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Author and leading evangelical Christian Chuck Colson says radical Muslims are better theologians than believers in America.In his new book The Faith, Prison Fellowship founder [[[[[[Chuck Colson says many Christians in America are ignorant of their own faith.He says radical Muslims have a better understanding of their faith than most Christians have of Christianity. According to Colson, most Christians in America are seduced by comfort. "We're so much at peace with this culture, we're so affluent, we don't really hear the radical message of the gospel," he states. "We hear a therapy in church, we don't hear the truth; we don't hear a truth that is counter-cultural. We're not called and summoned by the church to stand courageously and boldly to defend what we believe ... most of us don't know what we believe." Colson, who served time in prison for Watergate-related crimes, says the church in America needs a return to orthodoxy-a term he says is often misunderstood. "Orthodoxy is a bad word to use because people think it means going backward-but it doesn't, it means going to the pure truth," he adds. "It's radical in the sense that it is building on the teachings of the Apostles directly given to the counsels who were writing the Bible in the first centuries."]]]] A proper biblical worldview, notes Colson, will also affect a Christian's political involvement. He says that is especially important in the current race for the White House. Colson says that dignity of human life is integral to the gospel-"and looking at that issue alone helps sort out the candidates," he adds. "To be pro-choice is to be inconsistent with the basic teaching of the gospel, that man is created in the image of God." The ministry founder says he is hopeful that his book will provide a new theological grounding for Christians.As in the days of Noah....
