Charles Colson

Columnist, Contributor

Charles Colson was the founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries, an outreach to convicts, victims of crime, and justice officers. Colson, who converted to Christianity before he was indicted on Watergate-related charges, became one of evangelicalism’s most influential voices. His books included Born Again and How Now Shall We Live? A Christianity Today columnist since 1985, Colson died in 2012.

Public Theology Project

Evangelicals Don’t Love Donald Trump Enough

Christians who wave away the former president’s sexual immorality may be the most anti-Trump constituency of all.

Our Civic Leaders Are Not Above the Law

Trump’s arrest is another reminder that presidents don’t have political immunity in a democracy

Review

Religious Conversion Is Incredibly Personal. But It Also Invites Public Scrutiny.

Daniel Silliman

As a new history of high-profile converts illustrates, those who find (or change) faith can’t opt out of being seen.

Editorial

Visitors to Those in Prison Are Getting Screened Out

Video calls can supplement but should never supplant visits with incarcerated people.

The New Prison Ministry Lies in Bible Education

Michael Hallett and Byron R. Johnson

Religious programs, including evangelical schools, are a major force for good behind bars.

Review

Share the Gospel with Prisoners. Then Apply It to the System.

Daniel K. Williams

Evangelicals are superb at the first task. To what extent do they embrace the second as well?

Little Christs or Little Caesars

Bonnie Kristian

Faithfulness is not easy for the politically powerful.

Burl Cain Promises ‘Good Praying’ for Mississippi Prisons. It’s Not Enough.

For too long, evangelicals have compromised with the punitive politics of law and order.

Inside the Nixon Years

Interview by Mark Galli

Chuck Colson tells the inside story of the most controversial relationship in Graham’s life.

Chuck Colson Was Not a Culture Warrior

And anyway, he stopped “winning” his battles a long time ago.