One of the main figures in the Watergate scandal died today. Colson was 80. He did many good things after becoming a Christian in the late '70s.
http://news.yahoo.com/watergate-figure- ... 33577.html
R.I.P. Chuck Colson
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R.I.P. Chuck Colson
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Re: R.I.P. Chuck Colson
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Re: R.I.P. Chuck Colson
Article says he became a born again before Watergate.SuperHornet wrote:One of the main figures in the Watergate scandal died today. Colson was 80. He did many good things after becoming a Christian in the late '70s.
http://news.yahoo.com/watergate-figure- ... 33577.html
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I think it was a jail house conversion.kalm wrote:Article says he became a born again before Watergate.SuperHornet wrote:One of the main figures in the Watergate scandal died today. Colson was 80. He did many good things after becoming a Christian in the late '70s.
http://news.yahoo.com/watergate-figure- ... 33577.html
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According to the article he was already converting. Jail entrenched it. Good for him.houndawg wrote:I think it was a jail house conversion.kalm wrote:
Article says he became a born again before Watergate.
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kalm wrote:According to the article he was already converting. Jail entrenched it. Good for him.houndawg wrote:
I think it was a jail house conversion.
must have been his grandmother...
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Re: R.I.P. Chuck Colson
He just hadn't gotten to the thou shall not steal or bear false witness parts.kalm wrote:According to the article he was already converting. Jail entrenched it. Good for him.houndawg wrote:
I think it was a jail house conversion.
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Sounds like he was only 80% converted when the Watergate breakin happened.dbackjon wrote:He just hadn't gotten to the thou shall not steal or bear false witness parts.kalm wrote:
According to the article he was already converting. Jail entrenched it. Good for him.
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Where was this "nice guy" in the 70's?????SuperHornet wrote:One of the main figures in the Watergate scandal died today. Colson was 80. He did many good things after becoming a Christian in the late '70s.
http://news.yahoo.com/watergate-figure- ... 33577.html
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Re: R.I.P. Chuck Colson
I have always heard there are many conversions resulting from the rectal trauma of finding one's pecking order while incarcerated.
Wonderful to hear somebody got to him in the end.
Wonderful to hear somebody got to him in the end.
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Hahaha so Chuck was Charlene while in jail????Wedgebuster wrote:I have always heard there are many conversions resulting from the rectal trauma of finding one's pecking order while incarcerated.
Wonderful to hear somebody got to him in the end.
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fify...Wedgebuster wrote:I have always heard there are many conversions resulting from the rectal trauma of finding one's pecking order while incarcerated.
Wonderful to hear somebody got to him in the (rear) end.
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Re: R.I.P. Chuck Colson
Appaholic wrote:fify...Wedgebuster wrote:I have always heard there are many conversions resulting from the rectal trauma of finding one's pecking order while incarcerated.
Wonderful to hear somebody got to him in the (rear) end.
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