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Charles W. \u201cChuck\u201d Colson could be best-known for his participation in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration. According to the Christian Post<\/em><\/a>, Slate<\/em> magazine writer David Plotz once described Colson as being President Nixon\u2019s \u201chatchet man,\u201d or \u201cevil genius.\u201d But Chuck Colson isn\u2019t best-known for his failures. On the contrary, he is known for the amazing change that took place in his life in 1973. It was in that year, while facing arrest for his involvement in the Watergate scandal, that a friend handed Colson a copy of the classic C.S. Lewis book Mere Christianity.<\/em> Reading Lewis\u2019 book led Colson to what Michelle A. Vu of the Christian Post<\/em> describes as a \u201cdramatic conversion.\u201d The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference tweeted that \u201cChuck Colson\u2019s journey speaks to a man who fell into grace rather than falling from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After becoming a Christian, Colson started his non-profit Prison Fellowship. According to The Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview<\/a>, \u201cColson maintained that the greatest joy in life for him was to see those \u2018living monuments\u2019 to God\u2019s grace: Prisoners transformed by the love of Jesus Christ. And thanks to the work of Colson and Prison Fellowship Volunteers across the country, there are thousands of those living monuments among us today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chuck Colson was also a pro-life advocate. In fact, Colson wrote a column in recent weeks for Life News<\/a>, in which he talked about the pro-life film October Baby<\/em>. Colson wrote:<\/p>\n

Many of our laws in this country are built upon the fantasy that birth, not existence, bestows a fetus with personhood. If you kill a newborn in the United States, as infamous Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell did for decades, you go to jail. But just minutes prior, the same act of killing can be legal. This is nonsense. I\u2019m praying that articles from ethicists like Giubilini and Minerva will wake people up to the reality of what they are justifying. If enough people start to get it, then it won\u2019t matter what a few academics elites think. Legal abortion will crumble before the outcry of decent, moral people, just as it did when early Christians dared to speak out against infanticide and abortion in their time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, Charles W. \u201cChuck\u201d Colson died at 3:12pm on Saturday due to complications resulting from a brain hemorrhage. The Evangelical Christian leader was 80 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most wonderful things about being a Christian is that I don\u2019t ever get up in the morning and wonder if what I do matters. I live every day to the fullest because I can live it through Christ and I know no matter what I do today, I\u2019m going to do something to advance the kingdom of God.\u201d -Charles Colson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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