The Power of Christianity: Colson’s Hero

By Malgwyn | August 25, 2009

Chuck Colson reminded his audience yesterday that it was William Wilberforce’s 250th birthday. Converted to Christianity Wilberforce thought his “change of heart” experience should lead him to leave Parliament but says Colson, “Thankfully, William Pitt, who went on to be Great Britain’s youngest prime minister, convinced him otherwise. In a letter to his dear friend, Pitt wrote: “”Surely the principles as well as the practice of Christianity are simple and lead not to meditation only, but to action.”"
“And indeed, for Wilberforce, Christian faith meant action. He could not stand idly by and see the imago Dei of each person, the image of God, abused. His fiercely unpopular crusade against the slave trade ravaged his health and cost him politically. He endured verbal assaults and was even challenged to a duel by an angry slave-ship captain.”
In these Christian-bashing times by scientism Christians would find Colson’s reminder to his listners that the influence of Wilberforce is not just of the past but is still in the present. Says Colson, “I can think of no better gift I could give my listeners than to tell you about some of the traits that made Wilberforce a man who profoundly changed history-and whose legacy so profoundly shaped my life.” Most of us can think of someone we think of as a hero - with yet more to say about him, William Wilberforce is Colson’s Hero.

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