[tcuoohjohn]

I am somewhat chary of getting moral guidance from Chuck Colson.

As a Christian I am compelled to forgive Chuck Colson. I am not required to accept his guidance. Particularly in view of his rather dismal past.

[Ozone34]

Didn't Colson go to prison for illegally having one FBI file in his posession?

[Guenevere]

Yes, he did go to prison....
....and has turned his life around for the good....

..founder of Prison Fellowship...and author of quite excellent books.

You may not care for his advice or opionion, but I and a lot of good folks I know, sure do!

[Mr. Silverback]

Particularly in view of his rather dismal past.

So, are you completely unaware of Colson's conversion, or do you believe a Christian should continue to be judged by his pre-conversion behavior, even after three decades in the Faith?

Ozone, you are correct. Colson misused one FBI file and did eighteen months in the federal pen for it, while the Clinton White House misused 900 or so and nobody has paid yet.

[Zack Nguyen]

What about Colson's opinions do you find objectionable? You realize that after he came to Christ while in prison, he established Prison Fellowship which has brought countless inmates across the world to Christ, and continues to do so to this very day.

[Romulus]

I am not required to accept his guidance. Particularly in view of his rather dismal past.

I know what you mean. I bet you've got your eye on that Augustine fellow too.

[Godzilla]

I am somewhat chary of getting moral guidance from Chuck Colson. As a Christian I am compelled to forgive Chuck Colson. I am not required to accept his guidance. Particularly in view of his rather dismal past.

Was you life before Christ any better? How would you like to be thought of - the way you were before Christ or after? Judge his guidance based upon what the Bible says, not what his life was before Christ.

[Barnacle]

As a Christian I am compelled to forgive Chuck Colson. I am not required to accept his guidance. Particularly in view of his rather dismal past.

No doubt those words were spoken of St. Paul.

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

I am somewhat chary of getting moral guidance from Chuck Colson.
As a Christian I am compelled to forgive Chuck Colson. I am not required to accept his guidance. Particularly in view of his rather dismal past.

Who demanded that you accept Colson's "guidance"? I read the article, and except for a few Biblically based exhortations aimed at true believers in Jesus Christ, where are the demands?

If you have a beef with Colson's past sins, perhaps you should listen to his views on the subject. Colson doesn't soft soap his Watergate involvement and offers no excuse. But the last 25 years of his life have been spent offering practical as well as spiritual help to prison inmates and their families. How have you spent the last 25 years of your life?

[rcofdayton]

Chuck Colson went to prison for illegally possessing one FBI file. Don't you agree it is a shame that no one from the Clinton administration went to prison for illegally getting and possessing over 900 FBI files?