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- Steuber explained that initially he had been reluctant to read Born Again, which described Colson’s fall from the commanding heights of national power to a bunk bed in a federal prison dormitory and also, contemporaneously, his experience of a climb to spiritual grace as a result of converting to Christianity in the late summer of 1973.
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Oct 16, 2017 · Today, October 16, is the anniversary of Chuck Colson’s birth. He would have been 86 years old. Most of you know about his life, how God used President Nixon’s former “hatchet man” to take the Good News of Jesus to prisoners around the globe, and become one of the great Christian leaders of the past hundred years.
Apr 21, 2012 · As he climbed into bed, he told his wife, Patty, that he thought he'd had a conversion experience—but he did not know what the term meant.
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His was not a “jailhouse conversion” as most people think, Perry said. Before the trials and indictments in Washington, Colson didn’t talk about faith much, Perry said. But when everything broke loose, a friend showed him a copy of C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity” — and Colson just “broke down.”
Jun 23, 2022 · Chuck Colson: A Life Redeemed. Ten years ago, at the age of 80, Charles Wendell (“Chuck”) Colson (1931–2012) died. Nearly 50 years ago, Chuck Colson was born again. His memoir Born Again was published in 1975. Earlier that year he had been released from a seven-month stint in federal prison after pleading guilty of obstructing justice in ...
Apr 21, 2012 · But while Colson was facing arrest for his involvement in the Watergate scandal in 1973, a friend gave him a copy of C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, which led to his dramatic conversion. He published the memoir Born Again in 1975 – two years after becoming a born-again Christian.
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Jan 10, 2019 · The Man Who Shared Jesus with Chuck Colson—and Changed Eternity for Him and Countless Others. By Randy Alcorn. January 18, 2019. Earlier this month, Tom Phillips, who led Chuck Colson to Jesus in 1973, went to be with his Lord and Savior. When asked in an interview if he had ever gotten over the night when Christ gripped his life, Chuck ...
Sep 11, 2014 · The evangelical emphasis on conversion, therefore, had a new visibility in the national culture, and according to Christianity Today, the “spiritual turn-round” of Charles Colson was “exhibit A” ( [ 22 ], p. 13). In an article for the New York Times Magazine, Garry Wills agreed.
