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Summary: Vintage Colson - Makes You Think What and Why You Believe!
Review: An excellent read! Colson once again addresses several relevant issues facing our culture today.The book is a compilation of addresses by Colson at various meetings (college commencements, Bible conferences, etc.) and covers a wide range of topics: conscience, personal integrity, the choice between right and wrong, leadership (this address alone is a gem and my personal favorite!), and other subjects. Consistent with his other books, Colson challenges the reader to know what you believe and why you believe, especially from a Christian worldview. Colson encourages us to think through our beliefs and not just live on emotion alone. Buy the book and be challenged and inspired by one of the great Christian apologists of today!
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Summary: Vintage Colson - Makes You Think What and Why You Believe!
Review: An excellent read! Colson once again addresses several relevant issues facing our culture today. The book is a compilation of addresses by Colson at various meetings (college commencements, Bible conferences, etc.) and covers a wide range of topics: conscience, personal integrity, the choice between right and wrong, leadership (this address alone is a gem and my personal favorite!), and other subjects. Consistent with his other books, Colson challenges the reader to know what you believe and why you believe, especially from a Christian worldview. Colson encourages us to think through our beliefs and not just live on emotion alone. Buy the book and be challenged and inspired by one of the great Christian apologists of today!
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Summary: I like this man
Review: Chuck Colson is a man who is both humble, and a perfect example of what I believe a Christian should be. Yes, he went to prison because of Watergate, but he came out a changed man. A man who has never played the pity party game, and when he speaks he does so with a firm voice and a firm understanding of Boblical truth. He is also a refreshing change because he seeks to actually do the leg work and put in the elbow grease to make positive change. Colson also is great because he writes in a manner that is attractive to educated men and women. And it is often the educated who need his words...
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Summary: Extremely thought provoking
Review: I found this little book to be a summary of Colson's philosophy as expressed through twelve messages. The effect that this had on me is phenomenal; he made me rethink my future plans and basically, caused a mid-college crisis. The main ideas in this book will be repeated several times because he gives them in the form of speeches, not as a long, narrative discourse. Several (of the many!) themes are: freedom is found in a moral law p.20; a way of doing apologetics by porving that only the Christian way makes sense (p. 55); knowable, scholarly truth and it is the highest goal one can pursue (p.75). His plea for presuppositional apologetics (even if you are not a presuppostionalist, I think you would understand his point, p.114); the Christian duty seek the glory of God in one's vocation (p.138); despair is sin because it denies the sovereignty of God (repeated over and over but articulated on p. 165); a rational approach to ethics is pointless if it lacks a will to do what is right (p.194). Final Analysis:
By now I hope you have an understanding of what Colson is trying to convey. This is a brief summary of what is found in *How Now Shall We Live* and *Being the Body* (But please read both of those as well). It is curious to see what the West would be like if Christian's took up Colson's challenge.
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Summary: Extremely thought provoking
Review: I found this little book to be a summary of Colson's philosophy as expressed through twelve messages. The effect that this had on me is phenomenal; he made me rethink my future plans and basically, caused a mid-college crisis. The main ideas in this book will be repeated several times because he gives them in the form of speeches, not as a long, narrative discourse. Several (of the many!) themes are: freedom is found in a moral law p.20; a way of doing apologetics by porving that only the Christian way makes sense (p. 55); knowable, scholarly truth and it is the highest goal one can pursue (p.75). His plea for presuppositional apologetics (even if you are not a presuppostionalist, I think you would understand his point, p.114); the Christian duty seek the glory of God in one's vocation (p.138); despair is sin because it denies the sovereignty of God (repeated over and over but articulated on p. 165); a rational approach to ethics is pointless if it lacks a will to do what is right (p.194). Final Analysis:
By now I hope you have an understanding of what Colson is trying to convey. This is a brief summary of what is found in *How Now Shall We Live* and *Being the Body* (But please read both of those as well). It is curious to see what the West would be like if Christian's took up Colson's challenge.
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Summary: Vintage Colson!
Review: This book is a compilation of 12 speeches delivered, for the most part, during the past several years. Collectively, they clearly and succinctly in effect compare and contrast the fruits of the materialistic worldview with that of the biblical worldview. Having recently rediscovered Christianity in part through previous writings of Chuck Colson (e.g. Born Again, Life Sentence, Kingdoms in Conflict, Loving God, and The Body, all of which are excellent), I found this book to be a wonderful read. What a difference it would make in our world if our leaders, educators, and students thoughtfully read this material and took its teachings to heart! To appreciate the impact of even one transformed life, all you need do is consider the example of its author.
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Summary: When Chuck Colson speaks...we all should listen.
Review: When it comes to being salt and light in a post- Christian society , no one's opinion is more highly regarded among evangelicals than Chuck Colson's. In this collection of his speeches, Colson clearly deals with subjects such as religious liberty, duty, Christian worldview, and conscience. The book also contains a speech by Colson on C. S. Lewis, and Colson's annual Easter sermon. This book would be great to give to a non-Christian in order to let them read about how a Christian worldview is fleshed out. As with all Colson books, this one contains a wealth of illustrative stories and materials that could enhance Sunday School lessons or sermons.
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