I wrote some about Chuck Colson and his new book that claims that Christians do not know their theology like the Muslims. It was posted on this Blog on Feb 15th. Chuck tells us his book will provide a new theological grounding for Christians. Not the Bible, Chuck’s theology in his new book.
As I implied in my article, Chuck Colson’s version of Christianity is a little too broad for me. I mean, Colson even suggests that all those that are ignorant of their faith are Christians. I guess he believes you are a Christian if you attend a Christian church.
So he seems to suggest these pseudo Christians need to know their scriptures? Yet he himself claims to be learned in the scriptures and he misses the boat on discernment issues such as Eschatology and major issues of the faith? There is a difference between true Christianity and institutional Christianity, Chuck.
Ingrid Schlueter goes into much more detail in this article about Colson who seems to me to be the pot calling the kettle black.
Well, I concur with Mr. Colson that evangelical Christians in the West
suffer from appalling biblical ignorance and are often unable to defend
what they believe. But I would also suggest that the ignorance and
resulting compromises are not just found among the masses as some sort
of general problem. In short, Mr. Colson apparently suffers from the
same affliction. How else can anyone explain his recent participation
in the ReThink Conference held at heritic emeritus Robert Schuller’s
Crystal Cathedral?Railing against secularism and “radical Islam” (is there any other
kind?) is a waste of time if even you cannot identify heresy when you
see it, Chuck. Perhaps you did see it, but rubbing shoulders with the
world’s elite at the Rethink Conference was too important.While we’re talking about a lack of Christian understanding of the
doctrines of the faith, Chuck, what was your acceptance of the
Templeton Prize for Religion all about a few years ago?The greatest threats to this country and to Christianity do not come
from secularism and radical Islam. The greatest threat we face are the
wolves within evangelicalism who are subverting the Gospel, undermining
the authority of the word of God and who seduce leaders like Colson to
participate and legitimize their apostate ministries.How about Colson’s co-authoring the Evangelicals and Catholics
together document? Do the just live by faith alone or by faith plus
works, Chuck? Does Scripture not speak to this? Are we saved by
anything of our own merit, or is the only merit found in Jesus Christ
alone? Which is it?Is there any wonder there’s so much doctrinal
confusion around today when our evangelical leaders refuse to accept
Scripture alone as their authority?
As far as I am concerned, Colson needs to repent for participating
with those who promote the doctrines of anti-Christ and focus his sites
on the real threats facing the church today. They are from within.
