"Christianity Does Not Stop With Salvation: That’s Only the Beginning ...”

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW71520514 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Sir Isaac Newton, in a letter written in 1675 to fellow scientist Robert Hooke, wrote, “</span><a href= "https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/movingwords/shortlist/newton.shtml"><span data-contrast="none">If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants</span></a><span data-contrast="none">.” Chuck Colson was one of those giants for many of us, and it is our privilege to steward his legacy at the Colson Center. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">In fact, Chuck believed that his most important legacy, more than any of the organizations he founded or the many books he authored, would be people. That’s why he started what he called the Centurions Program, something that continues today under a different name, the Colson Fellows program. Here’s Chuck Colson on the important vision he had for this program: </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><em><span data-contrast="none">"I have a burning passion—it’s the first item on my prayer list every day—and that’s to see a movement of Christians raised up from the churches to defend truth in the marketplace of ideas and to live out the Gospel. Nothing less than this kind of an awakening can possibly save our quickly deteriorating culture. That’s why I’m now spending all of my time working at </span></em><span data-contrast= "none">Breakpoint</span> <em><span data-contrast="none">and the Colson Center. One of my major projects is developing Christian leaders who can understand and defend a biblical view of all of life. We call this the Centurions Program.  </span></em><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><em><span data-contrast="none">For the past six years we have brought 100 of the best and brightest into this year-long teaching