Charles "Chuck" Colson Goes Home -- Just A Minute Radio for Monday 120423

The News over the weekend is sort of startling since we had no advance notice – but it’s news and manageable.

Charles “Chuck” [to his friends] Colson went home to be with his Lord Saturday afternoon.

His death was due to a blood clot on his brain from surgery apparently done in March. For a while they thought things were getting better, but eventually the condition apparently became impossible to correct. Chuck had been making a presentation in northern Virginia when he became dizzy and was taken to a major hospital in that area. Despite the surgeons and medical personnel’s best efforts his condition continued to decline until he passed away Saturday afternoon about 3PM.

Of course condolences pour in to Landsdowne, VA where Prison Fellowship Ministries is located near the Potomac in Loudon County I believe, on the western bank of the Potomac – it is a ‘census designated’ city of a little less than 12 thousand people according to the best information I have. My youngest daughter worked in the Washington area for several years and was also employed by Prison Fellowship Ministries for a time when she lived in the Northern Virginia area.

In today’s Just A Minute I draw on my experience with Brother Colson before he had the notorious involvement with the Nixon resignation. Many involved with the Watergate-Nixon story that was dominant in the news media back in 1973 and resulted in the President’s resignation and ultimate pardon by his successor Gerald Ford. There’s as much reading material as you want to read about the whole lengthy episode. Some people served time for it – others did not. Colson – for various reasons did not. TIME reports his jail bird days as seven months – although the trauma Colson himself endured was obviously much longer.

In addition to Prison Fellow ship he donated a million dollar Templeton Prize to charities – and various other charitable and assistance efforts in which he has not been sparing. Nonetheless there are plenty of Colson ‘unforgivers’ who remain steadfast and harsh judges of Colson never to be silenced it seems.

That’s about all for now.. There will be other stories of the funeral arrangements etc. He and his family have homes in Virginia and Florida it seems. I think the unforgiving nature of his critics will eventually have its own reward. Check the internet if you wish to get the most up to date information.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack Buttram

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“JUST A MINUTE”

Charles “Chuck” Colson Goes Home

Just a Minute: Saturday, Chuck Colson, a central figure in President Nixon’s White House resignation, went home to be with the Lord after complications resulting from brain surgery. He was 80 years old. I had met him being interviewed in his White House office for a National Committee job.

I didn’t get the job, I didn’t give the answers he wanted; this was before Chuck Colson trusted Christ as his Saviour.

After he’d served his time in an Alabama prison, trusted Christ and founded a Christian prison ministry – which lasted the rest of his life, I wrote him a letter when his book “Born Again” was published. I thanked him for not recommending me for the job. He answered with a very kind note noting none of his White House staff had been judged as participants in his misdeeds so none were punished.

Chuck, like all of us, was a sinner saved by trusting in the Lord Jesus. If you’d like to know the full story of his coming to Christ, I’ll get you further information or you can probably check your local library or Christian book store. The title is “Born Again.”

¨ I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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