitch," and sent to death row, utterly rejected. He was strip-searched and then died on the cross between two thieves, so that we could be freed from the grip of Satan and death.

This Christmas, go ahead and decorate your tree and arrange the figures of your crèche. But do so in the light of this beautiful and earth-shaking truth: The birth of the baby in the manger was the thrilling signal that God had invaded planet Earth.

Christianity won't rise or fall on whether Wal-Mart employees can say "Merry Christmas." But its future does depend, in part, on how God's people advance God's kingdom, as we help establish his peaceful rule in the present historical moment, until Christ reigns in all his glory.

That we do this is my prayer for Christmas.

Related Elsewhere:

Our other articles on Advent and Christmas are available in our special section.

Colson's previous columns include:

Community of Memory | We're on the verge of destroying a key pillar of civilization. (October 15, 2007)

Promises, Promises | How to really build a 'great society.' (August 7, 2007)

Overheated Rhetoric | What should we make of bestselling books blasting Christians? (June 21, 2007)

War on the Weak | Eugenics has made a lethal comeback. (December 4, 2006)

The Earmark Epidemic | The disease must be cured for the common good. (September 25, 2006)

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Qaton Chozeh

Posted: December 18, 2007 4:09 PM

Colson hasn't the slightest idea of what he is talking about. He must just recite words he has heard. He promotes false and evil worship. The Christmass, and all its heathen, unbiblical distractions, is evil. All these so-called christians are corrupted, doing what's right in their own eyes (Dut 12.8), not observing what they were commanded (Mat 28.20), observing what they were commanded not to (Dut 12.2-4), creating their own rituals (Mrk 7.1-9), turning to the left and right (Dut 5.32), learning the heathen ways, bringing curses upon themselves (Dut 7.26), going whoring with their own inventions (Ps 106.39), and walking in the imagination of their own heart (Jer 23.17) thinking all is good. They are as Nadab and Abihu offering strange fire, as Uzzah, and as Saul offering to God what God didn't want and commanded against. Oh but they all had good, sweet intentions - which they were condemned for. Like the false prophets. Repent! Blind guides and their followers.

Rev. Austin Miles

Posted: December 12, 2007 12:24 PM

I would like for Mr. Colson to explain to me why, when I broke the story about Islam being taught 7th graders in the public school system, that his 'news service, Breakpoint,' personally attacked me in four stories in CT Direct, saying I had lied about this (it proved to be totally factual) and tried to discourage the mainstream media from picking it up...in other words, trying to silence that America's school children were being indoctrinated into Islamic thought and beliefs. At the same time, Colson was attacking me, he was trying to raise a million dollars to supposedly stop Islamic recruitment in the prisons. Ironically, the name used as the writer for these attacks released by Breakpoint and eagerly published by CT Direct, was, Alberto Rivera....which is the name of a character in the Chic Publications anti-catholic cartoon tracts. Please explain this Mr. Colson.

Ron Boto

Posted: December 09, 2007 10:22 PM


Once again Charles hits the nail on the head.

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