Impeachment Wisdom

Impeachment Wisdom by Chuck Colson *

As the impeachment inquiry into President Trump continues to dominate the news, the Colson Center’s John Stonestreet invites us to consider wise words written by Chuck Colson in 1999 after President Clinton’s impeachment ended with his acquittal by the US Senate.

Colson noted that while 80 percent of Americans believed Mr. Clinton to be guilty, two-thirds did not want him removed from office.

By not convicting the president, Colson believed the Senators made a decision motivated by politics rather than the facts of the case.

Then he observed: “Politics is nothing but an expression of culture. It is not enough to win elections, for political power alone cannot change how people live or change their values. It is essential to change hearts and minds as well. And that starts, not in Washington, but with our neighbors.”

Colson concluded: “For all of us who are Christians, regardless of how we view this process, let us remind ourselves that we serve a God who rules over the affairs of men—whether they know it or not.”

*Chuck Colson was President Nixon's "hatchet man."  He was convicted of involvement in Watergate and he came to know Christ as his Savior while in prison.  For the rest of his life, he preached Christ -- ministering often to the most hardened men in top security prisons.