Chuck Colson reported to be near death

[Ransom]

Prison Fellowship Ministries founder Chuck Colson is near death and doctors have urged his family to gather by his bedside, according to a statement from his ministry.

Colson -- a popular Christian author and speaker -- has been hospitalized since Friday, March 30, when his speech became slurred during a conference. Doctors performed surgery the next morning, removing a pool of clotted blood from the surface of his brain. He is 80.

It was thought in the subsequent days after his surgery that his health was improving, but a statement Wednesday (April 18) from Jim Liske, CEO of Prison Fellowship Ministries, said Colson's health had seriously degraded. Colson is a member of First Baptist Church in Naples, Fla.

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[T-Bone]

Bless Chuck and his family as he prepares to enter heaven!

 

[Izdaari]

I know him by reputation, but am not personally familiar with any of his work. But it is clear that he loves God, and has worked hard for the Kingdom. I'm praying for him now.

 

[Ransom]

I know him by reputation, but am not personally familiar with any of his work.

Other than C. S. Lewis, his books Born Again and Life Sentence were probably the first Christian nonfiction I read.

 

[brianb]

I can just see the media or at least the internet commenters bringing up Watergate again. A lot of people have this "once a thief always a thief" philosophy like nobody can be redeemed or change. I didn't agree with everything he did or said but he had a good reputation.

 

[brianb]

Well he just passed away
http://www.joniandfriends.org/blog/remembering-chuck-colson/

 

[Vandal]

Godspeed Chuck.

 

[brianb]

Just as I thought.

Read the comments at
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/watergate-figure-charles-colson-dies-210520742.html

Here's the difference between non-Christian fundamentalists and Christian fundamentalists.
The Christian fundamentalists criticized Colson for what he did after his conversion - the non-Christian fundamentalists criticized him for what he did before his conversion for the Watergate
scandal. They still do.