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> [Genuine Christianity is more than a relationship with Jesus, as expressed in personal piety, church attendance, Bible study, and works of charity. It is more than discipleship, more than believing a system of doctrines about God. Genuine Christianity is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/genuine-christianity-is-more-than-a-relationship-with-jesus-as/)

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## More by Charles Colson

> [People who reject transcendent authority can no longer persuade one another through rational arguments; everything is reduced to personal opinion. Debates about ideas thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/people-who-reject-transcendent-authority-can-no-longer-persuade-one/)

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> [Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/life-is-a-mess-and-theology-must-be-lived-out-in-the-midst-of-that/)

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> [If the polls are right, our Judeo-Christian heritage is no longer the foundation of our values. We have become a post-Christian society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/if-the-polls-are-right-our-judeo-christian-heritage-is-no-longer-the/)

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> [Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/moral-crusaders-with-zeal-but-no-ethical-understanding-are-likely-to/)

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> [Lenin, Stalin, and Rakosi recognized that a renewed and purified Christianity was the only force that could move the masses as powerfully as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/lenin-stalin-and-rakosi-recognized-that-a-renewed-and-purified/)

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> [Frontline love. It is our one hope for breaking down barriers and for restoring the sense of community, of caring for one another, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/frontline-love-it-is-our-one-hope-for-breaking-down-barriers-and-for/)

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> [The church has been brought into the same value system as the world: fame, success, materialism and celebrity. We watch the leading churches and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/the-church-has-been-brought-into-the-same-value-system-as-the-world/)

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> [In our day, you can mock religion in public and even get funds for doing it. But you can't show respect for religion in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/in-our-day-you-can-mock-religion-in-public-and-even-get-funds-for/)

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> [ The average college graduate's proficient literacy in English \[the ability to read lengthy, complex texts and draw complicated inferences\] has declined from 40 percent… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/the-average-college-graduate-s-proficient-literacy-in-english-the/)

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> [The church is the only institution supernaturally endowed by God. It is the one institution of which Jesus promised that the gates of hell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/the-church-is-the-only-institution-supernaturally-endowed-by-god-it/)

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> [Why, I wondered, is there such hostility to one faith in this Hindu culture that believes all roads lead to heaven? They should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/why-i-wondered-is-there-such-hostility-to-one-faith-in-this-hindu/)

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> [I was deepening my understanding of what we call the cultural commission, the command to take dominion and bring righteousness to our culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/i-was-deepening-my-understanding-of-what-we-call-the-cultural/)

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> [Christians should never have a political party. It is a huge mistake to become married to an ideology, because the greatest enemy of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/christians-should-never-have-a-political-party-it-is-a-huge-mistake/)

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> [But all at once I realized that it was not my success God had used to enable me to help those in this prison,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/but-all-at-once-i-realized-that-it-was-not-my-success-god-had-used-to/)

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> [Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/christians-need-to-take-the-lead-in-educating-people-that-children/)

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