Disgraced and imprisoned by the Watergate affair Wikepedia reports that ‘Colson was known as President Nixon’s hatchet man. Slate magazine writer David Plotz described Colson as “Richard Nixon’s hard man, the ‘evil genius’ of an evil administration.”[4] Colson has written that he was “valuable to the President … because I was willing … to be ruthless in getting things done”.’
But the power of Christianity is no respecter of persons or status. Colson experienced Christian conversion and reformation of character. It resulted in “A ministry that now spreads all around the world to 114 countries, tens of thousands of men and women coming out of prison being redeemed by the blood of Christ, and then finding their place in community; and the whole Church being sensitized to the needs of the least of these in our midst.” When reading of Colson’s Christian conversion and subsequent ministry, keep in mind that Richard Dawkins quotes Sam Harris, “While religious people are not generally mad, their core beliefs absolutely are.” The best reply to this is what Christians are doing for the betterment of society. This story says the criminal read C. S . Lewis’ Mere Christianity, which led him to God, not Dawkins or Darwin. To read Colson’s conversion experience click here . . . and for his recent award click here . . .
