Agreat oak has fallen.
The death of Chuck Colson (1931-2012) is so remarkable because of the life of Chuck Colson. His life is summed up in the scripture that the Manhattan Declaration posted:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV)!
Chuck Colson was truly a new man. His life forever will be
remembered, not in a legacy of political intrigue, but with a legacy of
new life in Jesus Christ
that overflowed to the world with a robust intellect and dynamic
message lived out in a heart of deep, demonstrable compassion. Yet the
new life that transforms old legacies of shame into legacies of
faithfulness is available to all who call, like Chuck, on the name of
Jesus Christ in repentance and faith.
Chuck’s life reflected the newness of God’s Truth in Christ. The man
thought like Christ. He was immensely theological—caring deeply about
the Truth of God revealed in His Word in the Flesh, Jesus, and in His
Word, the Bible. He brought that Truth to bear in every area of life and
encouraged others to do the same. At a time when some proclaim that
there is no truth, and others shrink from proclaiming that Truth in a
postmodern, pluralistic age, Chuck Colson became one of the Church’s
greatest apologists for the Truth of God in Jesus Christ. He proclaimed
Truth with boldness, intellectual strength, compassion and humility and
was active in his presentation of Jesus Christ through the last days of
his work on his earth. He is now worshipping face to face before the One
he preached so well. Continue at Michael A. Milton
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