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| (Charles "Chuck" Colson) |
Colson, certainly no stranger to the news, has made a number of “hard-hitting” headlines of his own. Formerly known as Richard Nixon’s “hatchet man,” Colson was one of the Watergate Seven that Wikipedia reports “pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg.”
He also has the dubious distinction of being “the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges.”
If that were all there were, people would not be mourning Colson’s death the way they have been recently. In 1973, Colson experienced a conversion that radically moved him along the sinner-to-saint continuum. This was not just a jailhouse-related ploy, but rather a lasting change. It began with a reading of C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity, and continued to gather momentum. Since then, Colson has walked his talk in the following ways: he founded Prison Fellowship and Justice Fellowship, both of which promote reform in the criminal justice system; and has worked tirelessly promoting “ChristianWorldview” via radio, video, books, newsletters, speaking engagements, etc.
His final Two-Minute Warning, titled Get Moving, is dated April 17, 2012 (four days before Colson’s death). The promo for this video asks readers: Do you want to be part of the cutting
edge of societal transformation? The question is then answered in this manner: Develop a robust Christian
worldview. Come explore the Colson Center.
Colson begins the video with a reference to a book, How Now Shall We Live,
that he coauthored approximately 12 years ago. He then goes on
to explain that Christianity is not simply a personal relationship of “just Jesus and me,” but rather a movement “to renew culture and reawaken the world to Christ.” In order
to do this, he warns: “Don’t stand on
the sidelines wringing your hands – get going!”
Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson
http://www.colsoncenter.org/twominutewarning
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