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Pray for Charles Colson

by Harold Fickett on April 5, 2012 · 1 comment

Please pray for Charles Colson and his wife, Patty.   Chuck fell seriously ill last weekend.  Here’s the official announcement from Prison Fellowship.
“As many of you may have heard, Chuck Colson, the beloved founder of Prison Fellowship and the Colson…

Good News About Roe v. Wade

by Charles Colson on January 23, 2012 · 1 comment

Yesterday marked the thirty-ninth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s hideous decision to legalize abortion on demand in the United States. Since then, some 50 million unborn children have lost their lives. The constant killing, with the blessing…

Honor MLK on Religious Freedom Day

by Charles Colson on January 16, 2012 · 0 comments

Today is Martin Luther King Day. Most schools recognize the day — as they should. But will they teach students about Dr. King’s Christian faith, which motivated and guided his campaign for civil rights?
During his Birmingham civil rights campaign,…

It’s Our Morality, Stupid!

by Charles Colson on January 11, 2012 · 4 comments

During the seemingly endless build-up to the Iowa caucuses, there was one consistent refrain repeated over and over. It’s like the big lie — the more you keep repeating it, the more people are going to believe it, but it…

The Happiness Quotient in a Thriving Economy

by Charles Colson January 9, 2012

Like many of you, I was absolutely appalled at the madness surrounding Black Friday this year. Shoppers fighting, a woman pepper spraying other shoppers to get what she wanted, even shootings. All this in preparation for the arrival of the…

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One CEO’s Moral Stand

by Charles Colson January 4, 2012

Many Americans — from Main Street to Occupy Wall Street — have been shocked at how some corporate CEOs have made out like bandits after flying their companies right into the ground. Other chief executives have done extremely well after…

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Socrates in the City

by Charles Colson January 2, 2012

In the quest for divine truth, how do we know when we’ve found it? Are there markers along the way to guide us — a kind of spiritual GPS?
British bishop N. T. Wright says there are such markers; he…

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The New US Export: Gay Rights

by Charles Colson December 30, 2011

We should have seen this coming. When the U.S. Secretary of State delivers a major address on U.S. foreign policy, the world listens — and responds. And many nations are a little, shall we say, perplexed, at Hillary Clinton’s announcement…

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Woman Imprisoned for Being Raped

by Charles Colson December 29, 2011

Last year, an Afghan woman named Gulnaz was the victim of rape. In a case of what you might call “adding injury to injury,” it was Gulnaz who wound up in prison.
Now, according to reports, she faces yet another…

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Feminists Rally Behind Sex-Selection Abortion

by Charles Colson December 27, 2011

A few years ago, Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund of Columbia University were looking at data from the 2000 Census. They noticed that immigrants from China, Korea, and India had fewer American-born daughters than you would expect.
Whereas among native-born…

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