Charles W. Colson - How Now Shall We Live?

A bracing challengejust what the Christian church needs to hear in the new millennium. A very powerful book.The Honorable Jack Kemp

How Now Shall We Live? is truly inspiring for those who want to restore to our culture the values that made America great. It reminds us that we must not only defend what we believe, but also inspire others to give witness to the truth alongside us.The Honorable Tom DeLay, Majority Whip, United States House of Representatives

The singular pleasure that comes from it is its absolutelearnedrefusal to give any quarter to the dogged materialists who deny any possibility that there was a creator around the corner. This is a substantial book, but the reader never tires, as one might from a catechistic marathon. The arguments are cogently and readably presented.William F. Buckley in National Review

The newestand certainly the most importantof Charles Colsons books... the essence of this book is that the Christian faith is not just a theory, not just a system, not just a framework. It is an all-consuming way of life, robustly applicable to every minute of every day of the rest of your life.World

There is something wrong with the historical development of the evangelical mind,... a lopsidedness, a prodigious development of one divine gift coupled with the atrophy of another.... We know a great deal about saving grace, but next to nothingthough it is one of our doctrinesabout common grace. The ambition of Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey is to do something about this lopsidedness, to strike a blow against the scandal of the evangelical mind.... A highly intelligent book, it is not ashamed to speak to ordinary folk.First Things

How Now Shall We Live? is brilliantly lit by its in-depth and succinct diagnosis of the modern mentality... an intelligent and thoroughgoing critique from a Scriptural perspective, of the American/Western culture.... The book is a veritable mosaic of precious intellectual gems, artistically designed by Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey.... This book is a virtual must for the thinking Orthodox reader.DOXA, a quarterly review serving the Orthodox Church

A magnum opus in the best Schaefferian tradition. It is clearly intended to be... a handbook for todays Christian.... The authors presuppose that Christianity is more than just a religion of personal salvation: it involves a total world-and-life view.Christianity Today

A very good and much needed book.... Colson argues that Christianity isnt a private faith but a public worldview that, for believers, permeates politics, the arts, education, science and culture.Insight

An elegantly written tutorial on adopting a biblical worldview and the discipline of thinking Christianly.Good News

Id like to recommend a book. Its How Now Shall We Live? by Charles Colson, the Watergate guy who got religion while in prison.... Now I dont agree with everything Colson says, but the importance of the book is that it raises a question every American ought to face and then answer to his or her own satisfaction: What is your world view? Charley Reese, nationally syndicated columnist.

One of Ten Books Every Preacher Should Read This Year.Preaching

Deeply troubled by the lack of biblical literacy within the American Church, this is Colsons heroic effort to enable believers to accept the importance of having a biblical worldview and devoting themselves to adopting such a life perspective.... This book provides a wealth of insight into how we may effectively challenge the post-Christian, post-modern culture in which we live.The Barna Report

Colson and Pearcey arent talking about influencing business, politics and culturethey want it transformed through a coherent Christian world view. Their book will challenge every Christian leader to make an honest assessment about his or her commitment to use leadership gifts in the new millennium to the cause of Christ.Christian Management Report

Colson and Pearcey challenge the church to stay on the front lines. Believing that America is on the verge of a great spiritual breakthrough, the authors want to equip readers to show the world that Christianity is a life system that works in every areafamily relationships, education, science, and popular culture.Virtue

A radical challenge to all Christians to understand biblical faith as an entire world view, a perspective on all of life. Through inspiring teaching and true stories, Colson discusses how to expose the false views and values of modern culture, how to live more fulfilling and satisfying lives in line with the way God created us to liveand more.Youthworker

(In developing and implementing an organizational learning strategy and integrating it with their organizational practices) When it came to selecting materials, your How Now Shall We Live? was at the top of the list. To our minds this is now the best introduction to a Christian worldview and Christian cultural engagement available in English. At least in our organization, How Now Shall We Live? should become an indispensable resource.Christian Labour Association of Canada

1999 Books of the YearAward of MeritChristianity Today

HOW
NOW
SHALL
WE
LIVE?
CHARLES
COLSON
AND NANCY PEARCEY

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How Now Shall We Live?

Copyright 1999 by Charles Colson. All rights reserved.

Cover and interior globe photograph copyright 1999 by David Greenwood/FPG. All rights reserved.

Charles Colson photo taken by Russ Busby. All rights reserved.

Nancy Pearcey photo copyright 1999 by Lasting Images. All rights reserved.

Cover design by Luke Daab

Interior design by Cathy Bergstrom

Edited by Judith Markham and Lynn Vanderzalm

The stories in this book are based on facts resulting from extensive research and from interviews with many of the main characters involved. However, some of the secondary characters in the stories are fictionalized or composite characters; any resemblance to real characters is purely coincidental. In addition, events and circumstances may have been rearranged for dramatic purposes.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Colson, Charles W.
How now shall we live? / Charles Colson.
p. cm.
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8423-6122-4
1. Christianity and culture. 2. Christianity20th century. 3. Christian life. I. Title.
BR115.C8C554 1999
261dc21

99-22149

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