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Charles W. Colson (1931–2012)

Author of How Now Shall We Live?

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Charles Colson was a popular and widely known author, speaker, and radio commentator. A former presidential aide to Richard Nixon and founder of the international ministry Prison Fellowship, he wrote several books that have shaped Christian thinking on a variety of subjects, including Born Again, Loving God, How Now Shall We Live?, The Good Life, and The Faith. His radio broadcast, BreakPoint, at one point aired to two million listeners. Chuck Colson donated all of his royalties, awards, and speaking fees to Prison Fellowship Ministries. — biography from Loving God… (more)
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Works by Charles W. Colson
How Now Shall We Live? (Author) 2,110 copies, 7 reviews
Loving God 1,794 copies, 4 reviews
Born Again 1,733 copies, 11 reviews
The Body: Being Light in Darkness 1,420 copies, 5 reviews
Kingdoms in Conflict 824 copies, 2 reviews
The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It… 649 copies, 6 reviews
Life Sentence 628 copies, 2 reviews
Against the Night: Living in the New Dark Ages 575 copies, 5 reviews
Being The Body 555 copies
The Good Life 480 copies
Gideon's Torch 480 copies, 5 reviews
Who Speaks for God?: Confronting the World With Real Christianity 432 copies
Power Religion: The Selling Out of the Evangelical Church? 413 copies
A Dance With Deception: Revealing the Truth Behind the Headlines 362 copies
The God of Stones and Spiders: Letters to a Church in Exile 361 copies, 1 review
The Glory of Christmas 355 copies
Burden of Truth: Defending the Truth in a World That Doesn't Believe It 323 copies, 1 review
A Dangerous Grace 284 copies, 2 reviews
Why America Doesn't Work 281 copies
Loving God Study Guide 236 copies
Chuck Colson Speaks: Twelve Key Speeches by America's Foremost Christian… 206 copies, 1 review
How Now Shall We Live? Study Guide 164 copies
Answers to Your Kids' Questions 154 copies
God & Government 151 copies
Evangelicals and Catholics Together: Toward a Common Mission 150 copies, 1 review
Christ in Easter: A Family Celebration of Holy Week 149 copies
Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture (How Now) 126 copies, 1 review
The Christian in Today's Culture: Developing A Christian Worldview… 124 copies
Justice That Restores 119 copies, 1 review
Faith on the Line 106 copies, 1 review
Human Dignity in the Biotech Century: A Christian Vision for Public Policy (Editor) 87 copies
The Problem of Evil 78 copies
My Final Word: Holding Tight to the Issues that Matter Most 77 copies
Convicted: New Hope for Ending America's Crime Crisis 74 copies
The Sky Is Not Falling: Living Fearlessly in These Turbulent Times 74 copies
Science and Evolution: Developing a Christian Worldview of Science and… 63 copies
Six Million Angels: Stories from 20 Years of Angel Tree's Ministry to the… 49 copies
The Collected Works of Charles Colson: Loving God / Kingdoms in Conflict 49 copies
The Role of the Church in Society (Challenging the church) 48 copies
Presenting Belief in an Age of Unbelief (Challenging the church) 47 copies
The Good Life Small-Group Special Edition 45 copies
Dare to Be Different, Dare to Be Christian (Challenging the Church) 43 copies
Your Word Is Truth: A Project of Evangelicals and Catholics Together 42 copies
The Struggle for Men's Hearts and Minds (Challenging the Church) 38 copies
Lies That Go Unchallenged in Media & Government 34 copies
Being Good Isn't Easy 32 copies, 1 review
The Storytellers' Collection Book 2: Tales from Home 32 copies
The Enduring Revolution 32 copies
Justice 29 copies
Watch Out for Becky 29 copies, 1 review
Inspirational Writings of Charles Colson 29 copies
Trouble in the School Yard 27 copies, 1 review
Transforming Society 26 copies
