BORN AGAIN

BORN AGAIN by Charles W. Colson

I grew up listening to Chuck Colson's Break Point radio messages. I would pause whatever I was doing to hear his words finding myself struck by his intelligence, passion, and heart that was evident in every update he gave. The world lost an amazing soldier for Christ the day Chuck Colson passed away. His legacy and message live on in his writing and ministry for he was a man who knew where he had been and who he had become because of the saving grace of Jesus.

Born Again is Chuck Colson's memoir of his time in the White House working closely with President Richard Nixon during the days of Watergate and the fallout that occurred shortly after. Enamored by power, pride, and position, this book is a testimony to the emptiness that occurs from the pursuit of temporal glories that can be left behind in the dust when one chooses to pursue a life built on eternal value by the gift of Christ's salvation. Colson needed to be challenged at an intellectual level that most of us will never achieve. When a friend gave him a copy of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, the running and denial stopped. Every excuse evaporated and the confrontation of truth could no longer be ignored.

That's not where the story ends. God had a plan for Chuck Colson. A plan that included using the most uncomfortable and embarrassing situation Colson could ever imagine happening to himself - prison. By spending time there because of Watergate, he gained an understanding of what it was like to be an inmate, and when he left, God had given him a new vision and purpose for his life: to reach those society shut away and forgot about, the prisoners.

Born Again is a beautiful story that reminds each of us that God doesn't leave us in the most difficult times of our lives, He has a plan for us, and how rewarding a life lived for Him can be. Highly recommend!