{"id":7727,"date":"2012-04-21T18:16:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T01:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=7727"},"modified":"2012-04-21T22:34:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T05:34:35","slug":"remembering-chuck-colson-1931-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/remembering-chuck-colson-1931-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Chuck Colson: 1931-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7728\" title=\"Colson_Chuck_Memory_01_230px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Colson_Chuck_Memory_01_230px.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Colson Memory Eternal\" width=\"230\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Colson_Chuck_Memory_01_230px.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Colson_Chuck_Memory_01_230px-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><br \/>\nEvangelical Christianity lost one of its most eloquent and influential voices today with the death of Charles W. \u201cChuck\u201d Colson. The Prison Fellowship and Colson Center for Christian Worldview founder died at 3:12 p.m. on Saturday from complications resulting from a brain hemorrhage. Colson was 80.<\/p>\n<p>A Watergate figure who emerged from the country\u2019s worst political scandal, a vocal Christian leader and a champion for prison ministry, Colson spent the last years of his life in the dual role of leading Prison Fellowship, the world\u2019s largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families, and the Colson Center, a teaching and training center focused on Christian worldview thought and application. <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p>Chuck\u2019s life is a testimony to God\u2019s power to forgive, redeem, and transform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Colson was speaking at a Colson Center conference when he was overcome by dizziness. Quickly surrounded by friends and staff, Colson was sent to the Fairfax Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. On March 31, he underwent two hours of surgery to remove a pool of clotted blood on the surface of his brain. At times, Chuck showed encouraging indicators of a possible recovery, but his health took a decided turn, and he went to be with the Lord. His wife, Patty, and the family were with him in the last moments before he entered eternity.<\/p>\n<p>Revered by his friends and supporters, Colson won the respect of those who disagreed with his religious and political views thanks to his tireless work on behalf of prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families. Colson maintained that the greatest joy in life for him was to see those \u201cliving monuments\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Colson family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the<\/em> <a title=\"Charles Colson Legacy Fund\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonfellowship.org\/colson\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Colson Legacy Fund<\/a>. <em>Condolence cards may be sent to Prison Fellowship Ministries, 44180 Riverside Parkway, Lansdowne, VA 20176.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/chuckcolson.org\/?r=colson\" target=\"_blank\">ChuckColson.org<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\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 \u2014 Charles Colson<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><strong>Chuck Colson Remembered <\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i_0mk16wNfs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evangelical Christianity lost one of its most eloquent and influential voices today with the death of Charles W. \u201cChuck\u201d Colson. The Prison Fellowship and Colson Center for Christian Worldview founder died at 3:12 p.m. on Saturday from complications resulting from a brain hemorrhage. Colson was 80. A Watergate figure who emerged from the country\u2019s worst &#8230; <a title=\"Remembering Chuck Colson: 1931-2012\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/remembering-chuck-colson-1931-2012\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remembering Chuck Colson: 1931-2012\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67,15,24,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservatives","category-moral-issues","category-religion-in-america","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}