The Faith Participant's Guide: Six Sessions 26 copies
The Line Between Right and Wrong: Developing a Personal Code of Ethics 23 copies
Tough Questions about God, Faith, and Life 22 copies
Changed Hearts 22 copies
Warm-Ups and Wrap-Ups: 101 Great Ideas for Small Groups 21 copies
Guess Who's at My Party? 20 copies
The One Year Devotions for People of Purpose (One Year Book) 16 copies
Doing the Right Thing: A Six-Part Exploration of Ethics [DVD] 12 copies
Political Action (Influencer Discussion Guides) 12 copies
Doing the Right Thing Participant's Guide: Making Moral Choices in a… 11 copies
Freedom behind bars 9 copies
Why I Believe in Christ 9 copies
America's prison crisis 7 copies
Politics, Power, & the Pulpit 6 copies
How Now Shall We Live? Adult Leader Guide 5 copies
In Search of the Good Life 5 copies
How Now Shall We Live Collegiate 5 copies
Die Gemeinde als Selbstbedienungsladen zum Glück? Zurück zur… 4 copies
Watergate wie es noch keiner sah. 4 copies
CounterCultural Christians: Exploring a Christian Worldview 4 copies
Biblical Perspectives on Business Ethics: How the Christian Worldview Has… 3 copies
How Now Shall We Student Leader 3 copies
Ai zhu ni de Shangdi 3 copies
The Trellis And The Vine 2 copies
The Faith 2 copies
Set Free (Pack of 25) (Proclaiming the Gospel) 2 copies
'Watergate' Ten Years After: Tapping It for the Truth 2 copies, 1 review
Chuck Colson on America Without God? 2 copies
The Epistle To The Thessalonians 2 copies
Der Berater. Die Machenschaften der Mächtigen 2 copies
The Ugliest Sin of All 2 copies, 2 reviews
Nici de Nuevo (Spanish Edition) 2 copies
THE GRACE AWAKENING 2 copies
Under Whose Authority 2 copies
Charles Colson on Politics & the Christian Faith 2 copies
The Faith: Six Sessions 2 copies
The Good Life Discussion Guide 2 copies
Dancing with Max: a mother and son who broke free 2 copies
Znovuzrozený 2 copies
Walk the Talk: 8 Session Discussion Guide: Next Steps for Christian… 2 copies
How Now Shall We Live in the Face of Terrorism? (America Responds) 2 copies
Why Catholics Are Our Allies 1 copy, 1 review
Arguing With Evolution 1 copy, 1 review
A Society That Celebrates Sin 1 copy
Reclaiming the Soul of Science 1 copy, 1 review
Churchless Jesus 1 copy, 1 review
Plotting for the Presidency 1 copy, 1 review
Pro-Life Power Keg 1 copy, 1 review
Why Not Commit a Crime? 1 copy, 1 review
The Upside of Pessimism 1 copy, 1 review
Thy Will Be Done 1 copy
Postmodern Power Grab 1 copy
The Nature of a Servant? 1 copy, 1 review
United Against Nihilism 1 copy, 1 review
Thy Kingdom Come 1 copy, 1 review
How to Confront a President 1 copy, 1 review
Empty at Easter 1 copy
Begging for Tyranny 1 copy, 1 review
Art Attack in Cobb County 1 copy, 1 review
Where Did our Conscience Go? 1 copy
Wanted: Christains Who Love 1 copy, 1 review
The Christian Origins Of Science 1 copy
Stabbing the Conscience of a Sleeping Church 1 copy
The Faith Notes 1 copy
Hope 1 copy
A Shifting Culture, A Stable God 1 copy
The Struggle for the Human Race 1 copy
SBC Pastor's Conference 1999 - Chuck Colson 1 copy
The Problem of Goodness 1 copy, 1 review
It's Not Over, Debbie 1 copy, 1 review
Gordon Liddy's Rush of Reason 1 copy
Doing the Right Thing: a Six-Part Exploration of Ethics, homeschool… 1 copy
The Disney Credo [article] 1 copy
The Faith 1 copy
My Cancer and the Good Health Gospel 1 copy, 1 review
Lady with a Blue Dress On 1 copy, 1 review
Tortured for Christ -- and Ignored 1 copy, 1 review
Must Governments Deal in Deceit? 1 copy
Criminals Are Made, Not Born 1 copy
Loving God, Christian Family Library, #10 1 copy
Two American Women in an Australian Pickle 1 copy, 1 review
Who Speaks for Leonard? 1 copy, 1 review
An Antidote to Christian Bashing 1 copy
Checks and (out of) Balance 1 copy, 1 review
The Spiritual State of the Union 1 copy, 1 review
Reversing Memory Loss 1 copy, 1 review
Cosmovisión cristiana. Confrontando la crisis de nuestra cultura.… 1 copy
