Redeeming culture is the never ending mission of the church. — Charles Colson

If our culture is to be transformed, it will happen from the bottom up–from ordinary believers practicing apologetics over the backyard fence or around the barbecue grill. — Charles Colson

Our society’s obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture. — Charles Colson

Our culture has forgotten what the Founders knew: The American experiment is a moral, not just a political, exercise. — Charles Colson

I was deepening my understanding of what we call the cultural commission, the command to take dominion and bring righteousness to our culture. — Charles Colson

Frontline love. It is our one hope for breaking down barriers and for restoring the sense of community, of caring for one another, that our decadent, impersonalized culture has sucked out of us. — Charles Colson

Judeo–christian revelation is not the negative influence secularists proclaim it to be. Rather, it is the taproot of our civilization. — Charles Colson

We must be the same person in private and in public. Only the Christian worldview gives us the basis for this kind of integrity. — Charles Colson

In college, [Christian students] are assaulted by secular relativism, and if we don’t prepare them, they will be like lambs led to slaughter. — Charles Colson

The true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build up other people. Raise up other leaders! — Charles Colson

Christians are called to redeem entire cultures, not just individuals. — Charles Colson

A government cannot be truly just without affirming the intrinsic value of human life. — Charles Colson

Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess. — Charles Colson

I do not believe one can experience conversion or the fullness of the Christian life apart from the church. — Charles Colson

You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends. — Charles Colson

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well–intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends. — Charles Colson

To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living. — Charles Colson

Many people are trying to remove religion from public life. Under the banner of pluralism, cultural and political leaders are seeking to push all talk about God out of the public arena. — Charles Colson

We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves. — Charles Colson