A New Year's Dream: nightmare or prophecy?

[Christ's Free Servant]

A New Year's dream: nightmare or prophecy?

Jan 3, 2006

by Chuck Colson ( bio | archive )

Something very strange happened to me this past week. I was seated in my library chair, mulling over current events, trying to make a few New Year

[Leonard]

Very interesting. Are we sure Colson actually wrote it? Is it on his website?

[nebula]

Yes - here is the link

[Christ's Free Servant]

Yes - here is the link

Thank you for finding that - it saved me the effort!

[nebula]

Ah, the ignorance of youth!

Chuck Coleson was one of former Pres. Nixon's cabinet members, came to Christ during the turmoil of the scandal, was sentenced to jail (he could have gotten out, but believed the Lord wanted him in prison), and from his jail-term developed a heart for prisoners and eventually founded Prison Fellowship Ministry as an outreach to them.

He's also a politcal analyst, daily commentator, well-respected theologean.

He's not the "world news daily" type of person.

I thnk you misinterpreted the message he was trying to convey.

[Christ's Free Servant]

I thnk you misinterpreted the message he was trying to convey.

Nebula,

What message do you think he was trying to convey? Just curious. Oh, my husband wondered if it was an actual dream or if Chuck was writing it as if it were a dream. I'm thinking he actually had this dream. What do you or does anyone think about that? I think my husband was thinking that perhaps Chuck used a "dream" as a way to say what he wanted to say, but I got the impression it really was a dream. Are there other opinions on this subject?

[Christ's Free Servant]

Like all the rest of us, Chuck Coleson is human and fallible. But as has become common among the Christian celebrities, he seems to have some alarming ecumenical leanings. Because of that, I would be most skeptical of this dream being from God.

Please explain the above comment. I'm not sure why you think someone like Chuck Colson would not have a dream from God. God speaks to a lot of people who we would not imagine God would use. God will speak to whoever is listening. You don't think Chuck is listening to God?

[Christ's Free Servant]

Like all the rest of us, Chuck Coleson is human and fallible. But as has become common among the Christian celebrities, he seems to have some alarming ecumenical leanings. Because of that, I would be most skeptical of this dream being from God.

Please explain the above comment. I'm not sure why you think someone like Chuck Colson would not have a dream from God. God speaks to a lot of people who we would not imagine God would use. God will speak to whoever is listening. You don't think Chuck is listening to God?

God gives dreams to his servants, and I'm not saying Coleson isn't one, but at the same time it is not wise to assume that just because it's a well-known Christian that the dream must be from God. His ecumenical statements are a red flag to me. Plus, God's dreams always come true, since they are prophetic. If this dream does not come true in every detail it was not from God. I would use this standard on anyone, but especially so on someone I believe has compromised on some key points. If Joe Christian had the dream, would anyone take it seriously? My point is that we must not be careless in exercising discernment, even (especially) when it concerns a popular leader.

As to the question "You don't think chuck is listening to God?", I can't see how I implied any such thing.

I don't think anyone was assuming this was from God. I found it interesting, which is why I posted it. I think it is up to each individual to be discerning about what is from God or not from God. As far as asking you if you think Chuck is listening to God, it was just a question that had to do with you not thinking the dream was from God. I was not making any assumptions. Sorry if it came across that way.

[nebula]

I thnk you misinterpreted the message he was trying to convey.

Nebula,

What message do you think he was trying to convey? Just curious. Oh, my husband wondered if it was an actual dream or if Chuck was writing it as if it were a dream. I'm thinking he actually had this dream. What do you or does anyone think about that? I think my husband was thinking that perhaps Chuck used a "dream" as a way to say what he wanted to say, but I got the impression it really was a dream. Are there other opinions on this subject?

From what I've heard from Chuck Coleson before, he's not an alrmist, nor have I ever heard him delving into the prophetic.

I don't know if this was an actual dream, except the way he described his knees shaking?

My initial thought in reading htis, though, was that it is a warning - and a teaching. That's the kind of passion I have noticed Coleson to work with.

[Gerioke]

Chuck Colson was a politician who decided to become honest in the middle of the watergate trial. He could have kept quiet and went free. I doubt he has any sinister reason for this publication.