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My Brother in Christ

Charles W. Colson

I was out of the country when I received the news that Richard John Neuhaus had died, and to my everlasting regret, I could not get back for the...

Terrorists Behind Bars

Charles W. Colson

It is a telling—and alarming—sign that following September 11, 2001 the two failed terror attacks involved people who were drawn to Islam while serving time in prisons. Jose Padilla,...

Modernist Impasse, Christian Opportunity

Charles W. Colson

The dawn of a new millennium finds us at what some have called the modernist impasse. During the past generation, as the writings of European existentialist philosophers swept across...

The End of Democracy? Kingdoms in Conflict

Charles W. Colson

In America today, we have very nearly reached the completion of a long process I can only describe as the systematic usurpation of ultimate political power by the American...

Crime and the Cure of the Soul

Charles W. Colson

Those of us who believe that our social and political order rests on moral foundations applaud William Bennett for his Index of Leading Cultural Indicators. The Index graphically exposes the...