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Charles Colson

Charles Colson is the founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries, an outreach to convicts, victims of crime, and justice officers. Colson is the author of several books, including How Now Shall We Live? and a daily radio feature, BreakPoint, which airs on 1,000 radio networks. In 1993 Colson won the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.

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Colson: How Evil Became Cool
The Littleton killers were mirroring in grotesque action what the adult culture advocates in abstract concepts.

posted 8/09/1999 12:00AM

Colson: Does Kosovo Pass the Just-War Test?
The military intervention introduces moral questions that the church ought to raise now, not waiting until the body bags start coming home.

posted 5/24/1999 12:00AM

Colson: Why We Should Be Hopeful
The same week Ron confessed, Mrs. Washington felt an overwhelming conviction to forgive the man who had murdered her daughter.

posted 4/26/1999 12:00AM

Colson: Moral Education After Monica
Louise Cowan tells how she lost her childhood faith while in university religion courses—only to regain it in literature courses.

posted 3/01/1999 12:00AM

Colson: The Sky Isn't Falling
The only remaining "ism" is postmodernism. And it is a formalized expression of despair.

by Charles Colson | posted 1/11/1999 12:00AM

Colson: Poster Boy for Postmodernism
Strohmeyer told police he strangled the little girl by twisting her neck the way he had seen in movies.

posted 11/16/1998 12:00AM

Colson: Evangelicals Are Not an Interest Group
Our message is not, We put you in office, now pay up; but rather, This should be done because it is right.

posted 10/05/1998 12:00AM

Colson: The Devil in the DNA
The strategy of evolutionary psychology is to debunk traditional morality by reducing it to genetic self-interest.

posted 8/10/1998 12:00AM

Colson: The Oxford Prophet
Lewis predicted a time when those who want to remold human nature "will be armed with the powers of an omnicompetent state.

posted 6/15/1998 12:00AM

Colson: Why Fidelity Matters
If Americans truly understood what adultery does—that it leads to the disintegration of the human being—they would not dismiss it so lightly.

posted 4/27/1998 12:00AM

Colson: Do We Love Coke More Than Justice?
Will we continue giving aid to nations that burn churches, jail pastors, torture religious believers?

posted 3/02/1998 12:00AM

Colson: Madison Avenue's Spiritual Chic
The typical television commercial is "a morality play for our time."

CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey | posted 1/12/1998 12:00AM

Colson: How the Courts Censor Morality
How are Americans to write their moral convictions into law if the courts strike those laws down?

CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey | posted 11/17/1997 12:00AM

Colson: Who Holds These Truths?
The Constitution does not give the Supreme Court final say on constitutional questions.

CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey | posted 10/06/1997 12:00AM

Colson: Quoting the Bible Isn't Enough
"It's heresy to tell believers not to cite their Bibles," the station manager fumed.

CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey | posted 8/11/1997 12:00AM

Colson: Why Max Deserves a Life
If we don't catch all defective babies before birth, some doctors have recommended letting them die after birth.

CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey | posted 6/16/1997 12:00AM

Contemporary Music: Will Christian Music Boom for New Owners?

by Ted Olsen | posted 4/28/1997 12:00AM

Colson: Victory over Napalm
The frail, South Vietnamese woman spoke words of forgiveness and reconciliation.

by CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey | posted 3/03/1997 12:00AM

Colson: Cleanliness Is Next to Crimelessness
When I visit prisons where floors are shiny, morale is noticeably higher.

by CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey | posted 1/06/1997 12:00AM

Colson: Why Women Like Big Government
The sexual revolution promised liberation from traditional morality, but the only folks liberated were men.

by CHARLES COLSON & Nancy Pearcey | posted 11/11/1996 12:00AM

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Christ at the Center
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Cleaning Up After Others
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Todd Hertz | posted 11/19/2009 10:19AM

'O, Evangelicos!'
We need not abandon our name—just live up to it.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/18/2009 10:31AM

Wilson's Bookmarks
From the editor of Books & Culture.

posted 11/18/2009 10:33AM

The Best and the Worst New Tech: Mobile Smart Phones
Phones are on track to becoming the most promising—and paralyzing—technology.

Brad Abare, founder of the Center for Church Communication | posted 11/17/2009 09:19AM

The Best and the Worst New Tech: Online Video
The gospel was delivered in a way that people could visualize it.

Mark Kellner, author of God on the Internet | posted 11/17/2009 09:21AM

The Best and the Worst New Tech: What You Least Expect
Technology often brings a myriad of trade-offs.

John Dyer, web development director at Dallas Theological Seminary | posted 11/17/2009 09:22AM

Christ-Centered Cautions
How do we be good, be disciplined, and be like Jesus?

Collin Hansen | posted 11/16/2009 09:29AM

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Your responses to the September 2009 issue of Christianity Today.

posted 11/16/2009 09:33AM

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