We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves.
Charles ColsonGod doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience.
Charles ColsonThe problem is that relativism provides no sure foundation for a safe and orderly society.
Charles ColsonTo turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living.
Charles ColsonNo, you can take it from an expert in cover-ups-I've lived through Watergate-that nothing less than a resurrected Christ could have caused those men to maintain to their dying whispers that Jesus is alive and is Lord. Two thousand years later, nothing less than the power of the risen Christ could inspire Christians around the world to remain faithful-despite prison, torture, and death.
Charles ColsonBut all at once I realized that it was not my success God had used to enable me to help those in this prison, or in hundreds of others just like it. My life of success was not what made this morning so glorious -- all my achievements meant nothing in God's economy. "No, the real legacy of my life was my biggest failure -- that I was an ex-convict. My greatest humiliation -- being sent to prison -- was the beginning of God's greatest use of my life; He chose the one thing in which I could not glory for His glory.
Charles Colson