Lie That Go Unchallenged 1 copy
Fé em tempos pós-modernos, A (Em Portugues do Brasil) 1 copy
Walk the Talk 1 copy, 1 review
The Faith: Church Campaign Kit 1 copy
Playing God?: Additional Participant Guides 1 copy
Why Women Like Big Government 1 copy, 1 review
Why Not Gay Marriage? 1 copy, 1 review
What Are We Doing Here? 1 copy, 1 review
The Court's in Session [article] 1 copy, 1 review
Süüdi mõistetud : uus lootus panna piir kuritegevusele… 1 copy
The Faith (Leaders Guide, Participants Guide, & DVD) 1 copy
You Are the Light of the World (cassette tapes) 1 copy
Jak milovat Boha 1 copy
Jubilee: Papers from Prison 1 copy
Is there a better way? : a perspective on American prisons 1 copy
Justice : a Bible study 1 copy
The Problem of Ethics 1 copy
Character: Does it Matter for Civil Society? 1 copy
Address Delivered by Charles Colson, Former Special Counsel to President… 1 copy
Loving God Kingdoms In Conflict 1 copy
Loving God, Special Man in the Mirror Edition 1 copy
Trading Bibles for Bayonets 1 copy, 1 review
Welcome to McChurch 1 copy
Making the World Safe for Religion 1 copy, 1 review
How Did I Become A Bad Guy? 1 copy, 1 review
My Journey From Watergate 1 copy, 1 review
Sweet Reason and Holy Outrage 1 copy
Can We Be Good Without God? 1 copy
Republicans: The New Whigs? 1 copy, 1 review
When Majoirty Rule Is Wrong 1 copy
Gutting The Soul of American's Prisons 1 copy
Don't Wait For The Next Reagan Era 1 copy
The Benefits of the Kingdom 1 copy
Znovuzrozený 1 copy, 1 review
The Volunteer At Auschwitz 1 copy, 1 review
The Sanction of Eros 1 copy, 1 review
A Healthy 'Cult' 1 copy, 1 review
We Need Health-Care Reform 1 copy, 1 review
Born Again: Comic Book 1 copy
The Hollywood Tribe: Challenging the Church to Embrace Hollywood as a… 1 copy
Chuck Colson on Why Believe? [audio recording] 1 copy
The Charles Colson Collection: The Good Life / How Now Shall We Live? 1 copy
O Cristão na Cultura de Hoje 1 copy
Q Society Room: The Whole Gospel 1 copy
Rewired (leader guide) 1 copy
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Also by Charles W. Colson
Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul (Contributor, some editions) 1,311 copies, 4 reviews
Go the Distance: The Making of a Promise Keeper (Editor) 228 copies, 1 review
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (Contributor) 168 copies, 2 reviews
The God Who Hung on the Cross (Foreword, some editions) 116 copies
On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (Contributor) 109 copies, 1 review
Growing in God's Spirit (Foreword, some editions) 86 copies
Faith Beyond Feeling: Discerning the Heart of True Spirituality (Victor… (Introduction, some editions) 58 copies
The Transparent Leader (Contributor) 57 copies
Radical Gratitude: Discovering Joy through Everyday Thankfulness (Foreword) 52 copies, 1 review
Pornography: A Human Tragedy (Contributor) 42 copies
Radical Redemption: The Real Story of Manny Mill (Foreword, some editions) 38 copies
Rogue Angel: The Spiritual Journey of One of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted (Foreword) 29 copies
Smart Sex: Finding Life-Long Love in a Hook-Up World (Foreword) 29 copies
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Canonical name
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Colson, Charles Wendell
Other names
Colson, Chuck
Date of birth
1931-10-16
Date of death
2012-04-21
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Cause of death
Places of residence
Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Education
Brown University
George Washington University
Occupations
lawyer
Counselor to the President of the United States
Relationships
Colson, Emily (daughter)
Agents
Organizations
United States Marine Corps
Prison Fellowship (founder)
Awards and honors
Templeton Prize (1993)
Short biography
Disambiguation notice

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