Charles
Colson, before he found Christ, was known as the hatchet man in Richard Nixon’s
administration. He was “goal oriented”; He did whatever it took to reach the
desired outcome seen by President Nixon.
He was
named, indicted, and sentenced for a political crime he had no knowledge of. He
served his sentence in Alabama at one of the worst prisons in the Bureau of
Prisons system.
He told
those who were there for lengthy sentences that he would do something to better
their living conditions. Two years after he was released, he founded Prison
Fellowship to do that very thing. This was a faith-based ministry, to help the
inmates to find spiritual help through Bible studies and special services to
introduce them to Jesus Christ.
Chuck,
as he was later called, took his work for Christ seriously. He devoted his time
and resources to Prison Fellowship and the organizational parts that grew from
it. He wrote several books in his lifetime, donating at least the majority of
the royalties to the work
Owen
Strachan has written this book to introduce Chuck Colson and his philosophy
about the Christian life to the Millennial Generation. He compared Colson’s
make-up to the circus performer who spins several plates at the same time. He
also reminds us that Chuck was a ‘type A’ personality—always active, always
thinking, always busy.
I
enjoyed reading this book, having been an adult during the Nixon administration
and remembering the political crime and the resulting trials. I read several of
Chuck Colson’s books. What he said in them made sense and many of those
predictions have recently happened.
I found myself not only quoting a section from
Owen Strachan’s book; I wrote an article on that section.
I would
recommend this book to anyone who feels called by God to the ministry or to
anyone who considers working in a faith-based organization.
I
received a free copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through its BookLook
Bloggers program. All they asked of me was to give an impartial, unbiased
review.
