Comments on: Colson eulogies

By: Michael Snow

Michael Snow — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:47:42 +0000

And continuing the “Legacy” quote above:

“And this is what is absent in so many remembrances. He labored for good and positive causes, but he also labored for outright sinful causes.

“Colson was a leader, a co-founder, of Evangelicals and Catholics Together…”

The comments also put rabid Calvinsts in a poor light. My estimate of Tim Challies has dropped from appreciation to a low from which it will never recover.

By: David T. Koyzis

David T. Koyzis — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:39:29 +0000

I assume you are talking about this: The Legacy of Charles Colson. My initial impression is that Challies severely overstates his case in averring that Colson "labored to strike a significant blow against the gospel, and who time and again called on the church to do the same." However, I think there are definitely flaws in Colson's approach, which I hope to return to in a future post.

By: Tom Gilson

Tom Gilson — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:33:09 +0000

If that’s Schaeffer’s “qualified appreciation,” how would he speak of someone with whom he had more than a little disagreement?

At least Challies expressed some appreciation.

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:42:59 +0000

“author Frank Schaeffer offers only a qualified appreciation for Chuck”

If that’s the mark of qualified appreciation, I wonder if Chuck Colson would have preferred that Mr. Schaeffer say nothing at all.

Have you read Tim Challies’ qualified appreciation of Chuck Colson?