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Some say society must change in order to change people. No, people must be changed in order to change society.

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Charles Colson
Age: 80 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 16
Died: 2012
Died: April 21
Former White House Counsel
Lawyer
Politician
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Charles Chuck Wendell Colson
Charles Wendell Colson
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... a widespread secularization increasingly descends into a moral, intellectual, and spiritual nihilism that denies not only the One who is the Truth but the very idea of truth itself.
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It's part of the buzz of the city among Christians. It wouldn't surprise me that it got to George Bush. He reads, he picks stuff up, he talks to people. And he's pretty serious about his own Christian beliefs.
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Wilberforce and the band of abolitionists knew that a private faith that did not act in the face of oppression was no faith at all.
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The church has been brought into the same value system as the world: fame, success, materialism and celebrity. We watch the leading churches and the leading Christians for our cues. We want to emulate the best known preachers with the biggest sanctuaries and the grandest edifices. Preoccupation with these values has perverted the church's message.
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Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity.
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Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture.
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Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.
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True tolerance is not a total lack of judgment. It's knowing what should be tolerated, and refusing to tolerate that which shouldn't.
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The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.
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Many people are trying to remove religion from public life. Under the banner of pluralism, cultural and political leaders are seeking to push all talk about God out of the public arena.
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The Bible's power rests upon the fact that it is the reliable, errorless, and infallible Word of God.
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Culture is religion incarnate.
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God doesn't want our success He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements He demands our obedience.
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Christians are called to redeem entire cultures, not just individuals.
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The true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build up other people. Raise up other leaders!
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I do not believe one can experience conversion or the fullness of the Christian life apart from the church.
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The problem is that relativism provides no sure foundation for a safe and orderly society.
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To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living.
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Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory the other always gives God glory.
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A government cannot be truly just without affirming the intrinsic value of human life.
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