Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for Charles Colson by John Perry - Available

Charles Colson

A Story of Power, Corruption, and Redemption

by John Perry
ebook
1 of 1 copy available
Borrow Read a sample Read a sample
1 of 1 copy available
Before he was forty, ex-marine captain Charles Colson was appointed special counsel to President Richard Nixon; he was Nixon's Watergate hatchet man. By the time Nixon resigned in the summer of 1974, Colson was a convicted felon. In prison, his religious conversion, which had begun before he started his sentence, was fortified and reaffirmed. When he was released, he founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, which is now the largest prison outreach in history.

For the first time, John Perry tells the whole story of Colson's life and conversion and holds him up as dramatic proof that no one is beyond God's power to save.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 1, 2004

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 0805431209

    • PDF ebook

      • ISBN: 0805431209
      • File size: 1187 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 1, 2003
      Colson is not only the author of a forthcoming book, but also the subject of one. This month, Broadman and Holman will publish John Perry's Charles Colson: A Biography. An unofficial biography that benefited from its subject's cooperation, this book focuses on Colson's early life as a campaign strategist, then follows his pivotal stint as a Nixon aide during Watergate. It's a workmanlike account, carved firmly into the genres of the evangelical conversion narrative and the hagiography. Its conversion-as-culmination ending neglects some of Colson's most inspiring accomplishments, which are quickly summarized in a final chapter. Colson's own autobiography remains a superior choice.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • PDF ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Loading