Chuck Colson Quotes
Quotes by Chuck Colson

"Obedience is the key to real faith."

"The church does not draw people in; it sends them out."

"The church’s job is to equip the saints for works of service in the world."

"God uses prisons to train people for future roles of leadership or martyrdom."

"Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit."

"Loving God- really loving Him - means living out His commands no matter what the cost."

"I don't think the job of the church is to make people happy. I think it's to make them holy."

"The Bible's power rests upon the fact that it is the reliable, errorless, and infallible Word of God."

"The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion humility."

"The problem is that the world doesn’t know what the question is, and we don’t know how to give them the answer."

"Manners—the habits of the people—are bred in family and church. Therefore, it isn’t an issue of laws but of habits and manners."

"The disciples' decision to obey Jesus after the Ascension proved to be a pivot point in history. The word was never the same again."

"Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory; the other always gives God glory."

"The greatest single scandal in evangelical assemblies, and I can really only speak for that, is the low regard individual Christians have for the church."

"The pro-life agenda has no meaning apart from its being rooted in absolute truth, in self-evident truths—truths that are true because they’re true, not because somebody says they are true."

"I’ll tell you one of the most wonderful things about being a Christian is that I don’t ever get up in the morning and wonder I’m not doing anything today or if what I do matters. I live everyday to the fullest because I can live it through Christ and I know no matter what I do today, and it may just be in my prayer time, I’m going to do something to advance the Kingdom of God. Now does that make you fulfilled? You bet it does! And it gives you joy about living."

"The Bible- banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have attempted to discredit it; dictators of every age have outlawed it and executed those who read it. Yet soldiers carry it into battle believing it is more powerful than their weapons. Fragments of it smuggled into solitary prison cells have transformed ruthless killers into gentle saints. Pieced together scraps of Scripture have converted whole whole villages of pagan Indians."

Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Preach-the-Gospel.com