Born Again Spark Notes

Trusting in God "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take." Proverbs 3:5-6. In the book, Born Again, Chuck Colson was as deadly to political opponents as a lion is to prey. Colson was largely targeted by the media and dragged through the mud, after a scandal that led to an investigation of Nixon's White House administration. He had become a public scapegoat for the media. Through a long and taxing process, Colson was indicted and put in jail. However, through the straining process, he had found a path to God

In the prison Colson had befriended other prisoners who were struggling in their walk with Christ and he let them be dragged into a wrong situation. He was an encouraging emissary for many of the other prisoners and guard, Bleven. Colson's involvement with the smuggling showed many of them that he was willing to break rules. Outside of the prison, Colson had his reputation ruined by the press, and if this incident had been heard of he would have undermined his character he had tried to fix. Thirdly, He didn't trust God to work with the people in official positions. When Woodie, a young prisoner who had tried to help Colson, was checked for smuggling, Colson realized how he had not allowed God to work in other people's lives. He had become impatient and rushed ahead of praying to God for more help in producing more jackets. Colson could have tried to approach other officials to ask for dying supplies and continued to pray for God's intervention. Some people say the Colson should have smuggled the dye in because the management didn't have enough money for the dye. The men in the prison were cold and needed at the very least some new jackets. Barely used jackets were found and needed dye but the management apparently did not think it was important