Fantastic post, Kelvin! Wish I'd said that (but I wouldn't have). Couldn't agree more that the best memorial offering we can make is to live as he lived (St. Paul says somewhere--can't find it at the moment--"follow me as I follow Christ"). If we want to honor Chuck Colsen, that's the way to do it!

Very well said, Kelvin.

Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised, but I am, by the level of vitriol in the comments section under the articles about Chuck in the NY Times, Washington Post, and elsewhere. Blatant lies compete with a total refusal to believe that the last 35 years were anything other than a con job. Why are people so unwilling to believe that a man can change?

I can think of a couple of reasons: 1) To those of the libertine persuasion, it doesn't seem like there really was a change; Chuck was still standing for something they despised (heterosexual marriage and orthodox Christianity are just more dirty tricks). 2) Recognizing that Chuck really changed opens the door to admitting that there really is a God who changed him.

One could spend forever trying to refute the comments, but I think "pearls before swine" applies, and we all have better things to do. May we live the way Chuck did, "so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander" (2 Peter 3:16). And whether or not they recognize their slander, we entrust ourselves "to him who judges justly" (1 Peter 2:23). I suspect Chuck could let it all roll off because he had such utter confidence in that regard.